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Show DI DIM Dimi'N1sHINGLY. adv, [from diminif. In a manner tending to vilify, or leffen I never heard him cenfure, or fo much as fpea Locke dx‘minybingly of any one that was abfent n f [diminutio, Lat. Divmivu'rioN 3. The a& of making lefs oppofed t augmentation The one is not capable of any diminution or augmentation at all by men; the other apt to admi Hooker both 2. The ftate of growing lefs: oppofed t increafe The gravitating power of the fun is tranfmitte through the vaft bodies of the planets without an diminution, {o as to a& upon all their parts, to thei very centres, with the fame force, and accordin to the fame laws, as if the part upon which it aét were not furrounded with the body of the planet Neawton Finite and infinite feem to be looked upon as th modes of quantity, and to be attributed primaril to thofe things which are capable of increafe o diminution Locke 3. Difcredit ; lof degrada of dignity tion Gladly to the - Heroick laurel'd Eugene yields the prime Nor thinks it diminution to be rank' ¥n military honour next Philips 4. Deprivation of dignity ; injury of reputation Make me wife by thy truth, for my own foul' falvation, and I fhall not regard the world's opinion or diminution of me King Charles They might raife the reputation of another though they are a diminution to his .Addif. Spec §. [In architetture.] The contration o the diameter of a column, as it afcends Divmi'NUTIVE adj [diminutivus, Lat. Small ; little ; narrow ; contraéed The poor wren The moft diminutive of birds, will fight Her young ones in her neft, againf the owl Di'missory. adj. [dimifforius, Lat.] Tha by which a man is difmiffed to anothe jurifdiéion attained it but in poor and diminutive meafure Glanville's Scepfis The light of man's underftanding is but a fhort - diminutive, contracted light, and looks not beyon the prefent South If the ladies thould once take a liking to fuch diminutiv race of lovers, w fhould in a littl time, fee mankind epitomized, and the whole fpecies in miniature Addifon They know how weak and aukward many o thofe little diminutive difcourfes are Watts How, while the troubled elements arourd Earth, water, air, the ftunning din refound Thro' ftreams of {moke and adverfe fire he rides While every thot is levell'd at his fides A bifhop of another diocefs ought neither to or dain or admit a clerk, withou own proper bithop Som Ayliff's Parergon ftant din of their party, fo coupled in their minde Locke that they always appear there together 1 directed a trowze of fine dimitty Wifeman Di'mry. adv. [from dim. 1. Not with a quick fight; not with clear perception Unfpeakable ! who fitt'ft above thefe heav'ns To us invifible, or dimly feen In thefe thy loweft works Milton I matc fille burn the beginning of our pumping the air, th appeared well lighted, though it had almof the receiver with fumes; but by degrees i more and more dinly Boyle's Spring of the Air I faw th' angelick guards from earth afcend Griev'd they muft now no longer man attend The beams about their temples dimly fhon One would have thought the crime had been thei own Rather liv To bait thee for his bread, and din your ears Otavay's Venice Preferved With hungry cries 2. To imprefs with violent and continue noife What fhall we do, if his majefty puts out proclamation commanding us to take Wood's haifpence ? This hath been often dinned in my ears Savift 7o DINE. @. n. [diner, Fr.] 'To eat th chief meal about the middle of the day Perhaps fome merchant hath invited him And from themart he 's fomewhere gone to dinner Good fifter, let us dine, and never fret ShakefpMyfelf, he, and my fifter To-day did dine to together Shatkefpeare He would dine with him the next day. Clarend Thus, of your heroes and brave boys The greateft actions I can find Are, that they did their work and din'd. 7o DiNE feed 2 hole ; dintle, little hole ; by a carelefs pronunciatio dimple. Shinner. A fmall cavity o chin, or othe t Dive'ricaL. adj. [dwsmix@- round ; vertiginous Whirlin Some of late have concluded, from {pots in th fun, which appear and difappear again, that, befide th revolutio it maket wit its orbs i hath alfo a dinetical motion, and rolls upon its ow poles Brown's Vulgar Errours A fpherical figure is moft commodious for dine Prior Zo Di"mPLB. v.