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Show DE DE 1f any fhall detra from a lady's chara&et, un tefs fhe be abfent, the faid detraétrefs fhall be forthwith ordered to the loweft place of the room Addifon 7o DEvVE'LOP. @. a. [developer, French. To difengage from fomething that enfolds and conceals ; to difentangle abolifh that which all had received and held fo the fpace of many ages triment unto religion and that without any deHuyoker I can repai That detriment, if fuch it be, to lof Milton Self-loft If your joint pow'r prevail, th' affairs of hel Take him to develop, if you can And hew the block off, and get out the man Dunciad Deve'rRcENCE. 2. [ [devergentia, Lat. Declivity ; declination Dia Zo DEvE'sT DerriME'NTAL /Mdyan [from detriment. adj z. To annul good in terms like bride and groo Shakefpeare for bed arms Androgeus he devefts fhield, he takes, and plumed crefts Denbam to take awa any thin 3. To free from any thing bad Come on, thou little inmate of this breaft Which for thy fake from paffions I dewef adj Derri‘ri0N. 7. [ [detero, detritus, LaDi& tin.] The a& of wearing away 75 DETRU'DE. v. a. [detrudo, Latin. To thruft down; to force into a lowe place Such as are detruded down to hell - Either for fhame they #ill themfelves retire Or, tied in chains, they in clofe prifon dwell Dawvies Philofophers are of opinion, that the fouls o men may for their mifcarriages be detruded int the bodies of beafts At thy command the vernal fun awake The torpid fap, detruded to the roo By wintry winds Locke Thomfon 79 DETRUNCATE. @. a. [detranco, Latin.] To lop; to cut; to fhorten by deprivation of parts DeTrUNCA'TION. 7. /. [from detruncate. The a& of lopping or cutting Derru'sion. m /. [from detrufio, Latin. The a& of thrufting or forcing down Fro this detrufion of the waters towards th fide, the parts towards the pole muft be much in creafed Keil againft Burnet Detursa'rion. # [ [deturbo, Latin. The att of throwing down ; degradation Diz Devasta'rion n. [ [devaffo, Latin. Wafte ; havock ; defolation ; deftruc tion By dewaflation the rough warrior gains And farmers fatten moft when famine reigns Garth That flood which overflowed Attica in the day of Ogyges, and that hich drowned Theffaly i Deucalion's time, made cruel havock and deva/ tation among them Woodwoard Drvce. #n /. [deux, French. 1. Two: a word ufed in games You are a gentleman and a gamefter; then, am fure, you know how much the grofs fum o deuce ace amounts to Shake[peare 2. The devil S¢e Drvuse Prior Bend [devexus, Latin. ing down ; declivous ; incurvated down ‘wards Addifon. DevexiTy. n. [ [from devex. tion downwards ; declivity Obftinacy in prejudices, which are detrimenta to our country, ought not to be miftaken for virAddifon tuous refolution and firmnefs of mind T DEVIATE n [d Incurva wi decedere Latin. 1. To wander from the right or commo i Ways The reft to fome faint meaning make pretence But Shadwell never deviates into fenfe Dryden Thus Pegafus, a nearer way to take May boldly dewviate from the common track ‘What makes all phyfical and moral ill Pope There nature dewviates, and here wanders will Pope Befides places which may deviate from the fenf of the author, it would be kind to obferve any deficiencies in the dition Pope 2. To go aftray; toerr ; tofin to offend Devia'rion. #n. /. [from deviate. 1. The a& of quitting the right way ; errour ; wandering Thefe bodies conftantly move round in the fam tracks, without making the leaft dewiation. Cheyne 2. Variation from eftablifhed rule Having once furveyed the true and proper natural alphabet, we may eafily difcover the dewiation from it, in all the alphabets in ufe, either by defec of fingle chara&ers, of letters, or by confufion o them Holder 3. Offence verthelefs the counfel of the Lord fhall ffand 3. Th Prov. xix. 21 emble on a fhield; the enfig armorial of a nation or family Then change we fhields, and their dewices bear Let fraud fupply the want of force in war. Dryds Hibernia's harp, device of her command And parent of her mirth, fhall there be feen Prior They intend to let the world fee what party the are of, by figures and defigns upen thefe fans; a the knights-errant ufed to diftinguifh themfelve 4. Invention obliquity of conduét Worthy perfons, if inadvertently drawn into dewiation, will endeavour inftantly to recover thei loft ground, that they may not bring error int habit Clariffa Devi'ce. #. /. [dewife, French ; devifa Italian. 