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<hw>Di"et</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To eat; to take one's meals.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Let him . . . <b>diet</b> in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he traveleth. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; <as>as, the doctor says he must <ex>diet</ex></as>.</def>

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

<hw>Di"et</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>di\'8ate</ets>, LL. <ets>dieta</ets>, <ets>diaeta</ets>, an assembly, a day's journey; the same word as <ets>diet</ets> course of living, but with the sense changed by L. <ets>dies</ets> day: cf. G. <ets>tag</ets> day<?/ and <er>Reichstag</er>.]</ety> <def>A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; <as>as, the <ex>Diet</ex> of Worms, held in 1521</as>.</def>

<h1>Dietarian</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di`e*ta"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who lives in accordance with prescribed rules for diet; a dieter.</def>

<h1>Dietary</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di"et*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to diet, or to the rules of diet.</def>

<h1>Dietary</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di"et*a*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dietaries</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A rule of diet; a fixed allowance of food, as in workhouse, prison, etc.</def>

<h1>Dieter</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di"et*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who diets; one who prescribes, or who partakes of, food, according to hygienic rules.</def>

<h1>Dietetic, Dietetical</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw><hw>Di`e*tet"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Di`e*tet"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>di\'82t\'82tique</ets>. See <er>Diet</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or performance to diet, or to the rules for regulating the kind and quantity of food to be eaten.</def>

<h1>Dietetically</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di`e*tet"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a dietetical manner.</def>

<h1>Dietetics</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di`e*tet"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to diet or food; rules for diet.</def>

<blockquote>To suppose that the whole of <b>dietetics</b> lies in determining whether or not bread is more nutritive than potatoes. <i>H. Spencer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dietetist</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di`e*tet"ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A physician who applies the rules of dietetics to the cure of diseases.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Diethylamine</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di*eth`yl*am"ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>ethylamine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless, volatile, alkaline liquid, <chform>NH(C2H5)2</chform>, having a strong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf. <er>Methylamine</er>.</def>

<h1>Dietic</h1> <Xpage=409>

<hw>Di*et"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dietetic.</def>