delphin1t (delf in)

[ME. delphin, delfyn, Thar buth oft ytake delphyns , & se-calues, & balenes (gret fysch, as hyt were of whaales kunde). Trevis a, tr. of Higden's Poly chronic on, i. 41. delphin1 (del'fin), a. [L. delphin us , also delphin , a dolphin (in ML. applied to the eldest son of the king of France: see dauphin ): see delphin1 , n., and dolphin .] 1. In zool ., pertaining to a dol IMG:content-2309.jpg:[blocks in formation] Also delphine , delphin i an . Delphin editions of the cla ics, a set of Latin cla ics prepared by thirty-nine scholars under the superintendence of Montausier, Bo uet, and Huet, for the use of the dauphin ( ad usum Delphin i ), son of Louis XIV. They are not now valued except for their indexes of words.