Diker

One who constructs dikes, hedges, or ditches. Dilacerate, (de- las'ur - at,) v. a. [Lat. dilacero, dilace ratus - dis, and lacero, to tear or rend. See LACERATE.] To tear in pieces; to separate or rend by forcible means. Dilacera'tion, n. (Fr., from L. Lat. dilaceratio.] Act of tearing or rending asunder, or of dilacerating; as, " dilaceration of the nervous fibres." Dilap'idate, v. a. [Lat. dilapido, dilapidatus and lapis, lapidis, a stone. See LAPIDARY.] To pull down; to suffer to fall into decay or ruin; as, to dilapi date a coat. -To waste, squander, or destroy; as, dilapidated means. -v. n. To go to ruin; to fall by decay; as, a dilapidated house.