detour (detor)

[F. détour, a turn, bend, circuit, route. The path reached an impa able gorge, which occasioned a detour of two or three hours. Rhymes B. Taylor , Lands of the Saracen, p. 162. sometimes, even in so abundant a language as the Italian, have driven the most straightforward of poets into an awkward détour. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 329. detract (dē-trakt'), v. [F. détracter = Sp. de tractar = It. detrattare, It. detrarre = Sp. detraer = Pg. detrahir = Pr. detraire = OF. detraire, > ME. detrayen: see detray ), pp. detract us, pull down, take away, disparage, detract from, de, away, down, + trahere, draw: see tract1.] I. trans. 1. To take away; withdraw; abate: now always with a quantitative term as direct object, followed by from: as, the defect detracts little from the in trinsic value. IMG:content-2503.png:[blocks in formation] King Philip did not detract from the nation when he said he sent his armado to fight with men, and not to combat with the winds. Sir T. Browne , Religio Medici, i. 17. Such motives always detract from the perfect beauty even of good works. Sumner , Fame and Glory. "Virtue" and "utility" are ideas not only fundamentally distinct, but so far in natural opposition, that the existence of utility in an action may now and again detract from its virtue. Mivart, Nature and Thought, p. 150. detracter, n. See detractor . detractingly (de-trak'ting-li), adv . In a detracting manner; injuriously. Rather by a hidden and oblique way insinuate his error to him than detractingly blaze it. Bp . Henshaw , Daily Thoughts (ed. 1651), р. 13. detraction (de-trak's hon), n. [ tion , -tioun, -cioun, detraction , F. détrac tion Pr. detraccio , detractio = Sp.detraccion = Pg . detracção = It. detrazione , detractio (n-), a taking away, purging, LL. detraction, de trahere , pp. detract us , take away, detract: see detract.] 1. A withdrawing; a taking away; removal. You shall enquire of the lawful taking of partridges, and pheasants, or fowl, the detraction of the eggs of the said wild fowl, . Bacon, Charge at Se ion for the Verge, p. 18. detriment from the faults of its profe ors; let the property suffer no detriment at your hands; the consuls must see that the republic receives no detriment ; the detriment it has suffered is past remedy. Also, not to be pa ionate for small detriments or of- fences, nor to be a reuenger of them. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 249. Being from the feeling of her own grief brought By deep surmise of others' detriment . Shak ., Lucrece, 1. 1579. That barefoot August in i an whose report O' the dying woman's words did detriment To my best points. that is detrimental: as, his generosity is a great detriment to his prosperity.-3. In Eng- land, a charge made upon barristers and stu- dents for repair of damages in the rooms they occupy; a charge for wear and tear of table- linen, etc.-4. În astrol ., the sign opposite the house of any planet: as, Mars in Libra is in his detriment ; the detriment of the sun is Aqua- of weakne , distre , etc. - 5. In her .: ( a ) Same as decrement. (b) The state of being eclipsed -that is, represented as partially obscured: said of the sun or moon used as a bearing. =Syn. 1. Disadvantage, prejudice, hurt, evil. See injury and lo . The iniquity of an envious and detractive adversary. Bp. Morton, Discharge of Imput., p. 276. Such satisfaction to detractive tongues, That publish such foul noise against a man I know for truly virtuous. But ouere I pa e, prayyng withe spyrit gladde Of this labour that no wihte me detray . detrectt (dē-trekt'), v . [L. detrectare , detrac- tare, refuse, decline, also take away, detract: see detract .] I. trans. To refuse; decline. He [Moses] detrected his going into Egypt, upon pretence that he was not eloquent. Fother by , Atheomastix (1622), p. 194. II. in trans. To refuse. Do not detrect ; you know th' authority Is mine. detrimentt (det'ri-ment), v. t. [ mentari , cause lo , detrimentum , harm, lo : see detriment , n.] To injure; do harm to; hurt. Such natural agents as wind and water, frost and fire, are ever at work in destroying the surface of the land and transporting the resulting detritus. Athenœum, No. 3067, p. 178. Words which have thus for ages preserved their exact form in the ma of detritus of which modern languages are composed. Farrar , Language, xv. de trop (dè trō). [F., too much, too many: de , of; trop = It. troppo , too much, troppus , trop us , a flock, troop: see troop .] Literally, too much; hence, in the way; not wanted: