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<hw>Den`dro*c<?/"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ tree + <?/ hollow.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets.</def>

<h1>Dendroid, Dendroidal</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw><hw>Den"droid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Den*droid"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ treelike; <?/ tree + <?/ form: cf. F. <ets>dendro\'8bde</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike.</def>

<h1>Dendrolite</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den"dro*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ tree + <ets>-lite</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dendrolithe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant.</def>

<h1>Dendrologist</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den*drol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in the natural history of trees.</def>

<h1>Dendrologous</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den*drol"o*gous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to dendrology.</def>

<h1>Dendrology</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den*drol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ tree + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dendrologie</ets>.]</ety> <def>A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees.</def>

<h1>Dendrometer</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den*drom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ tree + <ets>-meter</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dendrom\'8atre</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees.</def>

<h1>Denegate</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den"e*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>denegatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>denegare</ets>. See <er>Deny</er>.]</ety> <def>To deny.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Denegation</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den`e*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82n\'82gation</ets>.]</ety> <def>Denial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dengue</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>Den"gue</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See Note, below.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also <altname>breakbone fever</altname>. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal.</def>

<note>&hand; This disease, when it first appeared in the British West India Islands, was called the <i>dandy</i> fever, from the stiffness and constraint which it grave to the limbs and body. The Spaniards of the neighboring islands mistook the term for their word <i>dengue</i>, denoting prudery, which might also well express stiffness, and hence the term <i>dengue</i> became, as last, the name of the disease.

<i>Tully.</i> </note>

<h1>Deniable</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>De*ni"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Deny</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being, or liable to be, denied.</def>

<h1>Denial</h1> <Xpage=390>

<hw>De*ni"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Deny</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of <i>affirmation</i>.</def>

<blockquote>You ought to converse with so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or <b>denial</b> may be sufficient. <i>Bp. Stillingfleet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.</def>