Part 3020

<blockquote>The <b>details</b> of the campaign in Italy. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected.</def>

<cs><col>Detail drawing</col>, <cd>a drawing of the full size, or on a large scale, of some part of a building, machine, etc.</cd> -- <col>In detail</col>, <cd>in subdivisions; part by part; item; circumstantially; with particularity.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Account; relation; narrative; recital; explanation; narration.</syn>

<h1>Detail</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De"tail</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Detailed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Detailing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82tailler</ets> to cut up in pieces, tell in detail. See <er>Detail</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; <as>as, he <ex>detailed</ex> all the facts in due order</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Detail</er>, <er>Detach</er>.</syn> <usage><i>Detail</i> respect the act of individualizing the person or body that is separated; <i>detach</i>, the removing for the given end or object.</usage>

<h1>Detailer</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*tail"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who details.</def>

<h1>Detain</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*tain"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Detained</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Detaining</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82tenir</ets>, L. <ets>detinere</ets>, <ets>detentum</ets>; <ets>de</ets> + <ets>tenere</ets> to hold. See <er>Tenable</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To keep back or from; to withhold.</def>

<blockquote><b>Detain</b> not the wages of the hireling. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; <as>as, we were <ex>detained</ex> by an accident</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Let us <b>detain</b> thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. <i>Judges xiii. 15.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To hold or keep in custody.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To withhold; retain; stop; stay; arrest; check; retard; delay; hinder.</syn>

<h1>Detain</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*tain"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Detention.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Detainder</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*tain"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A writ. See <er>Detinue</er>.</def>

<h1>Detainer</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*tain"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who detains.</def>