ap- plied to a person whose presence is inconve- nient: as, he saw he was de trop , and therefore retired. detrude (de-tröd'), v . t .; pret. and pp. detruded , ppr. detruding . [= It. detrudere , detrudere , pp. detrusus , thrust down, de , down, + tru- dere , thrust. Cf. extrude, intrude, protrude.] To thrust down or out; push down with force; force into, or as if into, a lower place or sphere. Such as are detruded down to hell, Either, for shame, they still themselves retire, Or, tied in chains, they in close prison dwell. Sir J. Davies, Immortal. of Soul. Those philosophers who allow of transmigration are of opinion that the souls of men may, for their mis- carriages, be detruded into the bodies of beasts. Others might be detrimented thereby. detrimental (det-ri-men'tal), a. and n. ML. * detrimental is , detrimentum , harm: see detriment .] I. a. Injurious; hurtful; causing harm or damage. Luxuries are rather serviceable than detrimental to an opulent people. detrimentally (det-ri-men'tal-i), adv . In a detrimental manner; injuriously. That the impoverishment of any country, diminishing both its producing and consuming powers, tells detri- mentally on the people of countries trading with it, is a commonplace of political economy. H. Spencer , Data of Ethics, § 81. detrimental ne (det-ri-men'tal-nes), n . The quality of being detrimental. Bailey , 1727. [Rare.] detrital (de-trital), a . [ detritus +-al.] Con- sisting of fragments or particles broken or worn away. The detrital matter which is worn away from the land, and carried along by rivers, contains materials of every degree of coarsene . Huxley , Physiography, p. 132. Detrital rock, a rock made up of the debris of other rocks-that is, of material derived from rocks previously consolidated, then broken up by atmospheric or other agencies, and more or le worn by friction or by the action of water. detrite (dē-trīt'), a . [L. detritus , pp. of de- terere, rub down or away, de , down, away, + terere, rub: see trite . Cf. detriment.] Worn away; worn out. Clarke. detrited (de-trī'ted), a. [ detrite + -ed2.] 1. Worn away; reduced by detrition. IMG:content-2504.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Disintegrated; of the nature of detritus. Long, symmetrical tables, two hundred feet long by eighty broad, covered with large angular rocks and boul- ders, and seemingly impregnated throughout with detrited matter. Kane , Sec. Grinn. Exp., II. 157. detrition (de-trish'on), n. [= F. détrition , ML. detritio (n-), deterere , pp. detritus , rub off: see detrite , detritus .) A wearing off; the act of wearing away. detritus (de-tritus), n. [L. detritus , a rub- bing away, deterere , pp. detritus , rub away: see detrite .] 1. In geol., loose, uncompacted fragments of rock, either water-worn or angu- lar. The term is especially applicable to a material which would be a breccia if consolidated into a rock. See gravel , sand , and drift . 2. More comprehensively, any broken or com- minuted material worn away from a ma by IMG:content-2505.png:[blocks in formation] ishly; confoundedly. deust, n. See deuce1 . deuse, deused, etc. See deucel , etc. Deus misereatur (dē'us mize-re-ā'ter). [L., God be merciful: Deus , God; misereatur, 3d see miserere .] The sixty-seventh psalm: so called from its first words in the Latin version. deuteropathic (du"te-ro-path'ik), a . [= F. deu- to the Nunc dimittis after the second le on at Evening Prayer, except on the twelfth day of the month, because it then occurs as one of the appointed psalms for the day. In the American Prayer-book it was the leading canticle in this place till the Nunc dimittis was restored in 1886, and has, in turn, the Benedic , anima mea , as its alternate. Deut. An abbreviation of Deuteronomy . deutencephalic (du-ten-se-fal'ik or -sef'a-lik), a. [ deutencephalon + -ic.] Same as dience- phalic. deucel (dūs), n. [Also formerly deuse , duce, early mod. E. also dewce , dewse , dewes , deus , Deus ! later Dieux ! i. e., God! (used, like mod. F. mon Dieu! G. mein Gott ! as an deutencephalon (du-ten-sef'a-lon), n. [NL., Gr. δεύτ ( ερος ), second, + ἐγκέφαλος , brain.] Same as diencephalon . deuteriont (du-tēʻri-on), n. [NL., δευτέρια , the afterbirth, neut. of δευτέριος , δεύτερος , second.] In an at ., the afterbirth or secundines. deutero-. [LL., NL., etc., deutero- , -τερος . ] An element in words of Greek origin, meaning 'second.' deuterocanonical (du te-rō-ka-non'i-kal), a. [ δεύτερος , second, + canonical .] Forming or belonging to a second canon. - Deuterocanonical books, those books