Part 3087

<h1>Didal</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di"dal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of triangular spade.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Didapper</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di"dap`per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[For <ets>divedapper</ets>. See <er>Dive</er>, <er>Dap</er>, <er>Dip</er>, and cf. <er>Dabchick</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dabchick</er>.</def>

<h1>Didascalar</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di*das"ca*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Didascalic.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Didascalic</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di`das*cal"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>didascalius</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to teach: cf. F. <ets>didascalique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Didactic; preceptive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Prior.</i>

<h1>Diddle</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Did"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Daddle</er>.]</ety> <def>To totter, as a child in walking.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Quarles.</i>

<h1>Diddle</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Did"dle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Perh. from AS. <ets>dyderian</ets> to deceive, the letter <ets>r</ets> being changed to <ets>l</ets>.]</ety> <def>To cheat or overreach.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Beaconsfield.</i>

<h1>Diddler</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Did"dler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cheat.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<cs><col>Jeremy Diddler</col>, <cd>a character in a play by James Kenney, entitled "Raising the wind." The name is applied to any needy, tricky, constant borrower; a confidence man.</cd></cs>

<h1>Didelphia</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di*del"phi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ = <?/ matrix, uterus.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The subclass of Mammalia which includes the marsupials. See <er>Marsupialia</er>.</def>

<h1>Didelphian</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di*del"phi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or relating to the Didelphia.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Didelphia.</def></def2>

<h1>Didelphic</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di*del"phic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the uterus double; of or pertaining to the Didelphia.</def>

<h1>Didelphid</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di*del"phid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Didelphic</er>.</def>

<h1>Didelphid</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di*del"phid</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A marsupial animal.</def>