dietine (diet in)

[F. diétine, dim. of diète, diet: see diet2.] A diet of inferior rank; specifically, in Polish hist., one of the local a emblies of the nobility, which met to elect deputies to the national diet and to receive the reports of their actions. IMG:content-2605.png:[blocks in formation] 2. The act or proce of subjecting to a diet or regimen. It's the dieting and rubbing of the race-horse that makes him thin as a flash, that he may be as swift too. W. M. Baker, New Timothy, p. 333. One