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<hw>Dis*tent"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>distentus</ets>, p. p. See <er>Distend</er>.]</ety> <def>Distended.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<i>Thomson.</i>

<h1>Distent</h1> <Xpage=434>

<hw>Dis*tent"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Breadth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<h1>Distention</h1> <Xpage=434>

<hw>Dis*ten"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>distentio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>distension</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; <as>as, the <ex>distention</ex> of the lungs</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.</def>

<h1>Dister</h1> <Xpage=434>

<hw>Dis*ter"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>terra</ets> earth, country; cf. Sp. & Pg. <ets>desterrar</ets>.]</ety> <def>To banish or drive from a country.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Howell.</i>

<h1>Disterminate</h1> <Xpage=434>

<hw>Dis*ter"mi*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>disterminatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>disterminare</ets> to limit. See <er>Terminate</er>.]</ety> <def>Separated by bounds.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Distermination</h1> <Xpage=434>

<hw>Dis*ter`mi*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>disterminatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Separation by bounds.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hammond.</i>

<h1>Disthene</h1> <Xpage=434>

<hw>Dis"thene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ force: cf. F. <ets>disth\'8ane</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. See <er>Cyanite</er>.</def>

<h1>Disthrone</h1> <Xpage=434>

<hw>Dis*throne"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>throne</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>desthroner</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82troner</ets>.]</ety> <def>To dethrone.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Disthronize</h1> <Xpage=434>

<hw>Dis*thron"ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To dethrone.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Distich</h1> <Xpage=434>

<hw>Dis"tich</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>distichon</ets>, Gr. <?/, neut. of <?/ with two rows, of two verses; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ row, verse, fr. <?/ to ascend; akin to AS. <ets>st\'c6gan</ets> to ascend: cf. F. <ets>distique</ets>. See <er>Stirrup</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.</def>

<h1>Distich, Distichous</h1> <Xpage=434>