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& neg. [A contr. of do not.] Do not. ""And the morn's Sabbath too,' said the querist, 'I dinna ken what will be done.'"-Scott: Guy Manner ing, ch. xxxvi. IMG:content-2541.png:[blocks in formation] din-ner, *dener, *diner, *dyner, *dyneer, *dynere, s . [Fr. diner , O. Fr. disner to dine; the inf in. being used substantively.] 1. The principal meal of the day, corresponding to the deipnon of the Greeks, and the cœna of the Romans. It is eaten at various times from midday to evening. [DINNER-HOUR.] "Let me not stay a jot for dinner ; go, get it ready."Shakesp.: Lear, i. 4. 2. A feast, an entertainment. Zool.: A genus of Rotator i a, belonging to the family Euchlanidota. They have single cervical without teeth at the end; jaws with one (or two?) teeth each; two horns at the base of the foot. There are three species. ( Griffith & Henfrey .) *din-om-ic, a. [Gr. dis = twice, twofold, and nomos a pasture, a region.] Bot .: Aterm applied to a group of plants which occurs in two of the six great divisions of the globe. ( Balfour : Botany , § 1151.) din-oph-Is, s. [Gr. deinos = strange, dreadful, IMG:content-2542.jpg:[blocks in formation]