dett (det)

A Middle English and early modern English form of debt. detach (de-tach'), v. [First in the military sense; Thus tragedy was gradually detached from its original Goldsmith, Origin of Poetry. institution, which was entirely religious. The ingenuity of man has always been dedicated to the solution of one problem how to detach the sensual sweet, the sensual strong, the sensual bright, etc., from the moral sweet, the moral deep, the moral fair. Emerson, Compensation. Never once does he detach his eye From those ranged there to slay him or to save. Browning , Ring and Book, I. 36. 2. To separate for a special purpose or service; send away, as from a post of duty or a larger body, on a distinct mi ion: chiefly in military use: as, to detach a ship or a regiment for some detach special duty; to detach an officer from a ship or station. If ten men are in war with forty, and the latter detach only an equal number to the engagement, what benefit do they receive from their superiority? Add is on . =Syn. 1. To sever, withdraw, draw off, disjoin, disconnect, unhitch.- 2. To detail. II. in trans . To become detached or separated; separate or disunite itself or one's self." [Rare.] Detaching , fold by fold, From those still heights, and slowly drawing near, A vapour heavy, huele , formle , cold, Came floating on. Tennyson, Vision of Sin, iii. detachability (de-tach-a-bil'i-ti), n. [ detach able: see- bility .) The capability of being detached; detachable character or condition: as, the detachability of the parts of a thing. It is believed that the feature of detachability , as arranged in the Lee system, will particularly commend itself to the minds of military authorities. Farrow , Mil. Encyc., II. 194, detachable (dē-tach'a-bl), a . [ detach + -able .] Capable of being detached or separated. Dante is not so absolutely individual as to seem to us de tachable from his time; he was led up to through generations of Florentine history. W.Sharp , D. G. Ro etti, p. 39. detached (de-tacht'), p . a. [ detach + -ed2.] 1. Disjoined or di ociated; not united or not contiguous; being or becoming separate; unattached: as, detached rocks or portions of rock; a detached house; detached bodies of troops. The Europe ans live in detached houses, each surrounded by walls inclosing large gardens. W. H. Ru ell . A detached body of the French lying in their way, there followed a very sharp engagement. Bp. Burnet , Hist. Own Times, an. 1709. 2. Of a separate character; belonging to a detached person or body: chiefly military: as, to be employed on detached service or duty; a detached mi ion. - Detached bastion, escapement, etc. See the nouns. - Detached coefficients, in alg . , coefficients written down without the literal fac tors, for the sake of brevity. IMG:content-2491.png:[blocks in formation] the plane, or is cut by it. detail (dē-tāl' or dētāl), n. [= D. G. Dan. detail = Sw. detalj, It is a fact of history and of observation that all efficient men, while they have been men of comprehension, have also been men of detail. Bushnell, Sermons for New Life, p. 288. 2. In the fine arts , etc., a relatively small, subordinate, and particular part, as distinguished from a general conception or from larger parts or effects; also, such parts collectively (in the singular). One or two capitals show that the Ragusan architect knew of the actual Renai ance. But it was only in that one detail that he went astray. E. A. Freeman , Venice, p. 251. The A yrian honeysuckle... forms as elegant an architectural detail as is anywhere to be found. J. Fergu on, Hist. Arch., I. 254. In the works of Alma Tadema, the most careful study of antiquarian detail is united to an artist's vivid recollection of the colour and sunshine of the South. P. G. Hamerton , Graphic Arts, iv. There is a castle at Nantes which resembles. that of Angers, but has,. within, much more interest H. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 103. of detail. 3. A minute account; a narrative or report of action. detachedly (de-tach'ed-li), adv . In a separate particulars: as, he gave a detail of all the trans- or isolated form or manner; disconnectedly. Brief notices of different particulars of this case are given detachedly by Rush worth and Whitelocke. State Trials , Judge Jenkins, an. 1647. 1. A detaching-hook (dē-taching-huk), n. safety-appliance for releasing a hoisting-cage when the hoisting-rope is overwound. 2. A device for releasing a horse from a vehicle.- 3. A device for releasing a boat from a ship's davits. [F. détache ment (= Sp. Pg. destacamento = It. distacca mento ), The same quiet clearne , the detachment from error, of a woman whose self-scrutiny has been as sharp as her deflection. The Century , XXX. 257. Her detachment, her air of having no fatuous illusions, and not being blinded by prejudice, seemed to me at times to amount to an affectation. H. James, Jr., Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 342. 3. That which is detached; specifically, a body of troops selected or taken from the main army or body, and employed on some special service or expedition, or a number of ships taken from a fleet and sent on a separate service. A strong detachment of Sars field's troops approached. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., ix. Sparta. sent a detachment to support the partisans of aristocracy in Argolis, Achaia, and Arcadia. J. Adams , Works, IV. 497. 4. An order detaching an officer from duty at a given station. - Gun detachment, the men detailed for the service of a gun or mortar.