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Show Dirce, [This is not a contralion of th Latin dirige, in the popifh hymn, Dirige greflus meus, as fome pretend; bu fro th Teatoni praife and extol dyrke laudare t Whence it is poflibl their dyrke, and our dirge was a lauda tory fong to commemorate and applau the dead. Verfiegan. Bacon apparentl derives it from dirige.] A mournful ditty ; a fong of lamentation Wit as 'twere mirt i with a defeated joy funeral an with dirge in mar riag b Meanwhil Shakefpeare's Hamlet the body of Richard after man indignities and reproaches, the diriges and obfequie of the commo peopl toward tyrants Di'rriness. o,/i [from dirty. 1. Naftinefs ; filthinefs ; foulnefs z. Meannefs'; bafenefs ; fordidnels wa fcurely buried You from above fhall hear each da One dirge difpatch'd unto your clay ylor' n}tmths', and thereby lofe g eat occafion difpofition of the admiral 3. To impair ; to diminity Y have difable Thy Dol and Helen of thy nable thought Is in bafe durance, and contagious prifon Haul'd thither by mechanic, dirty hands 2. Sullied ; cloudy ; not elegant 3. Mean ob Shakefpeare Bacon Thefe your own anthems thall become Your lafting epicedium Sandys All due meafures of her mourning kept Did office at the dirge, and by infetion wept Dryden D1I'RIGENT. adj. [dirigens, Latin. The dirigent line in geometry is that along whic the line defcribent is carried in the generatio o any figure Harris are the difeafes of labour and the ruft of time, which it contraéts not b lying ftill, but by dirty employment Taylor's Holy Liwing Marriages would be made up upon more natura motives than meer dirty interefts riches without meafure or end and increafe o Temple They come at length to grow fots and epicures mean in their difcourfes, and dirty in their practices South 70 Di'rTY. w. a. [from the noun. 1. To foul; to foil The lords Strutts lived generoufly, and neve ufed to dirty their fingers with pen, ink, and counters Arbuthnot 2. To difgrace ; to fcandalize DIRUPTION n. /. [diruptio, Latin. DIRK. n. /. [an Erfe word.] A kind of 1. The aé of burfting, or breaking dagger ufed in the Highlands of Scot- 2. The ftate of burfting, or breaking land Dis. Aninfeparable particle nfed in comIn vain thy hungry mountaineer pofition implyin ~commonl privaCome forth in all their warlike geers tiv o negativ fignificatio o th wor The fhield, the piftol, dirk, and dagger Tickell to which 1t is joined : as, to arm, to Ji/ o DirkE. v. a. To {poil; to ruin. Ob arm ; to joiz, to disjein. It is borrowe from des, ufed by the French and Spaniards in this {enfe: as, defnouer, t untie ; defferrar, to banifh: from th In which they daily wont to fwagger {olete Thy wafte bignefs but cumbers the ground And dirkes the beauties of my bloffloms round Spenfer . /. [dryt, Dutch ; dirt, Iflandick. DIRT 1. Mud filth mire an thin tha fticks to the clothes or body They, gilding dirt in noble verfe Ruftick philofophy rehearfe Denban Numbers engage their lives and labours to hea together a little irt that fhall bury them in th end Wake The fea rifes as high as ever, though the grea heaps of dirt it brings along with it are apt t choak up the fhallows Addifon Mark by what wretched fteps their glory grows From dirt and fea-weed as proud Venice rofe In each how guilt and greatnefs equal ran Latin de to deftroy as, ffruo to build deffruo Disast'vity. n [ [from difable. 1. Want of power to do any thing; weaknefs ; impotence Qu confideration of creatures unto feriptures and attentio are not in themfelve thing o like difability to breed or beget-faith Hooker Many withdrew themfelves out of pure faint nefs, and difability to attend the conclufion Raleigh He that knows moft of himfelf, knows leaft o his knowledge, and the exercifed underftanding is confcious of its difability Glanville The ability of mankind does not lie in the im And all that rais'd the hero funk the man Pope 1s yellow dirt the paffion of thy life Look but on Gripus, or on Gripus' wife _Pope 2. Want of proper qualifications for an purpofe ; legal impediment T A fuit is commenced in a temporal court for a 2. Meannefs ; fordidnefs 90 DirT @w. 2. [fro foul ; to bemire bedaub ; to foil th to mak noun. filthy t to pollute; to nafty Ill company is like a dog, who dirts thofe mof Savift whom he loves beft Dirrt-r1e 5 [dirt and pie. moulded by children of clay tion of paftry Form in imita Thou fetteft thy heart upon_that which has new1y left off making of dirt-pies, and is but preparin Suckling itfelf for a green-ficknefs DyrRriLy adv. [from dirty. 