didymous (didimus)

[ twofold, twin, Didynamia (did-i-na'mi-ä), n. pl . [NL. (so named because the two larger stamens appear to dominate over the shorter), δι- , two-, + clas δύναμις , power: see dynamic .] The fourteenth cla in the Linnean veg- etable tem, includ- ing plants sys with four stamens in unequal pairs. It was divided by Linnæus into two orders: Gymnosperm i a, having the fruit composed of single-seeded achenes, which he mistook for naked seeds; and Angiosperm i a, with many seeds A Didynamous Flowers. B Nothing died in him Save courtesy, good sense, and proper trust. Browning , Ring and Book, II. 130. 5. To come to an end gradually; become extinct by degrees; vanish by or as if by death: usually with away, out, or down. For 'tis much if a Ship sails a Mile before either the Wind dyes wholly away , or at least shifts about again to Dampier , Voyages, II. iii. 6. the South. So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore. Mrs. Barbauld , Death of the Virtuous. There, waves that, hardly weltering, die away, Tip their smooth ridges with a softer ray. Words worth, Evening Walk. The living airs of middle night Died round the bulbul as he sung. Tennyson, Arabian Nights. The system of bribery did not long survive the ministry of Lord North. It may not have wholly died out ; and has probably since been resorted to on rare and exceptional occasions. Sir E. May , Const. Hist. Eng., I. vi. In the course of his ten years' attendance, all the inmates d died out two or three times, and were replaced by new O. W. Holmes, Old Vol. of Life, p. 2. A. Angiosperm i a ( Teucrium Scorodonia): c, stamens; d, divided ovary; e, section of ovary. B. Gymnosperm i a (Antirrhinum majus): c, stamens; d, capsule; e, section of capsule. ones. 6. To become le and le subject to, or cease to be under the power or influence of, a thing: followed by to or unto: as, to die to sin.-7. To languish with affection or love. The young men acknowledged that they died for Rebecca. Tatler . 8. To be consumed with a great yearning or desire; be very desirous; desire keenly or greatly: as, she was just dying to go. [Colloq.] So long as God shall live, so long shall the damned die . Hake will , Apology. To die away. (a) See def. 5. (b) To languish with plea- sure or tenderne . To sounds of heav'nly harps she dies away , And melts in visions of eternal day. I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die. 'Tis a precious craft to play with a false die Before a cunning gamester. Middle ton and Rowley , Changeling, iv. 1. Will ye gae to the cards or dice , Or to a tavern fine? Young Hunting (Child's Ballads, III. 296). Hero dot us attributes both dice and che to the Lydians, a people of Asia; in which part of the world, it is most probable, they originated at some very remote but uncer- tain period. IMG:content-2599.jpg:[blocks in formation] Young creatures have learned spelling of words by hav- ing them pasted upon little flat tablets or dies . Watts. 4. In arch ., the cubical part of a pedestal be- tween its base and cornice. See cut under dado . Thus Rauch's monument of Frederick the Great at Ber- lin is an equestrian colo us raised high upon two dies , of which, in each, the four faces are covered with paneled bas-reliefs; and around the lower die , upon an elevated stylobate, are grouped four equestrian figures on the corners, and between them twenty figures on foot, all colo al. N. A. Rev., CXLI. 284. 5. An engraved stamp used for stamping a de- sign, etc., in some softer material, as in coin- ing money. Such variety of dies , made use of by Wood in stamping his money, makes the discovery of counterfeits more diff i- cult. Swift , Sighing that Nature formed but one such man, And broke the die - in moulding Sheridan. Byron, Death of Sheridan, 1. 117. Dielytra (di-el'i-trä), n. [NL., δι- , two-, + ἔλυτρον , sheath, shard: see elytrum .] Same as Dicentra . Diemenia (dē-mēʼni-ä), n. [NL., named from Van Diemen's Land.] "A genus of venomous ser- 6. One of two or more pieces of hardened steel forming together a female screw for cutting the threads of screws. In use they are fitted into a groove in a contrivance called a die-stock, and are gener ally adjustable, so that one die may cut screws of different 7. In metal - working , a bed-plate or disk hav- ing an opening in the center, used in a punch- ing-machine to support the metal from which dæ. D. reticu- any piece is punched.-8. A knife by which out, as in the sole-shaped cutting-dies used in shoe-factories. - Bit-brace die. See bit - brace.