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<hw>Di*pyr"i*dine</hw> <tt>(?; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>pyridine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A polymeric form of pyridine, <chform>C10H10N2</chform>, obtained as a colorless oil by the action of sodium on pyridine.</def>

<h1>Dipyridil</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Di*pyr"i*dil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>pyrid</ets>ine + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A crystalline nitrogenous base, <chform>C10H8N2</chform>, obtained by the reduction of pyridine.</def>

<h1>Diradiation</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Di*ra`di*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>radiation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The emission and diffusion of rays of light.</def>

<h1>Dire</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Dire</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Direr</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Direst</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>dirus</ets>; of uncertain origin.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Ill-boding; portentous; <as>as, <ex>dire</ex> omens</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.</def>

<blockquote><b>Dire</b> was the tossing, deep the groans. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Gorgons and hydras and chimeras <b>dire</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Direct</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Di*rect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>directus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>dirigere</ets> to direct: cf. F. <ets>direct</ets>. See <er>Dress</er>, and cf. <er>Dirge</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; <as>as, a <ex>direct</ex> line; <ex>direct</ex> means.</as></def>

<blockquote>What is <b>direct</b> to, what slides by, the question. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.</def>

<blockquote>Be even and <b>direct</b> with me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.</def>

<blockquote>He howhere, that I know, says it in <b>direct</b> words. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A <b>direct</b> and avowed interference with elections. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>In the line of descent; not collateral; <as>as, a descendant in the <ex>direct</ex> line</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial body.</def>

<cs><col>Direct action</col>. <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Direct-acting</er>.</cd> -- <col>Direct discourse</col> <fld>(Gram.)</fld>, <cd>the language of any one quoted without change in its form; as, he said "I can not come;" -- correlative to <i>indirect discourse<i>, in which there is change of form; as, he said that he could not come. They are often called respectively by their Latin names, <i>oratio directa<i>, and <i>oratio obliqua<i>.</cd> -- <col>Direct evidence</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>evidence which is positive or not inferential; -- opposed to <i>circumstantial<i>, or <i>indirect<i>, <i>evidence<i>. -- This distinction, however, is merely formal, since there is no direct evidence that is not circumstantial, or dependent on circumstances for its credibility. <i>Wharton</i>.</cd> -- <col>Direct examination</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>the first examination of a witness in the orderly course, upon the merits. <i>Abbott</i>.</cd> -- <col>Direct fire</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>fire, the direction of which is perpendicular to the line of troops or to the parapet aimed at.</cd> -- <col>Direct process</col> <fld>(Metal.)</fld>, <cd>one which yields metal in working condition by a single process from the ore. <i>Knight</i>.</cd> -- <col>Direct tax</col>, <cd>a tax assessed directly on lands, etc., and polls, distinguished from taxes on merchandise, or customs, and from excise.</cd></cs>

<h1>Direct</h1> <Xpage=416>

<hw>Di*rect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Directed</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Directing</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; <as>as, to <ex>direct</ex> an arrow or a piece of ordnance</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; <as>as, he <ex>directed</ex> me to the left-hand road</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The Lord <b>direct</b> your into the love of God. <i>2 Thess. iii. 5.</i></blockquote>