Part 294

He knew the battle's din afar.

Sir W. Scott.

The dust and din and steam of town.

Tennyson.

Din, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dinned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dinning.] [AS. dynian. See Din, n.] 1. To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries.

2. To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding.

This hath been often dinned in my ears.

Swift.

To din into, to fix in the mind of another by frequent and noisy repetitions. Sir W. Scott.

Din, v. i. To sound with a din; a ding.

The gay viol dinning in the dale.

A. Seward.

di*naph"thyl (?), n. [Pref. di- + naphthylene.] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C20H14, obtained from naphthylene, and consisting of a doubled naphthylene radical.

Di"nar (d"nr or d*när"), n. [Ar. dnr, from Gr. dhna`rion, fr. L. denarius. See Denier.] 1. A petty money of accounts of Persia.

2. An ancient gold coin of the East.

di"nar*chy (?), n. See Diarchy.

Dine (dn), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dined (dnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dining.] [F. dîner, OF. disner, LL. disnare, contr. fr. an assumed disjunare; dis- + an assumed junare (OF. juner) to fast, for L. jejunare, fr. jejunus fasting. See Jejune, and cf. Dinner, D&?;jeuner.] To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.

Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep.

Shak.

To dine with Duke Humphrey, to go without dinner; -- a phrase common in Elizabethan literature, said to be from the practice of the poor gentry, who beguiled the dinner hour by a promenade near the tomb of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in Old Saint Paul's.

Dine, v. t. 1. To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men.

A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men.

Sir W. Scott.

2. To dine upon; to have to eat. [Obs.] "What will ye dine." Chaucer.

Din"er (?), n. One who dines.

Din"er-out` (?), n. One who often takes his dinner away from home, or in company.

A brilliant diner-out, though but a curate.

Byron.