Part 3081

<hw>Di"chro*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dichroism</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Iolite; -- so called from its presenting two different colors when viewed in two different directions. See <er>Iolite</er>.</def>

<h1>Dichroitic</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Di`chro*it"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dichroic.</def>

<h1>Dichromate</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Di*chro"mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base; -- called also <altname>bichromate</altname>.</def>

<h1>Dichromatic</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Di`chro*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>chromatic</ets>: cf. Gr. <?/.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Having or exhibiting two colors.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having two color varieties, or two phases differing in color, independently of age or sex, as in certain birds and insects.</def>

<h1>Dichromatism</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Di*chro"ma*tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being dichromatic.</def>

<h1>Dichromic</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Di*chro"mic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ two-colored; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ color.]</ety> <def>Furnishing or giving two colors; -- said of defective vision, in which all the compound colors are resolvable into two elements instead of three.</def>

<i>Sir J. Herschel.</i>

<h1>Dichroous</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Di"chro*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dichroic.</def>

<h1>Dichroscope</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Di"chro*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ color + <?/ to view.]</ety> <def>An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.</def>

<h1>Dichroscopic</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Di`chro*scop"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to the dichroscope, or to observations with it.</def>

<h1>Dicing</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Di"cing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An ornamenting in squares or cubes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Gambling with dice.</def>

<i>J. R. Green.</i>

<h1>Dickcissel</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Dick*cis"sel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The American black-throated bunting (<spn>Spiza Americana</spn>).</def>

<h1>Dickens</h1> <Xpage=408>