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<hw>Di*var`i*ca"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the muscles which open the shell of brachiopods; a cardinal muscle. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Brachiopoda</er>.</def>

<h1>Divast</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di*vast"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Devastated; laid waste.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dive</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Dive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dived</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, <i>colloq</i>. <er>Dove</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, a relic of the AS. strong forms <i>de\'a0f</i>, <i>dofen</i>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Diving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>diven</ets>, <ets>duven</ets>, AS. <ets>d<?/fan</ets> to sink, v. t., fr. <ets>d<?/fan</ets>, v. i.; akin to Icel. <ets>d<?/fa</ets>, G. <ets>taufen</ets>, E. <ets>dip</ets>, <ets>deep</ets>, and perh. to <ets>dove</ets>, <ets>n.</ets> Cf. <er>Dip</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.</def>

<blockquote>It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have <b>dived</b> for them. <i>Whately.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The colloquial form <i>dove</i> is common in the United States as an imperfect tense form.</note>

<blockquote>All [the walruses] <b>dove</b> down with a tremendous splash. <i>Dr. Hayes.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>When closely pressed it [the loon] <b>dove</b> . . . and left the young bird sitting in the water. <i>J. Burroughs.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.</def>

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Dive</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Dive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hooker.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To explore by diving; to plunge into.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The Curtii bravely <b>dived</b> the gulf of fame. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He <b>dives</b> the hollow, climbs the steeps. <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dive</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Dive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A place of low resort.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<blockquote>The music halls and <b>dives</b> in the lower part of the city. <i>J. Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Divedapper</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Dive"dap`per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dive</er>, <er>Didapper</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A water fowl; the didapper. See <er>Dabchick</er>.</def>

<h1>Divel</h1> <Xpage=437>

<hw>Di*vel"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>divellere</ets>; <ets>dit-</ets> = <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>vellere</ets> to pluck.]</ety> <def>To rend apart.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>