Dinothenum

di-no-the'n-um, n. an extinct ani- mal of huge si/e, with clephant-Iikc tusks. [Gr demos, terrible, and t/rtion beast.] Dint, dint, u. ortg a blow or stroke the mark left by a blow: force, power [AS. dynt, a blow Scot dunt, a blow with a dull sound, lie dyntr.] Diocesan, d7-os cs-an or di'o-se-san, adj. pertaining to a diocese —u. a bishop regards Ins diocese Diocese, d!o-s , «. the circuit or extent of a — bishop’s jurisdiction [Gr. diathesis dunked, to keep house di, for dia, sig. completene , oiked, tu manage a household— oikos, a house.] DicBCious, dl-esh i-us, adj {pot. having male (lowers on one plant, and female on another. [Gi di, twice, and oikos, a house Dioptric, dl-op'trik. Dioptrical, dT-op'trik-al, adj. pertaining to dioptrics. [Gr. di, through, and root op-, which appears in opsomai, iut. of horad, to see.]