Part 3119

<h1>Dilly</h1> <Xpage=413>

<hw>Dil"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Contr. fr. <ets>diligence</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of stagecoach.</def> "The Derby <i>dilly</i>."

<i>J. H. Frere.</i>

<h1>Dilly-dally</h1> <Xpage=413>

<hw>Dil"ly-dal`ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dally</er>.]</ety> <def>To loiter or trifle; to waste time.</def>

<h1>Dilogical</h1> <Xpage=413>

<hw>Di*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ambiguous; of double meaning.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>T. Adams.</i>

<h1>Dilogy</h1> <Xpage=413>

<hw>Dil"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dilogies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>dilogia</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ doubtful; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ to speak.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>An ambiguous speech; a figure in which a word is used an equivocal sense.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Dilucid</h1> <Xpage=413>

<hw>Di*lu"cid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dilucidus</ets>, fr. <ets>dilucere</ets> to be light enough to distinguish objects apart. See <er>Lucid</er>.]</ety> <def>Clear; lucid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Bacon</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Di*lu"cid*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wf>Di`lu*cid"i*ty</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Dilucidate</h1> <Xpage=413>

<hw>Di*lu"ci*date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dilucidatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>dilucidare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To elucidate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Dilucidation</h1> <Xpage=413>

<hw>Di*lu`ci*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dilucidatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of making clear.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Diluent</h1> <Xpage=413>

<hw>Dil"u*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>diluens</ets>, p. pr. <ets>diluere</ets>. See <er>Dilute</er>.]</ety> <def>Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, esp. of water.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Diluent</h1> <Xpage=413>

<hw>Dil"u*ent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That which dilutes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood; a weak drink.</def>

<blockquote>There is no real <b>diluent</b> but water. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dilute</h1> <Xpage=413>

<hw>Di*lute"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Diluted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Diluting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>dilutus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>diluere</ets> to wash away, dilute; <ets>di- = dis-</ets> + <ets>luere</ets>, equiv. to <ets>lavare</ets> to wash, lave. See <er>Lave</er>, and cf. <er>Deluge</er>.]</ety>