Part 3058

<i>Bp. Warburton.</i>

<h1>Diabolize</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di*ab"o*lize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To render diabolical.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Diacatholicon</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di`a*ca*thol"i*con</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dia-</ets> + <ets>catholicon</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A universal remedy; -- name formerly to a purgative electuary.</def>

<h1>Diacaustic</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di`a*caus"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dia-</ets> + <ets>caustic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Opt.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or possessing the properties of, a species of caustic curves formed by refraction. See <cref>Caustic surface</cref>, under <er>Caustic</er>.</def>

<h1>Diacaustic</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di`a*caus"tic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun's rays concentrated by such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>A curved formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a lens.</def>

<h1>Diachylon, Diachylum</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw><hw>Di*ach"y*lon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Di*ach"y*lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>diachylum</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ very juicy; <?/ thoroughly + <?/ juice.]</ety> <fld>(Med. & Chem.)</fld> <def>A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts of the fat acids.</def>

<h1>Diacid</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di*ac"id</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>acid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Divalent; -- said of a base or radical as capable of saturating two acid monad radicals or a dibasic acid. Cf. <er>Dibasic</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and <er>Biacid</er>.</def>

<h1>Diacodium</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di`a*co"di*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., from Gr. <?/ <?/ from poppy heads; <?/ through, from + <?/ head, a poppy head.]</ety> <def>A sirup made of poppies.</def>

<h1>Diaconal</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di*ac"o*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>diaconalis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>diaconal</ets>. Cf. <er>Deacon</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a deacon.</def>

<h1>Diaconate</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di*ac"o*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>diaconatus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>diaconat</ets>.]</ety> <def>The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons.</def>

<h1>Diaconate</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di*ac"o*nate</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Governed by deacons.</def> "<i>Diaconate</i> church."

<i>T. Goodwin.</i>

<h1>Diacope</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di*ac"o*pe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ a cutting in two; <?/ through + <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Tmesis.</def>

<h1>Diacoustic</h1> <Xpage=405>

<hw>Di`a*cous"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>acoustic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the science or doctrine of refracted sounds.</def>