Part 3107

<i>Robinson (Eudoxa).</i>

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

<hw><hw>Dig"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dig"i*ta`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>digitatus</ets> having fingers.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Dig"i*tate*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Digitation</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig`i*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>digitation</ets>.]</ety> <def>A division into fingers or fingerlike processes; also, a fingerlike process.</def>

<h1>Digitiform</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig"i*ti*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>digitus</ets> a finger + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; <as>as, a <ex>digitiform</ex> root</as>.</def>

<h1>Digitigrade</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig"i*ti*grade</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>digitus</ets> finger, toe + <ets>gradi</ets> to step, walk: cf. F. <ets>digitigrade</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from <i>plantigrade</i>.</def>

<h1>Digitigrade</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig"i*ti*grade</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; -- distinguished from a <i>plantigrade</i>, which walks on the palm of the foot.</def>

<h1>Digitipartite</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig`i*ti*par"tite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>digitus</ets> finger + <ets>partite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Parted like the fingers.</def>

<h1>Digitize</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig"i*tize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Digit</ets> + <ets>-ize</ets>.]</ety> <def>To finger; <as>as, to <ex>digitize</ex> a pen</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <i>Sir T. Browne.</i> <-- <fld>computers</fld> to convert (information, a signal, an image) into a form expressible in binary notation -->

<h1>Digitorium</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig`i*to"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>digitus</ets> a finger.]</ety> <def>A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; -- called also <altname>dumb piano</altname>.</def>

<h1>Digitule</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig"i*tule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>digitulus</ets>, dim. of <ets>digitus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A little finger or toe, or something resembling one.</def>

<h1>Digladiate</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Di*gla"di*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>digladiari</ets>; <ets>di- = dis-</ets> + <ets>gladius</ets> a sword.]</ety> <def>To fight like gladiators; to contend fiercely; to dispute violently.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Digladiating</b> like \'92schines and Demosthenes. <i>Hales.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Digladiation</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Di*gla`di*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of digladiating.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Sore <i>digladiations</i> and contest."

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Diglottism</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Di*glot"tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ speaking two languages; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ tongue. See <er>Glottis</er>.]</ety> <def>Bilingualism.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Earle.</i>