dikereeve (dikrev)

[ It. dilacerare = Sp. Pg. dilacerar = F. dilacérer ), tear in pieces, The infant, at the accomplished period, struggling to come forth, dilacerates and breaks those parts which re strained him before. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 6. dilaceration (dior di-las-e-ra's hon), n. [F. dilacération = Sp. dilaceracion = Pg. dilacera ção, All the riddles of Sphinx, therefore, have two conditions annexed: viz., dilaceration to those who do not solve them; and empire to those that do. dilatancy sent two V-shaped transverse ridges, like the letter W. Such teeth are characteristic of the insect i vores of northerly or temperate regions, thus contrasted with tropical forms of Zalambdodont a (which see). Gill.