dilser

(Scotch dils (e); -er.] The Rock or Field Lark, Alauda campestris, so called from feed ing on the sea-lice among the dilse. *di-lû-çid, *di-lu-cide, a. [Lat. dilucidus.] 1. Clear, transparent; not opaque. 2. Clear, plain, evident. "So perspicuous and dilucide description of laws." Bacon: On Learning, bk. viii., aph. 3. *di-lû-çid-āte, v . t . & i. [Lat. dilucidatus , pa. par. of dilucido .] A. Trans .: To make clear, plain, or evident; to explain, to elucidate. "To bring in a pa age or two of Scripture to dilucidate or confirm something."-Boyle: Works, vi. 768. B. In trans .: To give explanations; to explain, to elucidate. "I shall not extenuate, but explain and dilucidate ."Browne: Vulgar Errors. *di-lu-çid-a-tion, s. [Latin dilucidatio , from dilucidatus .] The act of making clear, plain, or evident; elucidation. "If such dilucidations be nece ary to make us value writings."- Boyle : Works , ii. 260. dil-le-ni-ā-çe-æ, s. pl . [Mod. Lat. dilleni (a), Bot .: An order of plants found chiefly in Austra- lia, Asia, and the warm parts of America. They are nearly related to the Ranunculaceæ. Sepals *di-lû çid-i-ty, s. [Pref. di , and Eng. lucidity five, persistent; petals five, deciduous, in a single row; seeds universally arillate; stamens indefinite, (q. v.).) Lucidne , clearne , plainne . hypogenous. The species are trees, shrubs, or "With plainne e and dilucidity ." -Holland: Plutarch, under-shrubs. The Indian species are remarkable p. 977. diluvial B. As substantive: IMG:content-2518.png:[blocks in formation] "The chamber was dark, lest these colors should be diluted."- Newton. *B. Intransitive: 1. To act as a diluent. "The aliment ought to be thin to dilute ."-Arbuthnot: On Aliments. 2. To become attenuated, thin, or weak. di-lüte, a. [Lat. dilutus.] 1. Lit .: Made thin or weak; reduced in strength or intensity; diluted, reduced. "If the red and blue colors were more dilute and weak, the distance of the images would be le than an inch."Newton. *2. Fig .: Poor, weak. "This is but a dilute and waterish exposition of this place." -Hopkins: Serm., xiv.; On New Birth. di-lut-ěd, pa.par.ora . [DILUTE, v.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : 1. Lit .: Made weak by dilution. "The social circle, the diluted bowl." Mason: Art of Painting, 672. 2. Fig.: Made poor; colorle . di-lut-ed-ly, adv. [Eng. diluted; -ly.] In a IMG:content-2519.png:[blocks in formation] Wilkins: Real Character, pt. iii., ch. xii.