Part 3550

<h1>Dweller</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dwell"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An inhabitant; a resident; <as>as, a cave <ex>dweller</ex></as>.</def> "<i>Dwellers</i> at Jerusalem."

<i>Acts i. 19.</i>

<h1>Dwelling</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dwell"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.</def>

<blockquote>Hazor shall be a <b>dwelling</b> for dragons. <i>Jer. xlix. 33.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>God will deign To visit oft the <b>dwellings</b> of just men. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Philip's <b>dwelling</b> fronted on the street. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Dwelling house</col>, <cd>a house intended to be occupied as a residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other building.</cd> -- <col>Dwelling place</col>, <cd>place of residence.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dwelt</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dwelt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp. & p. p.</tt><def>of <er>Dwell</er>.</def>

<h1>Dwindle</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dwin"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dwindled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dwindling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From OE. <ets>dwinen</ets> to languish, waste away, AS. <ets>dw\'c6nan</ets>; akin to LG. <ets>dwinen</ets>, D. <ets>dwijnen</ets> to vanish, Icel. <ets>dv\'c6na</ets> to cease, dwindle, Sw. <ets>tvina</ets>; of uncertain origin. The suffix <ets>-le</ets>, preceded by <ets>d</ets> excrescent after <ets>n</ets>, is added to the root with a diminutive force.]</ety> <def>To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.</def>

<blockquote>Weary sennights nine times nine Shall he <b>dwindle</b>, peak and pine. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have <b>dwindled</b> into factious clubs. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dwindle</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dwin"dle</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make less; to bring low.</def>

<blockquote>Our drooping days are <b>dwindled</b> down to naught. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To break; to disperse.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Clarendon.</i>

<h1>Dwindle</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dwin"dle</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Dwindlement</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dwin"dle*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of dwindling; a dwindling.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Mrs. Oliphant.</i>

<h1>Dwine</h1> <Xpage=463>

<hw>Dwine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dwindle</er>.]</ety> <def>To waste away; to pine; to languish.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>