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<h1>Dithyrambic</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Dith`y*ram"bic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dithyrambicus</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>dithyrambique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous.</def> "<i>Dithyrambic</i> sallies." <i>Longfellow</i>. -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A dithyrambic poem; a dithyramb.</def></def2>

<h1>Dithyrambus</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Dith`y*ram"bus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>See <er>Dithyramb</er>.</def>

<h1>Dition</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ditio</ets>, <ets>dicio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dition</ets>.]</ety> <def>Dominion; rule.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Ditionary</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di"tion*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Under rule; subject; tributary.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Ditionary</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di"tion*a*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A subject; a tributary.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Eden.</i>

<h1>Ditokous</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di"to*kous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ a bringing forth, offspring.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having two kinds of young, as certain annelids.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Producing only two eggs for a clutch, as certain birds do.</def>

<h1>Ditolyl</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di*tol"yl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>tolyl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, <chform>C14H14</chform>, consisting of two radicals or residues of toluene.</def>

<h1>Ditone</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di"tone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ of two tones; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ tone.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone).</def>

<h1>Ditrichotomous</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di`tri*chot"o*mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>trichotomous</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Divided into twos or threes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Dividing into double or treble ramifications; -- said of a leaf or stem.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Loudon.</i>

<h1>Ditrochean</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di`tro*che"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>Containing two trochees.</def>

<h1>Ditrochee</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di*tro"chee</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ditrochaeus</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ trochee.]</ety> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.</def>