1. Naftily; foully; filthily 2. Meanly ; fordidly; fhamefully Locke inheritance; and the defendant pleads, in difability that the plaintiff is ~ baftard Ayliffe's Parergon This difadvantage which the diffenters at prefen lie under, of a difability to receive church preferments, will be eafily remedied by the repeal of th teft Saift Zo D1saA'BLE. @, a. [dis and able. 1. T deprive of force to weaken t difqualify for any aét The invafion and rebellion did not only difabl this king to be a conqueror, but deprived him bot Dawies's Ireland of his kingdom and life Nor fo is overcom Satan, whofe fall from heaven, a deadlier bruif Such gold as that wherewitha Chimiques from each minera Are dirtily and defperately gull' potency or difabilities of brutes Donge i by‘;n mine eftate bafe; defpicable employmcht Hol z. "To hinder from adtion: flg I have known a great fleet difalbglegdb ttMfi"gw so Di'rTY. adj. [from dirt. 1. Foul; nafty; filthy Suc In equal fcale weighing delight and dole Taken to wife l{;}:n ; by ylelding to that e emy wigh w&@'fifi ive. T Pound an almond, and the clear white colou will be altered into a dirty one, and the fwveet taft Locke into an oily one T'h" imperial jointrefs of this warlike ftat Have we DI DI DI Difabled not to give thee thy death's wound Milton A Chriftian's life is a perpetual exercife, a wreftling and warfare, for which fenfual pleafure difable By fhewing fomething a more fw lling por Than my faint means wou d grant continuang - 8 4. To deprive of ufefulnefs or of o logk you "fpl it Farewel, Monfieur Traveller i wear ftrange fuits difuble all t own country teutlShing . o D] Your days I will alarm, I'l] haunt yous%[?: And worfe than age difable your delights ( DEyd' 5. To exclude, as wanting proper qfialifi. cations T fi ,Pvaitwi " 1 will not difable any for proving a feholgr yet diffemble that I have feen man f;a;;::; happ upon the courfe to which by nature they foeme _much indifpofed Watt 70 DisaBu'sE. @. a. [dis and a&u/é,] T Jsa0 i inte fet free from a miftake; to difentan l from a fallacy; to fet right; to u'nfie. ceive your The impofture and fallacy of our fenfes impof A 0, a0 wtag mercuries, who have the advantages of an improve reafon to difabufe you Glarville's Seepf Thofe teeth fair Lyce muft not fhoy If fhe would bite : her lovers, thoug A Do non o Duso not only on common heads, but even more refine Like birds they ftoop at feeming grapes Are difabus'd when firft fhe gapes Waller If by fimplicity you meant a general defet i thofe that profefs angling, I hope to difabufe you Walton's Angle Chaos of thought and paflion, all confus'd Still by himfelf abus'd or difabus'd Disaccommona‘rion Pope n. /. [dis and commodation.] The ftate of being unfit o unprepared Devaftations have happened in fome places mot than in others, according to the accommodation o difaccommodation of them to fuch calamities Hale's Origin of Mankind 7o Disaccu'stoM. . @ [disand aceuf tom.] To deftroy the force of habit b difufe or contrary pratice 70 DisACKNO'WLEDGE. . & gdis an acknowledge.] Not to acknowledge The manner of denying Chrift's deity here prohibited, was, by words and oral expreffions verball to deny and difacknowledge it South D1sacQUA'INTANCE. #. /. [dis and acquaintance.] Difufe of familiarity Confcience, by a long negleét of, and difac quaintance with itfelf, contracts an inveterate ruf South or foil D1saDVA'NTAGE. #. /.[disand advantage. 1. Lofs ; injury to intereft: as, he fold t difadvantage 2. Diminution of any thing defirable, i credit, fame, honour Chaucer in many things refembled Ovid, an that with no difadvantage on the fide of the mode Dryden author it ie po t w d e g r m i i f f m Th r e t fm w Sz b ; e n i a i p e n w i e a i n r d f d t wiit d in its proper light Thof already publithed give reafon part a d f d n t w a p a wi i I t think, tha e l b e o i F r f d A e p to that ii tag t h i w o b n l w ag';‘heir teftimo n ; t t l a l a e t its difadvantage, fin d e t a w mon objetion o underftand f 3. A ftate n ftrong No fort can be f d u f f b ‘ m a c Ne flefhly breaf th N I fiDus o i k Th bi Alia A N |