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<hw>Dir"i*gi*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being directed; steerable; <as>as, a <ex>dirigible</ex> balloon</as>.</def>

<h1>Diriment</h1> <Xpage=417>

<hw>Dir"i*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dirimens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>dirimere</ets>. See <er>Dirempt</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Absolute.</def>

<cs><col>Diriment impediment</col> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld>, <cd>an impediment that nullifies marriage.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dirk</h1> <Xpage=417>

<hw>Dirk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ir. <ets>duirc</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander.</def>

<cs><col>Dirk knife</col>, <cd>a clasp knife having a large, dirklike blade.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dirk</h1> <Xpage=417>

<hw>Dirk</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dirked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dirking</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To stab with a dirk.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Dirk</h1> <Xpage=417>

<hw>Dirk</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dark</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Dark.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Dirk</h1> <Xpage=417>

<hw>Dirk</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To darken.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Dirkness</h1> <Xpage=417>

<hw>Dirk"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Darkness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Dirl</h1> <Xpage=417>

<hw>Dirl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i. & t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Drill</er>, <er>Thrill</er>.]</ety> <def>To thrill; to vibrate; to penetrate.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Dirt</h1> <Xpage=417>

<hw>Dirt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>drit</ets>; kin to Icel. <ets>drit</ets> excrement, <ets>dr\'c6ta</ets> to dung, OD. <ets>drijten</ets> to dung, AS. <ets>gedr\'c6tan</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; <as>as, a wagonload of <ex>dirt</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Whose waters cast up mire and <b>dirt</b>. <i>Is. lvii. 20.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Meanness; sordidness.</def>

<blockquote>Honors . . . thrown away upon <b>dirt</b> and infamy. <i>Melmoth.</i></blockquote>