1. A contrivance ; a ftratagem This is our dewice That Falftaff at that oak fhall meet with us Shakefpeare He intended it as a politick dewice to leffen thei intereft, and keep them low in the world. Atterb 2. A defign ; a fcheme formed; project fpeculation Touching the exchange of laws in pratice wit laws in device, which they fay are better for th ftate of the church, if they might take place ; th farther we examine them, the greater caufe we fin to conclude, although we continue the fame w Hooker are, the harm is not great His devige is againd} Babylon; to.deftroy it Ferdliv1n Addifon genius He 's gentle; never fchooled, and yet learned full of noble dewice, of all forts enchantingly beloved. Shakefpeare DE'VIL Latin diabolus #. /. [owopul, Saxon It were more properly writte diwvel. What are thofe breaches of the law of natur and nations, which do forfeit and dewef? all righ Bacon and title in a nation to government DEVE'X There are many dewices in 2 man's heart; ne by dewices on their fhields Friends all but now In quarter an Devefting the Then of hi His fword, hi Mifchievous ; harmful ; caufing lofs Among all honorary rewards, which are neithe dangerous nor detrimental to the donor, I remember none fo remarkable as the titles which are beftowed by the emperor of China: thefe are neve given to any fubjet till the fubjelt is dead [devefter, French ; d 1. To ftrip ; to deprive of clothes on the fudden, that fome of them muft of neceflit be negle@ted for that whole year, which is th Let a family burn but a candle a night lefs tha the ufual number, and they may take in the Spectator without detriment to their private affairs @.a and weftis, Latin. No detriment need fear; go, and be ftrong. Milton There often fall out fo many things to be don greateft detriment to this whole myftery Ewelyn's Kalendar t clear from its covering DE‘TRIMENT. ». /. [detrimentum, Latin.] Lofs ; damage; mifchief ; diminution ; harm Difficult it muft be for one Chriftian church t DB 1. A fallen angel ; the tempter and {piritual enemy of mankind Are you a man. --- Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on tha Shakefpeare Which might appal the dewil 2. A wicked man or woman See thyfelf, dewil Proper deformity feems not in the fien Shakefpeare So horrid as in woman 3. A ludicrous term for mifchief A war of profit mitigates the evil But to be tax'd, and beaten, is the dewil Granwille 4. A kind of expletive, exprefling wonde or vexation The things, we know, are neither riclinor rare Pope But wonder how the dewil they got there an ad 5. A kind of ludicrous negative verbial fenfe The devil was well, the dewil a monk was he A Proverb De'vivisu. adj. [from dewil. 1. Partaking of the qualities of the devi mifchievous diabolical deftruétive malicious Gynecia miftrufted greatly Cecropia, becaufe th had heard much of the dewi/ifp wickednefs of he heart Sidney For grief thereof, and dewilifb' defpight From bis infernal furnace forth he thre Huge flames, that dimmed all the heaven's lighty Enroll'd in dufkifh fmoke and brimftone blue Spenfer He trains his dewili/b engin'ry, impal' On ev'ry fide with fthadowy fquadrons deep. AZi/t 2. Having communication with tie devil The duchefs, by his fubornation Upon my life began her dewilifb praélices Shak 3. An epithet of abhorrence or contempt, A dewili knave befides the knave is hand fome, young, and blyth : all thofe requifites are i Shakefpeareo him- that delight 4. Exceflive : in a ludicrous fenfe Thy hair and beard are of a different dye Short of a foot, diftorted of an eye With all thefe tokens of a knave complete If thou art honeft, thou 'rt a dewilifh cheat Addifs Dre‘vivisuiy, adv. [from dewilifp.] In manner {uiting the devil ; diabolically Thofe trumpeters threatened them with continual alarms-of damnation, if they did not ventur life, fortune, and all, in that which wickedly an dewilifbly thofe impoftors called.the caule of God De'virkin m [fromdevil. A littl Clarijja devil Drevious Scuth adj [devius, Latin. 1. Out of the commo track Creufa kept behind : by choice we ftra Throngh ev'ry dark and ev'ry deviess way. Depd I |