den shiring, den she ring (den she ring)

The act or proce of improving land, as defined Sir T. Browne. under denshire. Also called burn - beating (which see). Milton, Civil Power. He receiv'd his due denouncement from God. 2. In Mexican and Spanish mining - law, application to the authorities for the grant of the right to work a mine, either on the ground of new discovery, or on the ground of forfeiture of the rights of a former owner, through abandonment or contravention of the mining-law. See de nounce, 5. The title to these deposits is a denouncement as discov erer of four pertenencias twenty-four Mexican feet in length, with an appropriate width, depending on the inclination of the vein. Mowry, Arizona and Sonora, p. 112. denouncer (de-noun'sėr), n. 1. One who denounces; one who threatens or menaces. Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. Dryden. 2. One who endeavors to obtain po e ion of or right to a mine or other land by denounce ment. de novo (dē novō). [L.: de, of; novo, abl. of nov us = E. new.] Anew; from the beginning. dens (denz), n.; pl. dentes (den'tēz). [L. den(t-)s = E. tooth.] 1. In an at. and dentistry, a tooth. -2. In an at. and zoöl., a tooth-like or dentate part or organ. See tooth. - Dens bicuspis, a bi cuspid tooth; a premolar. - Dens can in us, a canine tooth. Dens incisivus, an incisor tooth. - Dens mo laris. (a) A molar tooth; a grinder, whether molar proper or premolar. ( b ) The incus or anvil, one ne the little of the ear, so called from its shape in man. Dens sapient iæ, a wisdom-tooth; a last molar. - Dens sector i us, a sectorial tooth. Owen.