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<hw>De*can"dri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ ten + <?/, <?/, a man.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Linn\'91an class of plants characterized by having ten stamens.</def>

<h1>Decandrian, Decandrous</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw><hw>De*can"dri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>De*can"drous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82candre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the Decandria; having ten stamens.</def>

<h1>Decane</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>Dec"ane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Deca-</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A liquid hydrocarbon, <chform>C10H22</chform>, of the paraffin series, including several isomeric modifications.</def>

<h1>Decangular</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>Dec*an"gu*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>deca-</ets> + <ets>angular</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having ten angles.</def>

<h1>Decani</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De*ca"ni</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L., lit., of the dean.]</ety> <def>Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; -- correlative to <i>cantoris</i>; <as>as, the decanal, or <ex>decani</ex>, side</as>.</def>

<h1>Decant</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De*cant"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Decanted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Decanting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82canter</ets> (cf. It. <ets>decantare</ets>), prop., to pour off from the edge of a vessel; pref. <ets>d\'82-</ets> (L. <ets>de</ets>) + OF. <ets>cant</ets> (It. <ets>canto</ets>) edge, border, end. See <er>Cant</er> an edge.]</ety> <def>To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; <as>as, to <ex>decant</ex> wine</as>.</def>

<h1>Decantate</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De*can"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To decant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Decantation</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De`can*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82cantation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.</def>

<h1>Decanter</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De*cant"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who decants liquors.</def>

<h1>Decaphyllous</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De*caph"yl*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>deca-</ets> + Gr. <?/ leaf: cf. F. <ets>d\'82caphylle</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having ten leaves.</def>

<h1>Decapitate</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De*cap"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Decapitated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Decapitating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[LL. <ets>decapitatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>decapitare</ets>; L. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>caput</ets> head. See <er>Chief</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To cut off the head of; to behead.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To remove summarily from office.</def> <mark>[Colloq. U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Decapitation</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De*cap`i*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>decapitatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82capitation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of beheading; beheading.</def>

<h1>Decapod</h1> <Xpage=374>