Part 3088

<h1>Didelphous</h1> <Xpage=409>

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

<h1>Didelphyc</h1> <Xpage=409>

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

<h1>Didelphous</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di*del"phous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Didelphia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Formerly, any marsupial; but the term is now restricted to an American genus which includes the opossums, of which there are many species. See <er>Opossum</er>. <altsp>[Written also <asp>Didelphis</asp>.]</altsp> See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

<i>Cuvier.</i>

<h1>Didine</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di"dine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the genus <spn>Didus</spn>, or the dodo.</def>

<h1>Dido</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di"do</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Didos</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.</def>

<cs><col>To cut a dido</col>, <cd>to play a trick; to cut a caper; -- perhaps so called from the trick of Dido, who having bought so much land as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it into thin strips long enough to inclose a spot for a citadel.</cd></cs>

<h1>Didonia</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di*do"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. So called in allusion to the classical story of Dido and the bull's hide.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area.</def>

<i>Tait.</i>

<h1>Didrachm, Didrachma</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw><hw>Di"drachm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Di*drach"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ a drachm.]</ety> <def>A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth nearly forty cents.</def>

<h1>Didst</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Didst</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>, the 2<i>d pers</i>. <i>sing</i>. <i>imp</i>. of <er>Do</er>.</def>

<h1>Diducement</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di*duce"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Diduction; separation into distinct parts.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Diduction</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di*duc"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>diductio</ets>, fr. <ets>diducere</ets>, <ets>diductum</ets>, to draw apart; <ets>di-</ets> = <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>ducere</ets> to lead, draw.]</ety> <def>The act of drawing apart; separation.</def>

<h1>Didym</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di"dym</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Didymium</er>.</def>

<h1>Didymium</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di*dym"i*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ twin.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A rare metallic substance usually associated with the metal cerium; -- hence its name. It was formerly supposed to be an element, but has since been found to consist of two simpler elementary substances, neodymium and praseodymium. See <er>Neodymium</er>, and <er>Praseodymium</er>.</def>