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Show D 1 #. A plate [diale, Skinner. marked ‘with lines wher o a han 0, gentlemen, the time of life is fhort To fpend that fhortnefs bafely were too long Though life did ride upon a dial's point we have no fenfe of the accretive motion of plant or animals; and the fly fhadow fteals away upo the dial, and the quickeft eye can difcover no mor Glanwille . than that it is gone DiAL-PLATE. z /. [dial and plate.] Tha on which hours or lines are marked Strada teils us that the two friends, being cac of thern poflefled of a magnetical needle, made kind of dial-plate, inferibing it with the four an twenty letters, in the fame manner as the hours o the day are marked upon the ordinary dia/-plate Addifor's Spectator as th 1. The fubdivifion of a language Attic, Doric, Ionic, Alolic dialefts 2. Style; manner of expreflion When themfelves do practife that whereof the write, they change their diale?5 and thofe word they thun as if ther wer i them fom fecre Hooker fting 3. Language ; fpeech In her yout There is a prone and fpeechlefs dialeé? Such as moves men. Shake[p. Meafure for Meafure 1f the conferring of a kindnefs did not bind th perfon upon whom it was conferred to the return of gratitude, why, in the univerfal dialet? of th world, are kindnefies fill called obligations ? Souzh DiavLecticaL. adj. [fro Logical; argumental dialeitick. Thofe dialefZical fubtleties,, that the fchoolme employ about phyfiological myfteriesymore declar the wit of him that ufes them, than increafe th Boyle knowledge of fober lovers of truth DIALE'CTICK #: [darcsddinn. Lo gick; the art of reafoning Di'arrinNg. z /. [from dial.] The {ciaterick fcience; the knowledge of thadow the art of conftru&ting dials on which th thadow may fhew the hour Dr'avist. n /. [from dial.] A conftrute e Scientifick dialiffs, by the geometrick confiderations of lines, have found out rules to mark out th irregular motion of the thadow in ail latitudes, an Moxon on all planes Dia'roGist. #. f. [from dialogue. fpeaker in a dialogue or conference ; writer of dialogues DI'ALOGUE. . /. [Mdnoy@-.] A conference 3 a converfation betwee more,- either real or feigned two o Will you hear the dialogue that the two learne men have compiled in praife of the owl and cucShakefpeare kow Oh, the impudence of this wicked fex! Tafcivious dialogues are innocent with you Dryden's Spanifb Friar In eafy dialogues is Fletcher's praife He mov'd the mind, but had not pow'r to raife Dryden 7o Dr'aroGuE @. a. [from the noun. To difcourfe with another; to confer Doft dialogue with thy fhadow Shak. Timon Diavy'sis, z. /. [Maves.] The figure i rhetorick by which fyllables or words ar divided DIA'METER. #. /. [ and péreor. of-a circle, or other cnrvilinear figure divides it into equal parts I wont the wing ¢ of pleafures f Spenfer rty about one hundred and twenty thoufand miles Still ending at th' arrival of an hour Shakefpeare's Henry IV If the motion be very flow, we perceive it not DIALECT. 7. /. [Mdredor. Nine was the circle fet in heaven's place The fpace between the earth and the moon, ac- cording to Ptolemy, is feventeen times the diamete of the earth, which makes, in a grofs account fhadow fhews the hour Th line which, pafling through the centr TRLIDY all tones hord which include 1at we call an eighth, or a Raleigh The bay of Naple is the moft delightful on that T ever faw: it lies in almoft a reund figure o about thirty miles in the diameter. Addifin cn Itidly tave Harris 1t difcovereth the true coincidence of founds int {fcribing ' the diameter ; relating to th diameter Dia'vETRALLY. ado. [from diametral. According to the direction of a diameter'; in dirett oppofition diapafonsy which is the retarn of the fame found Bacon Harfh di Broke the fair mufick that all creatures mad .To thei Chriftian piety is, beyond all other things, diametrally oppofed to profanenefs and impiety of ac Drame'rriCAL. adj. [from diameter. 