#. [from the noun.] T fink in fmall cavities, or little inequalities The wild waves mafter'd him, and fucl'd himin And fmiling eddies dimpled on the main. Dryden Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray As fhallow ftreams run dimpling all the way. Pope to Dryden's Virgil In her forchead's fair half-round Love fits in open triumph crown'd He in the dimple of her chin Di'mMrLED. adj, [from dimple. dimples @. a. To give a dinne Prior Boil this reftoring root in gen'rous wine And fet befide the door the fickly ffock to dine The dimple of the upper lip is the common meafure of them all Grew In private ftate, by friends is feen and the con With whom old Homer makes fuch noife Anfwerable to this dimnefs of their perception was the whole fyftem and body: of their religion Decay of Piety part cuftom mour Di'wmwess. z [ [from dim. 1. Dulnefs of fight z. Want of apprehenfion; ftupidity depreflion in the cheek by education 1. To ftun with noife ; to harafs with cia Dryden [dint are 7o Din. . a. [from the noun. 2. Not brightly; not luminoufly ». / ideas, of no alliance to on another Drmirry. 7 /£ A fine kind of fuftian or cloth of cotton DI'MPLE independen Smith the confent of hi and without the letters dimif Jory Shakefpeare's Macbeth It is the intereft of mankind, in order to the advance of knowledge, to be fenfible they have ye 12~ [ Set wit On each fide he Stood pretty dimpled boys like fmiling Cupids tical motion, or revolution upon its own axis 7 DING pret dung w. a Ray [dringen Dutch. 1. To dath with violence 2. To imprefs with force 7o Ding. w.n To blufter; to bounce to huff. A low word He huffs and dings, becaufe we will not fpen the little we have left, to get him the title of lor Strut Arbuthnot Ding-ponG. 7 /. A word by which th found of bells is 1mitated Dimi'NuTivE. . /. [from the adjective. Shakefpeare 1. A word formed to exprefs littlenefs ; Di'mrry. adj. [from dimple.] Full o Let us all ring fancy's knell Ding, dong bell Shakefpeare as Japillus, in Latin, a little flone ; maidimples ; finking in little inequalities Di'ncrE # / [fromben o bin holJonetze, in French, a lirtle houfe; manniAs the fmooth furtace of the dimply floo low, Sax. A hollow between hills ; The filver-flipper'd virgin lightly trod ken, in Englith, a /ittle man He afterwards proving a dainty and effeminat youth,; was commonly called, by the diminutive o his name, Peterkin or Perkin. Bacon's Hen. VII Sim, while but Sim, in good repute did live - Was then a knave, but in diminutive Cotton 2. Afmall thing: a fenfe not now in ufe Follow his chariot; monfter-like, be thew For poor'ft diminutives, for doits Shakefpeare Divr'NUTIVELY tive. [from diminu In a diminutive manner Dimi'NuTivenEss tive. adv Smallnefs #. [from diminu littlenefs petty nefs; want of bulk ; want of dignity Di'misu adj [from dim. Somewha dim ; fomewhat obfcure >Tis true, but let it not be known My eyes are fomewhat dimifb grown ¥or nature, always in the right To your decays adapts my fight Sawift DIN Warton's Ifis = /. [byn, a noife; dynan, to mak a noife, Sax dyna to thunder Ifland ick.] A loud noife ; a violent and continued found And all the way he roared as he went That all the foreft with afonifhmen Thereof did tremble; and the beafts therei Fled faft away from that fo dreadful dix Hubberd's Tale 0, 'twas a din to fright a monfter's ear To make an earthquake fure, it was the roa Shakefpeare's Tempef} Of a whole herd of lions While the cock with lively di Scatters the rear of darknefs thin And to the ftack, or the barn-door Scoutly ftrats his dame before Milton Now night over heav' Inducing darknefs, grateful truce impos'd And filence, on the odious din of war Milton dale 1 know each lane, and every alley green Dingle or buthy dell of this wild wood And every bofky bourn from fide to fide My daily walks and ancient neighbourhood. Mi/t Di'NniNc-roOM. #. /i [dine and room. The principal apartment' of the houfe the room where entertainments ar made He went out from the dining-room before he ha fallen into errour by the intemperance of his meat or the deluge of drink. Taylor's Ruleof Living Holy D1'NNER. # f. [diner, French.] "The chie meal ; the meal eaten about the middl of the day Let me not ftay a jot for dinzer Go, get it ready Shakefpearc's Kirg Lear Before dinner and fupper, as often as it is conve niens, or can be had let the public praye-s of th 3 X church |