Part 3002

<i>I. Watts.</i>

<h1>Desitive</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des"i*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>A proposition relating to or expressing an end or conclusion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>I. Watts.</i>

<h1>Desk</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Desk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>deske</ets>, the same word as <ets>dish</ets>, <ets>disk</ets>. See <er>Dish</er>, and cf. <er>Disk</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for "the clerical profession."</def>

<h1>Desk</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Desk</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Desked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Desking</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.</def>

<h1>Deskwork</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Desk"work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Work done at a desk, as by a clerk or writer.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Desman</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Sw. <ets>desman</ets> musk.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An amphibious, insectivorous mammal found in Russia (<spn>Myogale moschata</spn>). It is allied to the moles, but is called <i>muscrat</i> by some English writers.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>d\'91sman</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Desmid, Desmidian</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw><hw>Des"mid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Des*mid"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ chain + <?/ form.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A microscopic plant of the family <spn>Desmidi\'91</spn>, a group of unicellular alg\'91 in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves.</def>

<h1>Desmine</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des"mine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, bundle, fr. <?/ to bind.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Stilbite</er>. It commonly occurs in bundles or tufts of crystals.</def>

<h1>Desmobacteria</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des`mo*bac*te"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ bond + E. <ets>bacteria</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Microbacteria</er>.</def>

<h1>Desmodont</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des"mo*dont</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ bond + <?/, <?/, tooth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A member of a group of South American blood-sucking bats, of the genera <i>Desmodus</i> and <i>Diphylla</i>. See <er>Vampire</er>.</def>

<h1>Desmognathous</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des*mog"na*thous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>desmo`s</grk> bond + <?/ jaw.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (<spn>Desmognath\'91</spn>), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.</def>

<h1>Desmoid</h1> <Xpage=398>

<hw>Des"moid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>desmo`s</grk> ligament + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament; ligamentous.</def>

<h1>Desmology</h1> <Xpage=398>