Part 2867

<hw>De*flow"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>flow</ets>: cf. L. <ets>defluere</ets>.]</ety> <def>To flow down.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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

<h1>Deflower</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*flow"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>flower</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Deflour</er>.</def>

<blockquote>An earthquake . . . <b>deflowering</b> the gardens. <i>W. Montagu.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If a man had <b>deflowered</b> a virgin. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deflowerer</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*flow"er*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Deflourer</er>.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Defluous</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>Def"lu*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>defluus</ets>, fr. <ets>defluere</ets> to flow down; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>fluere</ets> to flow.]</ety> <def>Flowing down; falling off.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Deflux</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*flux"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>defluxus</ets>, fr. <ets>defluere</ets>, <ets>defluxum</ets>.]</ety> <def>Downward flow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Defluxion</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*flux"ion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>defluxio</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A discharge or flowing of humors or fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh; -- sometimes used synonymously with <i>inflammation</i>.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Defly</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>Def"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Deftly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Def\'d2dation</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>Def`\'d2*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Defedation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Defoliate, Defoliated</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw><hw>De*fo"li*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>De*fo"li*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>.<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall.</def>

<h1>Defoliation</h1> <Xpage=382>

<hw>De*fo`li*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>defoliare</ets>, <ets>defoliatum</ets>, to shed leaves; L. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>folium</ets> leaf: cf. F. <ets>d\'82foliation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves.</def>

<h1>Deforce</h1> <Xpage=382>