Part 3128

<blockquote>The garden pool's dark surface . . . Breaks into <b>dimples</b> small and bright. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dimple</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Dim"ple</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dimpled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dimpling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.</def>

<blockquote>And smiling eddies <b>dimpled</b> on the main. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dimple</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Dim"ple</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Dimplement</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Dim"ple*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The ground's most gentle <b>dimplement</b>. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dimply</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Dim"ply</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of dimples, or small depressions; dimpled; <as>as, the <ex>dimply</ex> pool</as>.</def>

<i>Thomson.</i>

<h1>Dim-sighted</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Dim"-sight`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having dim sight; lacking perception. -- <wordforms><wf>Dim"-sight`ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<mhw><h1>Dimya, Dimyaria</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Dim"y*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dim`y*a"ri*a</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl</plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ = <?/ + <?/ to close.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See <er>Bivalve</er>.</def>

<h1>Dimyarian</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Dim`y*a"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the Dimya.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Dimya.</def></def2>

<h1>Dimyary</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Dim"y*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Dimyarian</er>.</def>

<h1>Din</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Din</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>dyne</ets>, <ets>dyn</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>dynr</ets>, and to AS. <ets>dynian</ets> to resound, Icel. <ets>dynja</ets> to pour down like hail or rain; cf. Skr. <ets>dhuni</ets> roaring, a torrent, <ets>dhvan</ets> to sound. Cf. <er>Dun</er> to ask payment.]</ety> <def>Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar.</def>

<blockquote>Think you a little <b>din</b> can daunt mine ears? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He knew the battle's <b>din</b> afar. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The dust and <b>din</b> and steam of town. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Din</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Din</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dinned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dinning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>dynian</ets>. See <er>Din</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>