digit i grad a

[Lat. digit us = a toe, and gradus =a walking, a step; gradior to walk.1 Zool.: A section of the order Carnivora (q. v.), comprising the Lions, Tigers, Cats, Dogs, ., in which the heel is raised above the ground, so that the animals walk more or le on the tips of the toes. The other two sections are the Pinnigrada and the Plant i grad a (q. v.). The section Digit i grad a is divided into the families Must elide, Viver ride, Canide, Hyenide, and Felide. The first two are aberrant, being Semi plantigrade. [SEMI PLANT I GRAD A.] dig-1-ti-grāde, a. & s. [Fr., from Lat. digit us =a toe, and gradus a walking, a step.] IMG:content-2499.jpg:[blocks in formation] B. As subst.: A member of the Digit i grad a; an animal which walks on its toes. dig-1-tin, s. [English digit ( alis ), and suff. -in ( Chem.) (q. v.).] Chem. The part of the alkaloid extracted from is which is insoluble in chloroform. It is soluble in ether, and crystallizes in needles. It is insoluble in water and in hydrochloric acid. Strong sulphuric acid di olves digit in, forming a yellow brown solution, which, when exposed to the air, turns a purple-red color. The addition of water turns it green. ( Watts : Dict. Chem.) dig'-It-I-nerved, a. [Eng. digit, and nerved.] Bot. (of the ribs of leaves ): Radiating from the petiole. dig-1-tīze, v . t. [Eng. digit ; -ize.] 1. To finger; to use with the fingers. "None but the devil, besides yourself, could have dig after so scurrilous a fashion."-T. Browne : itiz'd a pen a Works, il. 211. 2. To point with the finger. ( Ash .) dig-i-tō-nin, s. [DIGIT IN.]