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<hw>Di*vid"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Parted; disunited; distributed.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; -- said of a leaf.</def>

<h1>Dividedly</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vid"ed*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Separately; in a divided manner.</def>

<h1>Dividend</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Div"i*dend</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dividendum</ets> thing to be divided, neut. of the gerundive of <ets>dividere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dividende</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; <as>as, the <ex>dividend</ex> of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>A number or quantity which is to be divided.</def>

<h1>Divident</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Div"i*dent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Dividend; share.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Foxe.</i>

<h1>Divider</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vid"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who deals out to each his share.</def>

<blockquote>Who made me a judge or a <b>divider</b> over you? <i>Luke xii. 14.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who, or that which, causes division.</def>

<blockquote>Hate is of all things the mightiest <b>divider</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Money, the great <b>divider</b> of the world. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See <er>Compasses</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; The word <i>dividers</i> is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; <i>compasses</i> to the coarser instrument used by carpenters.</note>

<h1>Dividing</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vid"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating.</def>

<cs><col>Dividing engine</col>, <cd>a machine for graduating circles (as for astronomical instruments) or bars (as for scales); also, for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels.</cd> -- <col>Dividing sinker</col>. <fld>(Knitting Mach.)</fld>. <cd>See under <er>Sinker</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dividingly</h1> <Xpage=438>

<hw>Di*vid"ing*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By division.</def>

<h1>Divi-divi</h1> <Xpage=438>