Part 3138

<i>Glover.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon.</def> <mark>[Local, U.S.]</mark>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A dipped candle.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Marryat.</i>

<cs><col>Dip of the horizon</col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>the angular depression of the seen or visible horizon below the true or natural horizon; the angle at the eye of an observer between a horizontal line and a tangent drawn from the eye to the surface of the ocean.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Dip of the needle</col>, &or; <col>Magnetic dip</col></mcol>, <cd>the angle formed, in a vertical plane, by a freely suspended magnetic needle, or the line of magnetic force, with a horizontal line; -- called also <altname>inclination</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Dip of a stratum</col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>its greatest angle of inclination to the horizon, or that of a line perpendicular to its direction or strike; -- called also the <altname>pitch</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dipaschal</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di*pas"chal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>paschal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Including two passovers.</def>

<i>Carpenter.</i>

<h1>Dipchick</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Dip"chick`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dabchick</er>.</def>

<h1>Dipetalous</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di*pet"al*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>petalous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having two petals; two-petaled.</def>

<h1>Diphenyl</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di*phe"nyl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>phenyl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white crystalline substance, <chform>C6H5.C6H5</chform>, obtained by leading benzene through a heated iron tube. It consists of two benzene or phenyl radicals united.</def>

<h1>Diphtheria</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Diph*the"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ leather (hence taken in the sense of <ets>membrane</ets>): cf. <?/ to make soft, L. <ets>depsere</ets> to knead.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. <er>Group</er>.</def>

<h1>Diphtherial, Diphtheric</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw><hw>Diph*the"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Diph*ther"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to diphtheria; diphtheritic.</def>

<h1>Diphtheritic</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Diph`the*rit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or connected with, diphtheria.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having characteristics resembling those of diphtheria; <as>as, <ex>diphtheritic</ex> inflammation of the bladder</as>.</def>

<h1>Diphthong</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Diph"thong</hw> <tt>(?; 115, 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>diphthongus</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ voice, sound, fr. <?/ to utter a sound: cf. F. <ets>diphthongue</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Ortho\'89py)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, <i>ou</i> in <i>out</i>, <i>oi</i> in <i>noise</i>; -- called a <stype>proper diphthong</stype>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, <i>ai</i> in <i>rain</i>, <i>eo</i> in <i>people</i>; -- called an <stype>improper diphthong</stype>.</def>

<h1>Diphthong</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Diph"thong</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To form or pronounce as a diphthong; diphthongize.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>