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<h1>Detriment</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Det"ri*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>detrimentum</ets>, fr. <ets>deterere</ets>, <ets>detritum</ets>, to rub or wear away; <ets>de</ets> + <ets>terere</ets> to rub: cf. F. <ets>d\'82triment</ets>. See <er>Trite</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; <as>as, <ex>detriments</ex> to property, religion, morals, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>I can repair That <b>detriment</b>, if such it be. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<syn>Syn. -- Injury; loss; damage; disadvantage; prejudice; hurt; mischief; harm.</syn>

<h1>Detriment</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Det"ri*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To do injury to; to hurt.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Other might be <b>determined</b> thereby. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Detrimental</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Det`ri*men"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful.</def>

<blockquote>Neither dangerous nor <b>detrimental</b> to the donor. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Injurious; hurtful; prejudicial; disadvantageous; mischievous; pernicious.</syn>

<h1>Detrimentalness</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Det`ri*men"tal*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being detrimental; injuriousness.</def>

<h1>Detrital</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De*tri"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or composed of, detritus.</def>

<h1>Detrite</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De*trite"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>detritus</ets>, p. p.]</ety> <def>Worn out.</def>

<h1>Detrition</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De*tri"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>detritio</ets>. See <er>Detriment</er>.]</ety> <def>A wearing off or away.</def>

<blockquote>Phonograms which by process long-continued <b>detrition</b> have reached a step of extreme simplicity. <i>I. Taylor (The Alphabet).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Detritus</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De*tri"tus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82tritus</ets>, fr. L. <ets>detritus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>deterere</ets>. See <er>Detriment</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; <as>as, diluvial <ex>detritus</ex></as>.</def>

<note>&hand; For large portions, the word <i>d\'82bris</i> is used.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they belonged; any product of disintegration.</def>

<blockquote>The mass of <b>detritus</b> of which modern languages are composed. <i>Farrar.</i></blockquote>