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pl. [Mod. Lat. deles ser i a, and fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Bot.: A sub-order of Alge, order Ceramiaceae (Rose-tangles). The frond is cellular, the coccidia inclosing closely-packed oblong granules arising from the base, within a spherical cellular envelope which finally bursts; tetraspores in definite heaps or collected in sporophylls. ( Lindley .) [DELES SER I A.] dě-lès-site, s. [Named_after M. Dele e, a French mineralogist, and Eng. suff. -ite ( Min.) (q. v.).] Min.: A ma ive olive-green or blackish-green mineral. †dê-lête, v. t . [Lat. deletus , pa. par. of deleo = to erase, to blot out.] 1. Lit .: To erase, expunge, or blot out. "I stand ready, with a pencil in one hand and a sponge in the other, to aid, alter, insert, expunge, enlarge, and delete."-Fuller: Worthies , c. 25. *2. Fig .: To get rid of, to expunge. "Delete this principle out of men's hearts."-State Trials: Col. Fiennes (an. 1643). *de-le-tër-I-al, *de-le-ter-i-all, a. [Lat. dele terius .] Deleterious, hurtful. "It [tobacco] is hot and drie in the third degree, and hath a deleteriall or venomous quality."-Venner: Treat. on Tobacco , p. 397. de-le-tër-I-ous, a . [Low Lat. deleterius , from Gr . dēlētérios =noxious, hurtful; dēleomai =to hurt: dēlētér a destroyer.] 1. Noxious, poisonous, hurtful, or injurious to life. "Many things neither deleterious by substance or quality are yet destructive by figure, or some occasional activity."-Browne: Vulgar Errors. 2. Injurious, hurtful morally. *de-lět-er-ў (1), a . [Lat. deleterius .] Deleterious, noxious, poisonous, deadly. IMG:content-2074.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2075.png:[blocks in formation] deletive