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<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To throw into a ditch; <as>as, the engine was <ex>ditched</ex> and turned on its side</as>.</def>

<h1>Ditch</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Ditch</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To dig a ditch or ditches.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Ditcher</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Ditch"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who digs ditches.</def>

<h1>Dite</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Dite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dight</er>.]</ety> <def>To prepare for action or use; to make ready; to dight.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>His hideous club aloft he <b>dites</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Diterebene</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Di*ter"e*bene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>terebene</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Colophene</er>.</def>

<h1>Dithecal, Dithecous</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw><hw>Di*the"cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Di*the"cous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>theca</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having two thec\'91, cells, or compartments.</def>

<h1>Ditheism</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Di"the*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>theism</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dith\'82isme</ets>.]</ety> <def>The doctrine of those who maintain the existence of two gods or of two original principles (as in Manicheism), one good and one evil; dualism.</def>

<h1>Ditheist</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw>Di"the*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist.</def>

<i>Cudworth.</i>

<h1>Ditheistic, Ditheistical</h1> <Xpage=436>

<hw><hw>Di`the*is"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Di`the*is"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to ditheism; dualistic.</def>

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<h1>Dithionic</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di`thi*on"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>-thionic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Containing two equivalents of sulphur; <as>as, <ex>dithionic</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Dithionic acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>an unstable substance, <chform>H2S2O6</chform>, known only in its solutions, and in certain well-defined salts.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dithyramb</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Dith"y*ramb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dithyrambus</ets>, Gr. <?/ a kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus; also, a name of Bacchus; of unknown origin: cf. F. <ets>dithyrambe</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain.</def>

<i>Bentley.</i>