diagonal lines

pl. various parts, formed by sections which are oblique to the vertical longitudinal plane, and which inter- sect that plane in straight lines parallel to the keel. Usually drawn in red in the draught. diagonal rib, s. physicians." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xix. IMG:content-2390.png:[blocks in formation] diagonal scale, s. Draught.: A mathematical scale in which the obliquely acro the larger division sine with the run of compa es lines can be laid down by such the aid of any required length down to the 200th part of an inch. diagonal stratification, s. Geol.: Strata of some size, and having a certain dip, all the beds of which, however resin of them, contain minor layers with a pattern from that of the stratum or bed of which they con stitute a part. It is called also croswhich they con mony.] Med.: A strong purgative made with diagrydium. "All choleric humors ought to be evacuated by diagryd . tates , mixed with tartar, or some acid, or rhubarb powder."-Floyer.