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<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; <as>as, a <ex>decussated</ex> period</as>.</def>

<h1>Decussately</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De*cus"sate*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a decussate manner.</def>

<h1>Decussation</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De`cus*sa"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>decussatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; <as>as, the <ex>decussation</ex> of lines, nerves, etc.</as></def>

<h1>Decussative</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De*cus"sa*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Intersecting at acute angles.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Decussatively</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De*cus"sa*tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Crosswise; in the form of an X.</def> "Anointed <i>decussatively</i>."

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Decyl</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De"cyl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>decem</ets> ten + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A hydrocarbon radical, <chform>C10H21</wordforms>, never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series.</def>

<h1>Decylic</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De*cyl"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Allied to, or containing, the radical decyl.</def>

<h1>Dedalian</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De*dal"ian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>D\'91dalian</er>.</def>

<h1>Dedalous</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>Ded"a*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>D\'91dalous</er>.</def>

<h1>Dedans</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De*dans"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Court Tennis)</fld> <def>A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators.</def>

<h1>Dede</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>Dede</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dead.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Dedecorate</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De*dec"o*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dedecoratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>dedecorare</ets> to disgrace. See <er>Decorate</er>.]</ety> <def>To bring to shame; to disgrace.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Dedecoration</h1> <Xpage=379>