- Counter die, an upper die or stamp. - Loaded dice, dice made heavier on one side than the others by the fraudu lent insertion of a bit of lead, so that the highest number of spots shall be turned up when the dice are thrown in playing. =Syn. 1. Die , Expire , Decease , Perish. To die is to cease to live, part with life, or become dead from any cause, and un- der any circumstances; it is the plainest and most direct of the words. Expire is often used as a softer word than die ; it means to breathe out the life or emit the last breath. Decease is a euphemism, like expire , but is often an affec- tation. Perish represents death as occurring under harsh circumstances of some sort, as violence or neglect; item- phasizes the idea of finality. There taught us how to live; and (Oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die . One ki the maiden gives, one last, Long ki , which she expires in giving. The thrice three Muses mourning for the death Of learning, late deceas'd in beggary. Prostrate the beauteous ruin lies, and all That shared its shelter perish in its fall. Open-die machine, a screw-threading machine having movable cutting-dies fitting in blocks in the traveling die-head, thus saving time in fitting in different dies. An provided for converting the quickly into nut-tapper.- The die is cast, the affair is decided; the fate of the person or thing in question is settled; there is no recalling the act. - The whole box and dice, the whole number of persons or things. [Slang.] die3 (dī), v. t .; pret. and pp. died , ppr. dying . [ Every machine-made shoe also has an "inner-sole" died out or moulded to correspond in shape with the "outer sole." Harper's Mag ., LXX. 282. [Adj. use of phrase Languid; languish- die-away (di'a-wa"), a . die away . See diel , 5.] ing; expiring. soft, sweet, die - away voice. Mi Edge worth , Helen, xix. Pray do not give us any more of those die - away Italian airs. Kingsley, Alton Locke, xiv. thus, found in northern Africa. die-back (dī'bak), n . A disease affecting trees, particularly prevalent in the orange-plantations of Florida, causing the trees to die at the top. Rom. forms), datum , lit. what is given, but taken in the sense of 'what is cast or Fallows . thrown,' neut. of dat us , pp. of dare , give, in many phrases used as equiv. to 'cast' or 'throw' diecious, dieciously, etc. See diæcio us , etc. (cf. G. würfel , a die, werfen , throw). Thus die3 is a doublet of datel , datum , and dado : see date1.] 1. A small cube marked on its faces with spots number- ing from one to six, used in gam- ing by being thrown from a box or the hand, the chance being de- cided by the highest number of spots turned up, and in several Roman Die, other ways. The numbers on opposite found in the faces of a die always add up to 7, but south of France. otherwise there is no uniformity in the arrangement of the numbers. The number of dice used is either one, two, three, or five, according to the game. diecian (di-e's han), a . die do (de-a do), n. A Spanish long measure, the 16th part of the foot of Burgos, equal to 0.7 of an English inch. Dieffenbachia (de-fen-bak'i-ä), n. [NL., from the proper name Dieffenbach .] A genus of plants, of the natural order Araceæ , natives of tropical America. There are half a dozen species, of which two, D. Seguine and D. picta , are well-known dec- orative plants in greenhouses, varying exceedingly in the color and form of the foliage. The roots, as in many other plants of the order, are very acrid and caustic, and the name dumb - cane has been given to D. Seguine in the West Indies, from its effect upon the speech when its root is bitten. IMG:content-2600.jpg:[merged small][graphic][merged small][merged small] IMG:content-2601.jpg:[blocks in formation] dier2, n. See dyer . dieresis, diæres is (di-er'e-sis), n. [= F. dié- rèse = Sp. diéres is = Pg. dieresis = It. dieresi , diæres is , διαίρεσις , a division, dis- tinct i on, separation, διαιρεῖν , divide, dist in- guish, separate, διά , apart, + αἱρεῖν , take.] 1. The separate pronunciation of two vowels usually united as a diphthong; by extension of meaning, separate pronunciation of any two adjacent vowels, or the consequent division of one syllable into two. See dialysis and distrac- tion , 8.-2. The sign (**) regularly placed over the second of two contiguous vowels to ind i- cate that they are pronounced separately; the same sign used for other purposes. The dieresis is used most frequently over e preceded by a or o , in dis- tinct i on from the diphthongs or digraphs æ and œ . In Greek manuscripts these dots were frequently written over and v beginning a word or a syllable, thus serving also to show that they did not form the close of a diph- dieresis thong (αι, ει, οι, υι, αν, εν, ου), and their modern use is an extension of this. The employment of the dieresis to mark the full pronunciation of the letters -ed, as termination of the preterit and past participle (for instance, praised ), though sometimes seen, is not established usage, the acute or grave accent being more common. A similar sign consisting of dots is used merely as a diacritical mark, as in the notation of pronunciation in this book (for instance, ä, ö, ü ). A similar mark is used in German to indicate the umlaut. See umlaut. 3. In pros., the division made in a line or a verse by coincidence of the end of a foot and the end of a word; especially, such a division at the close of a colon or rhythmic series. It is strictly distinct from, but often included under, cesura (which see).-4. In pathol., a solution of continuity, as an ulcer or a wound. dieretic, diæretic (di-e-ret'ik), a. [