dipyre

[Gr. di dis =twice, twofold, and pyr =fire, from the two effects of fusion and phos direct 4. A blow. A. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally: (1) Straight; directed in a straight line from one body or place to another. "He said, and on His Son with rays direct Shone full." Milton: P. L., vi. 719, 720. (2) Straight; not curved or crooked; right. "The ships consequently must needs encounter when they either advance toward one another in direct lines, or meet in the intersection of cro lines."-Bentley. (3) Nearest, shortest, most expeditious; as, to take the direct road to a place. 2. Figuratively : (1) Leading or tending to an end or result, as by a straight line; not circuitous. "My direct road to enjoy a more flowery path."- Mel moth : Pliny , bk. i., lett. ii. (2) Not collateral; in the line of descent from father to son; as, a descendant in a direct line. (3) Immediate; not received or gained indirectly. "In mine own direct knowledge."- Shakesp . All's Well, iii. 6. (4) Plain, expre , to the point. "Yield me a direct answer." --Shakesp. Measure for Measure , iv. 2 (5) Open, plain, straightforward, sincere, honest, upright. "There be, that are in nature faithful and sincere, and plain and direct , not crafty and involved " -Bacon . (6) A e ed or paid directly. [DIRECTТ ТАХАTION.] II. Technically : phorescence.] Min.: A tetragonal, transparent, or translucent 1. Astron .: Applied to the motion of a planet mineral, occurring in rather coarse crystals in Meta when it is in the same direction as the sun moves morphic rocks. It is found in the Pyrenees. When among the fixed stars - viz., to the left of an heated before the blow-pipe it first becomes phos observer looking south; in other words, the direct phorescent and then fuses. Specific gravity 2.646; motion of a planet is toward the east. ( Airy : Pop- hardne , 5-5.5. Composition: Silica, 55-5-60; aluular Astronomy (6th ed.), pp. 91, 123, 124.) [RETRO- mina, 22-68-24-8; lime, 6.85-10; soda, 0-94; pota a, GRADE.] protoxide of manganese, and magnesia, traces; water, 2-4'55. ( Dana.) di-quin-o-line, s . [Gr.di= dis =twice, twofold, and Eng. quinoline (q. v.).] quinoline with sodium. It forms crystalline hydro Chem.: C18H14N2: A yellow oil, formed by boiling chloride of a splendid red color, which forms double body. "The earth was revolving from left to right, or in the way which we call direct." -Airy: Popular Astronomy (6th ed.), p. 158. 2. Logic : In direct demonstration the premises employed in each step of the reasoning, are either strated in the indirect demonstration, or reductio axioms, definitions, or truths previously demonad absurdum , the premises or some of the steps may depend upon one or more hypotheses. B. As adverb: 1. Directly; in a straight line. "God Phebus direct descending down." Chaucer: Test. of Creseide. 2. Directly, at once, immediately. 3. To the point. " Direct or indirectly then To answer, all is one." Warner: Albion's England, ix. 51. sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, direct-action *C. As substantive: 1. Ord. Lang.: A direction. "It is a direct , a reference, a dash of the Holy Ghost's pen."- Adams: Works, ii. 110. ( Davies.) 2. Music : A sign (W) used at the bottom of a page or even at the end of a line of music, to indicate the note next to be sung or played; acting as a catchword in printed books. It was formerly universal, but is now very seldom, if ever, used. For the difference between direct and straight see STRAIGHT. direct-action, a. Direct-action steam -engine: A form of steam engines in which the piston-rod or cro -head is connected directly by a rod with the crank, dispensing with working-beams and side-levers. They may be cla ed generally under three heads: those which obtain the parallelism of the piston-rod by means of the system of jointed rods called a parallel motion; those which use guides or sliding surfaces for this purpose; and those denominated oscillating-engines, in which the cylinder is hung upon pivots and follows the oscillations of the crank. In Napier's direct-action steam-engine the beam is retained, but only for the purpose of working the pumps.