of the Bible as received by the Roman Catholic Church which are regarded as constituting a second canon, accepted later than the first, but of equal authority. These books are, in the Old Testament, most and in the New Testament those known as antilegomena. of those called the Apocrypha in the King James Bible, deuterogamist (du-te-rog'a-mist), n. [ -ist .] One who marries a second time. He had published for me against the deuterogamists of the age. deuterogamy (du-te-rog'a-mi), n. [= F. deu- térogamie , δευτερογαμία , a second marriage, δεύτερος , second, + γάμος , marriage.] A second marriage after the death of the first husband or wife, or the custom of contracting such mar- riages. You behold before you... Dr. Primrose, the monoga- mist. Goldsmith, Vicar, xiv. deuterogenic (dūte-rō-jen'ik), a. [ pos , second, + γένος , race (see genus ), + -ic .] Of secondary origin: specifically applied in geology to those rocks which have been de- rived from the protogenic rocks by mechanical action. deuteromesal (dū"te-rō-mē'sal), a. [ δεύ- τερος, second, + μέσος , middle, + -al . ] Literal- ly, second and median: applied in entomology, by Kirby and other early entomologists, to a series of cells in the wings of hymenopterous insects, called the first and third discoidal and Congreve. first apical cells by most modern hymen opter- I wish you could tell what a Duce your Head ails. Prior, Down-Hall, st. 40. It was the prettiest prologue as he wrote it; Well! the deuce take me if I ha'n't forgot it. Deuteronomic (dū"te-rō-nom'ik), a . [ Deuter- ono my + -ic.] Of or pertaining to the book of Deuteronomy: as, the Deuteronomic code. Deuteronomical (dū te-rō-nom'i-kal), a. Same IMG:content-2506.png:[blocks in formation] 2. One of the school of criticism which regards Deuteronomy as a product of an era of Jewish history long subsequent to the days of Moses. Deuteronomistic (du-te-ron-o-mis'tik), a. [ Deuteronomist + -ic.] Of or pertaining to the writer or writers of the book of Deuteronomy. The word is used in that school of criticism which regards Deuteronomy as a product of an era of Jewish history long subsequent to the days of Moses. The proce of "prophetic" or " Deuteronomistic " edit- ing. Encyc . Brit ., XXI. 111. Deuteronomy (du-te-ron'ō-mi), n. [= F.deu- téronome = Sp. Pg. It. deuteronomio , deu- teronomium, δευτερονόμιον , the second law, the fifth book of the Pent a teuch, Disraeli , Coningsby, viii. 4. second, + νόμος , law.) The second law, or sec- (-lē). [NL., δεύτ ( ερος ), second, next, + L. mala , cheek-bone, jaw, mandere , chew, mast i- cate: see mandible .] The second pair of jaws, or mouth-appendages, of the Myriapod a , form- ing the so-called labium or under lip of Savigny and later authors. In the chilognaths they have a su- perficial resemblance to the labium of winged insects; but the corresponding pair of appendages in Chilopod a are not only unlike the labium of Hexapod a , but entirely different in structure from the homologous parts in chilog- naths. deutomalal (du-to-ma'lal), a. [ deutomala + -al .] Same as deutomalar . deutomalar (dū-to-ma lär), a . [ deutomala + -ar3.] Of or pertaining to the deutomala of a myriapod. deutomerite (du-tom'e-rit), n. [ ερος ), second, + μέρος , a part, + -ite2 .] In zool ., the larger posterior one of the two cells of a dieystidan or septate gregarine, as dist in- guished from the smaller anterior one called pro to me rite. deutoplasm (dū'tō-plazm), n. [ πλάσμα , anything formed, embryol ., secondary, nutritive plasm, or food-yolk: a term applied by the younger Van Beneden to that portion of the yolk of an egg or ovum which furnishes food for the nourishment of the embryo, but does not enter directly into its formation or germ i- nation. The great bulk of the yolk of meroblastic ova, as birds' eggs, consists of the nutritive deutoplasm or food- deutoplasm yolk, as distinguished from the protoplasm or tread, which makes up into the body of the chick. In fact, the contents of every egg consist of two parts (1) of a viscous albuminous protoplasm; and (2) of a fatty granular matter, the deutoplasm or food The first is derived from the protoplasm of the original germinal cell, while the yolk is only secondarily developed with the gradual growth of the first; and not unfrequently it is de rived from the secretion of special glands. Claus, Zoology (trans.), I. 111. deutoplasmic (du-to-plazmik), a. [ In the young unfertilized ova a small protoplasmic and larger deutoplasmic portion are readily distinguished. Jour. Roy . Micros. Soc., 2d ser., VI. 224.