Part 3069

<h1>Dian</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a</tt><def>, Diana.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<h1>Diana</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di*a"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Diana</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess <i>Artemis</i>.</def>

<blockquote>And chaste <b>Diana</b> haunts the forest shade. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Diana monkey</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a handsome, white-bearded monkey of West Africa (<spn>Cercopithecus Diana</spn>).</cd></cs>

<h1>Diandria</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di*an"dri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/, <?/, a man, a male.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Linn\'91an class of plants having two stamens.</def>

<h1>Diandrian</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di*an"dri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Diandrous.</def>

<h1>Diandrous</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di*an"drous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>diandre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the class Diandria; having two stamens.</def>

<h1>Dianium</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di*a"ni*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>Diana</ets>; either as the name of the Roman goddess, or from its use in OE. as a name of silver.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Columbium</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dianoetic</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di`a*no*et"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ through + <?/ to revolve in the mind.]</ety> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products.</def>

<blockquote>I would employ . . . <b>dianoetic</b> to denote the operation of the discursive, elaborative, or comparative faculty. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dianoialogy</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di`a*noi*al"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ thought + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science of the dianoetic faculties, and their operations.</def>

<i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i>

<h1>Dianthus</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di*an"thus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, gen. <?/, Zeus + <?/ flower.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants containing some of the most popular of cultivated flowers, including the pink, carnation, and Sweet William.</def>

<h1>Diapase</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di"a*pase</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Diapason</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A tuneful <b>diapase</b> of pleasures. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Diapasm</h1> <Xpage=406>

<hw>Di"a*pasm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>diapasma</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/; <?/ through + <?/ to sprinkle: cf. F. <ets>diapasme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Diapason</h1> <Xpage=406>