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<hw>Din"mont</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A wether sheep between one and two years old.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Dinner</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Din"ner</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'8cner</ets>, fr. <ets>d\'8cner</ets> to dine. See <er>Dine</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The principal meal of the day, eaten by most people about midday, but by many (especially in cities) at a later hour.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An entertainment; a feast.</def>

<blockquote>A grand political <b>dinner</b>. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Dinner</i> is much used, in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, <i>dinner</i> time, or <i>dinner</i>-time, <i>dinner</i> bell, <i>dinner</i> hour, etc.</note>

<h1>Dinnerless</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Din"ner*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no dinner.</def>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Dinnerly</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Din"ner*ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to dinner.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>dinnerly</b> officer. <i>Copley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dinoceras</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Di*noc"e*ras</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ terrible + <?/, <?/, horn.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of large extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; -- called also <altname>Uintatherium</altname>. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

<note>&hand; They were herbivorous, and remarkable for three pairs of hornlike protuberances on the skull. The males were armed with a pair of powerful canine tusks.</note>

<h1>Dinornis</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Di*nor"nis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ terrible + <?/ bird.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which formerly inhabited New Zealand. See <er>Moa</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Deinornis</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Dinosaur, Dinosaurian</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw><hw>Di"no*saur</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Di`no*sau"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ terrible + <?/ lizard.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>One of the Dinosauria.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>deinosaur</asp>, and <asp>deinosaurian</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Dinosauria</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Di`no*sau"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ terrible + <?/ lizard.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large "bird tracks," so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Compsognathus</er>, also <i>Illustration</i> of <i>Dinosaur</i> in Appendix.</def>

<h1>Dinothere, Dinotherium</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw><hw>Di"no*there</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Di`no*the"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>dinotherium</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ terrible + <?/ beast.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw.</def>

<h1>Dinoxide</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Din*ox"ide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Dioxide</er>.</def>

<h1>Dinsome</h1> <Xpage=414>

<hw>Din"some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of din.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>