Part 2892

<h1>Delibrate</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>Del"i*brate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Delibrated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Delibrating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>delibratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>delibrare</ets> to delibrate; <ets>de</ets> from + <ets>liber</ets> bark.]</ety> <def>To strip off the bark; to peel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ash.</i>

<h1>Delibration</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>Del`i*bra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of stripping off the bark.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ash.</i>

<h1>Delicacy</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>Del"i*ca*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Delicacies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[From <er>Delicate</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; <as>as, <ex>delicacy</ex> of flavor, of odor, and the like</as>.</def>

<blockquote>What choice to choose for <b>delicacy</b> best. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; <as>as, the <ex>delicacy</ex> of a fiber or a thread; <ex>delicacy</ex> of a hand or of the human form; <ex>delicacy</ex> of the skin; <ex>delicacy</ex> of frame.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; <as>as, great <ex>delicacy</ex> of behavior; <ex>delicacy</ex> in doing a kindness; <ex>delicacy</ex> of character that unfits for earnest action.</as></def>

<blockquote>You know your mother's <b>delicacy</b> in this point. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment.</def>

<blockquote>And to those dainty limbs which Nature lent For gentle usage and soft <b>delicacy</b>? <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy.</def>

<blockquote>That Augustan <b>delicacy</b> of taste which is the boast of the great public schools of England. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; <as>as, the <ex>delicacy</ex> of a chemist's balance</as>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>That which is alluring, delicate, or refined; a luxury or pleasure; something pleasant to the senses, especially to the sense of taste; a dainty; <as>as, <ex>delicacies</ex> of the table</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her <b>delicacies</b>. <i>Rev. xviii. 3.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Pleasure; gratification; delight.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He Rome brent for his <b>delicacie</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Dainty</er>.</syn>

<h1>Delicate</h1> <Xpage=385>

<hw>Del"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>delicatus</ets> pleasing the senses, voluptuous, soft and tender; akin to <ets>deliciae</ets> delight: cf. F. <ets>d\'82licat</ets>. See <er>Delight</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Dives, for his <b>delicate</b> life, to the devil went. <i>Piers Plowman.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Haarlem is a very <b>delicate</b> town. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>