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<h1>Ditty-bag</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Dit"ty-bag`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A sailor's small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; -- also called <i>sailor's housewife</i>.</def>

<h1>Ditty-box</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Dit"ty-box`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A small box to hold a sailor's thread, needless, comb, etc.</def>

<h1>Diureide</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di*u"re*ide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Di-</ets> + <ets>ureide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as containing two molecules of urea or their radicals, as uric acid or allantoin. Cf. <er>Ureide</er>.</def>

<h1>Diuresis</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di`u*re"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Diuretic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Free excretion of urine.</def>

<h1>Diuretic</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di`u*ret"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>diureticus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to make water; <?/ through + <?/ to make water, fr. <?/ urine: cf. F. <ets>diur\'82tique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Tending to increase the secretion and discharge of urine.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A medicine with diuretic properties.</def></def2>

<cs><col>Diuretic salt</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>potassium acetate; -- so called because of its diuretic properties.</cd></cs>

<h1>Diuretical</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di`u*ret"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Diuretic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Diureticalness</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di`u*ret"ic*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being diuretical; diuretic property.</def>

<h1>Diurna</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di*ur"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>diurnus</ets> belonging to the day.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime.</def>

<h1>Diurnal</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di*ur"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>diurnalis</ets>, fr. <ets>dies</ets> day. See <er>Deity</er>, and cf. <er>Journal</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to <ant>nocturnal</ant>; <as>as, <ex>diurnal</ex> heat; <ex>diurnal</ex> hours.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; <as>as, a <ex>diurnal</ex> fever; a <ex>diurnal</ex> task; <ex>diurnal</ex> aberration, or <ex>diurnal</ex> parallax; the <ex>diurnal</ex> revolution of the earth.</as></def>

<blockquote>Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring Their fiery torcher his <b>diurnal</b> ring. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects.</def>

<cs><col>Diurnal aberration</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the aberration of light arising from the effect of the earth's rotation upon the apparent direction of motion of light.</cd> -- <col>Diurnal arc</col>, <cd>the arc described by the sun during the daytime or while above the horizon; hence, the arc described by the moon or a star from rising to setting.</cd> -- <col>Diurnal circle</col>, <cd>the apparent circle described by a celestial body in consequence of the earth's rotation.</cd> -- <col>Diurnal motion of the earth</col>, <cd>the motion of the earth upon its axis which is described in twentyfour hours.</cd> -- <col>Diurnal motion of a heavenly body</col>, <cd>that apparent motion of the heavenly body which is due to the earth's diurnal motion.</cd> -- <col>Diurnal parallax</col>. <cd>See under <er>Parallax</er>.</cd> -- <col>Diurnal revolution of a planet</col>, <cd>the motion of the planet upon its own axis which constitutes one complete revolution.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Daily</er>.</syn>

<h1>Diurnal</h1> <Xpage=437>