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<p><b>1.</b> <def>To prepare; to put in order; hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> "She gan the house to <i>dight</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>Two harmless turtles, <b>dight</b> for sacrifice. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The clouds in thousand liveries <b>dight</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To have sexual intercourse with.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Dighter</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dight"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who dights.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Digit</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig"it</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>digitus</ets> finger; prob. akin to Gr. <?/, of uncertain origin; possibly akin to E. <ets>toe</ets>. Cf. <er>Dactyl</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.</def>

<blockquote>The ruminants have the "cloven foot," <b>i</b>. <b>e</b>., two hoofed <b>digits</b> on each foot. <i>Owen.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>One of the ten figures or symbols, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, by which all numbers are expressed; -- so called because of the use of the fingers in counting and computing.</def>

<note>&hand; By some authorities the symbol 0 is not included with the <i>digits</i>.</note>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; -- a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; <as>as, an eclipse of eight <ex>digits</ex> is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk</as>.</def>

<h1>Digit</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig"it</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To point at or out with the finger.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Digital</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig"i*tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>digitals</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; <as>as, <ex>digital</ex> compression; <ex>digital</ex> examination.</as></def>

<h1>Digitain</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig"i*ta`in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>digitaline</ets>.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Any one of several extracts of foxglove <spn>(Digitalis)</spn>, as the "French extract," the "German extract," etc., which differ among themselves in composition and properties.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A supposedly distinct vegetable principle as the essential ingredient of the extracts. It is a white, crystalline substance, and is regarded as a glucoside.</def>

<h1>Digitalis</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig`i*ta"lis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.: cf. F. <ets>digitale</ets>. So named (according to Linn\'91us) from its finger-shaped corolla.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants including the foxglove.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (<spn>Digitalis purpurea</spn>), used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, etc.</def>

<h1>Digitate</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>digitatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>digitare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>digitus</ets>. See <er>Digit</er>.]</ety> <def>To point out as with the finger.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>