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<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who discerns accurately the difference of things; a nice or judicious observer.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Distinguishing</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*tin"guish*ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>distinguishing</b> doctrines of our holy religion. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Distinguishing pennant</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a special pennant by which any particular vessel in a fleet is recognized and signaled.</cd></cs>

<i>Simmonds.</i>

<h1>Distinguishingly</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*tin"guish*ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With distinction; with some mark of preference.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Distinguishment</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*tin"guish*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Observation of difference; distinction.</def>

<i>Graunt.</i>

<h1>Distitle</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*ti"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deprive of title or right.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Distoma</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis"to*ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ mouth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st <er>Fluke</er>, <p><b>2.</b></def>

<h1>Distort</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*tort"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>distortus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>distorquere</ets> to twist, distort; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>torquere</ets> to twist. See <er>Torsion</er>.]</ety> <def>Distorted; misshapen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Her face was ugly and her mouth <b>distort</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Distort</h1> <Xpage=435>

<hw>Dis*tort"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Distorted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Distorting</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; <as>as, to <ex>distort</ex> the limbs, or the body</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Whose face was <b>distorted</b> with pain. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.</def>

<blockquote>Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and <b>distort</b> the understandings of men. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; <as>as, to <ex>distort</ex> passages of Scripture, or their meaning</as>.</def>