Dinornithoideæ (dinornithoidee)

pl. [NL., manes. dinos (di'nos), n.; pl. din i (-nī). [Gr. δῖνος, ι whirling, a round area, a round vase or goblet. Cf. din us.] In Gr. antiq., a large open vase of full curved shape. It may be considered a form of the crater. dinosaur (dĩ nộ-sâr), n. One of the Dinosaur i a . Also spelled deinosaur . Dinosaur i a (di-nō-sa- ri-ä), n. pl. [NL., le prop . Deinosaur i a , Dino- saurus, q. v.] A group of extinct Mesozoic rep- tiles, mostly of gigantic or colo al size. They were characterized by distinctly socketed teeth; generally flat or slightly cupped vertebræ, some of which were opistho- cœlous; a sacrum of four or more vertebræ; numerous cau- Apodal Dinos, or Crater, dal vertebræ; a structure of resting of Frost and or thy per the skull in many respects intermediate between the croco Tous.") 1626 cal genus of Dinosaur i a. Waldheim, 1848. Also Deinosaur us. dinothere (di'nō-ther), n. A fo il animal of the genus Dinotherium. din other i a, n. Plural of dinotherium, 2. Dinotheriidæ (dinō-the-ri'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., quadrupeds of great size, related to the elephants, mammoths, and mastodons. It had (?) incisors in the upper and 2 in the lower jaw, no canines, 2 " Dinotherium (restored). premolars and 3 molars in each half of each jaw-all in position at once, the premolars replacing milk molars as usual in diphyodont mammals-and enormous lower incisors, turned down or away from the mouth, the end of the under jaw being modified to correspond. There are several species, from the Miocene of Europe and Asia, the best-known of which is D. giganteum, from Eppelsheim near Mainz, estimated to have been about 18 feet long. 2. [l. c.] Pl. din other i a (-a). An animal of the genus Dinotherium; a dinothere. Also spelled Deinotherium . dinoxid (di-nok's id), n . dioxid. dinsome (din's um), a . of din or noise; noisy. An erroneous form of [ Block and studdie ring and reel Wi' dinsome clamour. Burns , Scotch Drink. [ dint (dint), n. dent (whence the other E. form dent1 , q. v.), dynt , a blow, = Icel. dyntr , dynta , a imi- lated dyttr , a dint (as a nickname), = Sw. dial. dunt , a stroke. Perhaps akin to L. tundere , beat, strike, thump: see the verb.] 1. A blow; a stroke. The Duke had dyed of the dynt doutles anon, But the souerayn hym-seluon was surly enarmyt. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), l. 1237. That mortal dint , Save he who reigns above, none can resist. Milton , P. L., ii. 813. 2. A mark made by a blow or by pre ure on a surface: now dent.-3. Force; power: now chiefly in the phrase by dint of: as, by dint of argument. Diodon pertaining to a diocese, The diocesan jurisdiction was helple without the king's a istance. Stubbs, Const. Hist., § 404. Diocesan courts, the consistorial or consistory courts in the Church of England. II. n. 1. A bishop as related to his own diocese; one in po e ion of a diocese and having the ecclesiastical jurisdiction over it. I have heard it has been advised by a diocesan to his inferior clergy, that they should read some of the most celebrated sermons printed by others. Tatler . 2t. One of the clergy or people in a diocese; a diocesener. Faithful lovers who... are content to rank themselves humble diocesans of old Bishop Valentine. cèse = = Lamb, Valentine's Day.