Direct

dT-rekt', a. straisht not crooked, oblique, or circuitous straightforward not swerving from truth and openne sincere immediate unambiguous: absolute: in the line of descent; not collateral. (Asfron.) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east. — To give direction or bearing to: to determine the course of; to point out the proper course to, put upon the right track; to instruct as a superior; to put a direction or addre upon, superscribe.— To give direction, act as guide. — (Mus.) A character W] placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation. [L. dirigere, -rectum, to straighten, — direct, dis, apart, end regere, to rule, control.] Direct chord. Olw.) One in which the fundamental tone the lowest. — D.fire. {JUL) One in a direction perpendicular to the line of troops or to the parapet aimed at. — D. tax. A tax a e ed directly on po e ions, discing, taxes on articles of consumption, or customs. — Directly, adv. In a direct, immediate, expre , or absolute manner straiffhtway immediately. — Direct'ne , re.— Director, — Direc'tion, Act of directing, or of aiming, rejulating, guiding, or ordering; authoritative instruction; addre of a person written upon a thing sent; superscription: course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move line or point of tendency; body of persons charged with the management of a matter administration management government. — Directive, a. Having power, or tending, to direct. — Direct'or, -5T, n. One who, or that which, etc. esp. one of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a company part of a machine which directs motion or action. — Direct'orate, -rat, A body of directors, or the office of director. — Directo'rial. -rt-al, a. Having — the quality of, or pert, to a director or directory. Direct'orship, n. Office of, etc. — Directory, a. Containing directions directorial. — A collection of directions, rules, or ordinances esp. a book of directions for the conduct of worship a book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place a body of directors esp. a committee which held executive power in France under the republic— Direcfre , n. A woman who, etc. — Direct'rix, A directre . (Geom.) A line along which a point in another line moves, and which governs motion and determines the position of the curve generated by or along: which the generatrix moves in generating a warped or single curved surface; a straight line so situated with respect to a conic section that the distance of any point of the curve from has a constant ratio to the distance of that point from the focus. — Dir'igent, -T-jent, a. Directing. — (Geom.) A directrix. Direption. dT-rep's hun. n. Act of plundering or despoiling. [L. direj'tio. diripere, -reptwn, to tear asunder, plunder, dix and rapere, to seize.] Dirge, derj, A piece of mournful music, to accompany funeral rites. [Contr. from the first word of a hymn beginning " Dirige gre us meos," formerly sung at funerals.] Diligent. See under Direct. Dirk. dSrk, A kind of dagger or poniard. — v. To stab with, etc. [Ir. duirc]