Part 2860

<blockquote>[Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his <b>deficiencies</b> made him the ridicule of his contemporaries. <i>Buckle.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Deficiency of a curve</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>the amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.</cd></cs>

<h1>Deficient</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*fi"cient</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deficiens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>deficere</ets> to be wanting. See <er>Defect</er>.]</ety> <def>Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; <as>as, <ex>deficient</ex> parts; <ex>deficient</ex> estate; <ex>deficient</ex> strength; <ex>deficient</ex> in judgment.</as></def>

<blockquote>The style was indeed <b>deficient</b> in ease and variety. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Deficient number</col>. <fld>(Arith.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Abundant</er>.</cd></cs>

-- <wordforms><wf>De*fi"cient-ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Deficit</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>Def"i*cit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Lit., <ets>it is wanting</ets>, 3d person pres. indic. of L. <ets>deficere</ets>, cf. F. <ets>d\'82ficit</ets>. See <er>Defect</er>.]</ety> <def>Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; <as>as, a <ex>deficit</ex> in taxes, revenue, etc.</as></def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Defier</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*fi"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Defy</er>.]</ety> <def>One who dares and defies; a contemner; <as>as, a <ex>defier</ex> of the laws</as>.</def>

<h1>Defiguration</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*fig`u*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Disfiguration; mutilation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Defigure</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*fig"ure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> (intens.) + <ets>figure</ets>.]</ety> <def>To delineate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>These two stones as they are here <b>defigured</b>. <i>Weever.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Defilade</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De`fi*lade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Defiladed</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Defilading</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82filer</ets> to defile, and <ets>d\'82filade</ets> act of defiling. See 1st <er>Defile</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point.</def>

<h1>Defilading</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De`fi*lad"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected.</def>

<i>Farrow.</i>

<h1>Defile</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*file"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Defiled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Defiling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82filer</ets>; pref. <ets>d\'82-</ets>, for <ets>des-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>file</ets> a row or line. See <er>File</er> a row.]</ety> <def>To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.</def>

<h1>Defile</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*file"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Defilade</er>.</def>

<h1>Defile</h1> <Xpage=382>