Part 2921

<hw>De`mo*gor"gon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[First me<?/<?/<?/<?/ <-- ##***NOTE: -- several lines missing from original, which is torn here! ** --> the scholiast, <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/, deity + <grk>gorgo`s</grk> fierce, <?/<?/]</ety> <def>, A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some as the author of creation, by others as a great magician who was supposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See <er>Gorgon</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name Of <b>Demogorgon</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Demography</h1> <Xpage=389>

<hw>De*mog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ the people + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The study of races, as to births, marriages, mortality, health, etc.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Dem`o*graph"ic</wf>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Demoiselle</h1> <Xpage=389>

<hw>De`moi`selle"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Damsel</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Numidian crane (<spn>Antropoides virgo</spn>); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus <spn>Agrion</spn>.</def>

<h1>Demolish</h1> <Xpage=389>

<hw>De*mol"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Demolished</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Demolishing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82molir</ets>, fr. L. <ets>demoliri</ets>, p. p. <ets>demolitus</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>moliri</ets> to set a thing in motion, to work, construct, from <ets>moles</ets> a huge mass or structure. See <er>Mole</er> a mound, and <er>Finish</er>.]</ety> <def>To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; <as>as, to <ex>demolish</ex> an edifice, or a wall</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I expected the fabric of my book would long since have been <b>demolished</b>, and laid even with the ground. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To <er>Demolish</er>, <er>Overturn</er>, <er>Destroy</er>, <er>Dismantle</er>, <er>Raze</er>. That is <i>overturned</i> or <i>overthrown</i> which had stood upright; that is destroyed whose component parts are scattered; that is <i>demolished</i> which had formed a mass or structure; that is <i>dismantled</i> which is stripped of its covering, as a vessel of its sails, or a fortress of its bastions, etc.; that is <i>razed</i> which is brought down smooth, and level to the ground. An ancient pillar is <i>overturned</i> or <i>overthrown</i> as the result of decay; as city is <i>destroyed</i> by an invasion of its enemies; a monument, the walls of a castle, a church, or any structure, real or imaginary, may be <i>demolished</i>; a fortress may be <i>dismantled</i> from motives of prudence, in order to render it defenseless; a city may be <i>razed</i> by way of punishment, and its ruins become a memorial of vengeance.</syn>

<h1>Demolisher</h1> <Xpage=389>

<hw>De*mol"ish`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, demolishes; <as>as, a <ex>demolisher</ex> of towns</as>.</def>

<h1>Demolishment</h1> <Xpage=389>

<hw>De*mol"ish*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Demolition.</def>

<h1>Demolition</h1> <Xpage=389>

<hw>Dem`o*li"tion</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>demolitio</ets>, fr. <ets>demoliri</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82molition</ets>. See <er>Demolish</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to <i>construction</i>; <as>as, the <ex>demolition</ex> of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes</as>.</def>

<h1>Demolitionist</h1> <Xpage=389>

<hw>Dem`o*li"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A demolisher.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Demon</h1> <Xpage=389>

<hw>De"mon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82mon</ets>, L. <ets>daemon</ets> a spirit, an evil spirit, fr. Gr. <?/ a divinity; of uncertain origin.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>demon</b> kind is of an in<?/<?/<?/mediate nature between the divine and the human. <i>Sydenham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; <as>as, the <ex>demon</ex> of Socrates</as>.</def> <altsp>[Often written <asp>d\'91mon</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An evil spirit; a devil.</def>