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[Pref. de =down; Eng. bruised (q. v.).) Her.: An epithet applied to a bend or other ordinary placed over some animal, in such a manner as to appear to restrain its freedom of action. "The lion of England and the lilies of France without the baton sinister, under which, according to the laws of heraldry, they were debruised in token of his illegitimate birth."-Macaulay. IMG:content-1909.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Any obligation due, a claim, a liability or penalty incurred. "Fly not; stand still; ambition's debt is paid." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, iii. 1. 2. A duty or liability neglected, a trespa . "And forgive us our debts , as we forgive our debtors." Matt . vi. 12. B. Law : An action which lies when one man owes a sum of money to another. 1. To pay the debt of nature: To die. 2. Debts and Credits : Mil.: The monthly accounts given in by the captain of a troop or company. 3. A debt of honor : A debt the payment of which cannot be enforced by law, but must depend upon the good faith or honor of the debtor; specifically, a debt incurred in gambling. 4. National Debt : The debt which a nation owes in its corporate capacity. The following are the national debts of the principal nations, given in the year 1590, together with the proportion per capita for each inhabitant, the figures after each amount showing this proportion: Austria-Hungary, $2,866,339,539, $70.84; France, $4,446,793,308, $116.35; Pru ia, $1.109.384,127, $37.03: Great Britain, $3,350,719,563, $7.79; Greece, $107,306,518, $49.00; Italy, $2,324,826,329, $76.06; Mexico, $113,606,675, $9.98; Ru ia, $3,491,018,074, $30.79; Spain, $1.251,453,696, $73.85; Switzerland, $10,912,925, $3.72; Turkey, $821,000,000, $37.20; United States, $915,962.112, $14.63, Crabb thus discriminates between debt and due: " Debt is used always as a substantive; due , either as a substantive or adjective. A person contracts debts , and receives his due . The debt is both obligatory and compulsory; it is a return for something equivalent in value, and cannot be dispensed sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. děb-ût' ( t silent), s. (Fr.) A nrst entrance or appearance, a first attempt. (Specifically applied to the first appearance in public of an actor or other public performer.) "To-night you throng to witne the debût Of embryo actors to the Drama new." děb-u-tant ( mas .), děb-u-tante' ( fem .), s. [Fr.] One who makes his or her début; specifically a male or female performer making his or her first appearance before the public. dec., s. & adv. [See definition.] Music : 1. As subst.: An abbreviation for decani (q.v.). 2. As adverb: An abbreviation for decrescendo (q. v.). dec-a-, pref . [Gr. ten.] A prefix largely used in composition, with the force of ten, ten times. 1. Ord. Lang.: A collection or set of ten. "A dec a cordon of ten quodlibetical questions concern. ing religion and state." -Watson: Quodlibets of Religion and State (1602). 2. Music: A Greek musical instrument of ten strings. It was triangular in shape. IMG:content-1910.png:[blocks in formation] děc-ade, děcí-ad, s. [Fr., from Gr. dekada , ccus. sing. of dekas =a company of ten. ( Skeat .)] 1. A company or group of ten; specially applied to works written in ten books, as the Decades of Livy, . "All rank'd by tens: whole decads , when they dine, Must want a Trojan slave to pour the wine." IMG:content-1911.png:[blocks in formation] (3) Modern: Applied to that art which succeeded the Renai ance, and began to a ume the rococo of Louis Quinze. ( Fairholt .) *dě-ca-dent, a. [Lat. de away, down, and cadens =falling.] In a state of decay or ruin. writes a work in decades. dec-ad-Ist, s. [Eng. decad(e); -ist.] One who tlemen, who had fled from Florence into the country to escape the fearful plague of 1348, and who had no other means of pa ing the time. "A tale of the Decameron , told In Palmer i's garden old." Long fellow: Tales of a Wayside Inn , Interlude. *II. Fig .: Apparently used to expre a revel in which ladies and gentlemen took part. sides. A regular decagon is one which has all the Geom .: A plane figure having ten angles and ten sides and angles equal. tae căg-on-al, a. [Eng. decagon ; al.] Of or pertaining to a decagon; ten-sided. děc-a-grăm, dec-a-gramme, s. gramme , from Gr. deka ten; Fr. gramme a weight (q. v.). Weights : A French weight of ten grammes, or to 15 43249 grains. 5-644 drams avoirdupois; each gramme being equal děc-a-gyn, 8. [Gr. deka ten, and gyne =a woman, a female.] Bot .: An epithet applied to a plant which has ten pistils. děc-a-gy-ni-a, s. [Eng. decagyn , and Lat. pl. adj. suff. -ia .] Bot .: Lindley's name for those orders of plants which are decagyns. děc-a-gy-ni-an, a . [Eng. decagyn ; -ian .] Bot .: Having ten pistils. IMG:content-1912.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1913.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1914.png:[blocks in formation] decandrian dě-cănt', v. t. [Fr. décanter , from Ital. decant- are, from de =down, and canto a side, a corner; hence, to lay or lower a bottle on its side.] To pour out gently; to pour wine from the bottle into another ve el, as a decanter (q. v.). "They attend him daily as their chief, Decant his wine, and carve his beef." Swift. IMG:content-1915.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Trans.: Τo speak much of, to celebrate. "Yet were we not able sufficiently to decantate , sing, and set forth his praises."-Bacon: Works, i. 182. 1. Ord. Lang.: The act of decanting or pouring a liquid from one ve el to another; the pouring of a clear liquid from the sediment. In starch-making and operations on a similar scale it is performed by siphons. 2 Chem .: The separation of a clear liquid from a precipitate or deposit by inclining the ve el and suffering the liquid to run out. The gla should not be filled above three-quarters of its depth, as otherwise the stream of liquid which runs out on inclining the ve el makes too sharp an angle with the side, and a portion of it may run down the edge. A wet gla rod should be held, in a nearly vertical position, against the edge of the gla , so as to cause the stream of liquid to run down it. This prevents the liquid from running down the sides of the ve el, and also causes it to fall into the lower ve el without splashing. dě-cănt'-ěd (1), pa. par. or a. [DECANT.] *dě-cănt-ed (2); a. [Lat. dec an to=to speak much of.] Commonly spoken or reported. "This decanted notion of a popular action."-Forbes: Suppl. Decrees, p. 29.