Part 3091

<h1>Diesinking</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Die"sink`ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The process of engraving dies.</def>

<h1>Diesis</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di"e*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dieses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to let go through, dissolve; <?/ through + <?/ to let go, send.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>The mark &ddagr;; -- called also <altname>double dagger</altname>.</def>

<h1>Dies Ir\'91</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di"es I"r\'91</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>Day of wrath; -- the name and beginning of a famous medi\'91val Latin hymn on the Last Judgment.</def>

<h1>Dies juridicus</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di"es ju*rid"i*cus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dies juridici</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A court day.</def>

<h1>Dies non</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di"es non"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L. <ets>dies non juridicus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A day on which courts are not held, as Sunday or any legal holiday.</def>

<h1>Diestock</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Die"stock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A stock to hold the dies used for cutting screws.</def>

<h1>Diet</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>di\'8ate</ets>, L. <ets>diaeta</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ manner of living.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare.</def> "No inconvenient <i>diet</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed.</def>

<blockquote>To fast like one that takes <b>diet</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Diet kitchen</col>, <cd>a kitchen in which diet is prepared for invalids; a charitable establishment that provides proper food for the sick poor.</cd></cs>

<h1>Diet</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di"et</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dieted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dieting</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To cause to take food; to feed.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of.</def>

<blockquote>She <b>diets</b> him with fasting every day. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Diet</h1> <Xpage=409>