1. Defcribing a diameter 2. Obferving the dire@ion of a diameter DiamMe‘rricaLLY. adv. [from diametriIn a diametrical direction cal. He perfuaded the king to confent to what wa diametrically againft his conicience and his honour Clarendon and, in truth, his fecurity Thus intercepted in its paflage, the he vapour which cannot penetrate the firatum diametrically glides along the lower furface of it, permeéating th horizontal interval, which is betwixt the faid denf _ ftratum and that which lies underneathit Di'amonp Latin. n. f [diamant Fr #oodw ademas The diamond, the moft valuable and hardeft o all the gems, is, when pure, perfeftly clear an pellucid as the pureft water 5 and is eminently diftinguithed from all other fubftances by its vivi I fplendour, and. the brightnefs of its reflexions is extremely various in fhape and fize, being foun in the greateft quantity very fmall, and the large ones extremely feldom met with. The largeft eve known is that in the poflefiion of the Great Mogul which weighs two hundred and {eventy-nine carats and is computed to be worth feven hundred-an feventy-nine thoufand two hundred and forty-fou The diamond bears the force of th pounds ftrongeft fires, except the concentrated folar rays without hurt; and even that infinitely fierceft o all fires does it no injury unlefs direted to it weaker parts. It bears a glafs houfe fire for manj days, and if taken carefully out, and fuffered t cool by degrees, is found as bright and beautiful a before 5 but if taken haftily out, it will fometime crack, and even fplit into two or three pieces. Th places where we have diamonds are the Eaft Indie and the Brafils ; and though they are ufually foun clear and colourlefs; yet they are fometimes {lightl tinged with the colours of the other gems, by th mixture of fome metalline particles. Hi/lon Foffils Give me the ring of mine you had at dinner Or, for the diamond, the chain you promis'd Shakefpeare I fee how thine eye would emulate the diamond thou haft the right arched bent of the brow. Shaz The diamond is preferable and vaftly fuperior t all others in luftre and beauty; as alfo in hardnefs which renders it more durable and lafting, an therefore much more valuable, than any other ftone Woodward The diamond is by mighty monarchs worn Blackm Fair as the ftar that ufhers in the morn "The lively diamond drinks thy pureft rays Thomfon Colleéked light, compact Dr'arask. 7. /. [dia waoiv.] A chord including all tones. ~The old word fo See Diapason diapafon And *twixt them both a quadrant was the bafe Proportion'd equally by feven and nine great Lord, whofe love their motion {way' In perfect diapafen, whilft they ftoo In firfk obedicnce, and their ftate of good. Milton Many fweet fife, many as {weet a fall Crafbaw A full-mouth digpafon fwallows all From'hatmony, from heavenly harmony Hammend The fin of calumny is fet in a moft diametrica oppofition to the evangelical precept of loving ou Gowvernment of the Torgue neighbours as ourfelves again with the firft and then the eighth is the {a Dia'METRAL. adj. [from diameter.] De- tions t feven tones or note becauf DIUAL D Io This univerfal frame began; From harmony to hatmon Through all the compafs of the notes it ran The diapafon clofing full in man Dryden DI'APER. u. /. [diapre, Fr. of uncertai etymology. 1 Linen cloth woven in flowers, and othe figures ; the fineft {pecies of figured line after damatk Not any damfel, which her vaunteth mof In-fkilful knitting of foft filken twine Nor any weaver, which his work doth boaf , or in lyne Might in their diverfe cunning ever dar With thid fo curious net-work to compare Spenf 2. A napkin; a towel Let one attend him with a filver bafo Full of rofe-water, and beftrew'd with flowers Another bear the ewer third a digper Shake[p ; to diverfify ; to flower s her tender foot fhould wrong with flowers all along ifcolour'd mead Sp ou grand-dam apered with various fl ith delightful objetts Hoqvel's Vical Foreff If you diape upo iolds let you work b broken, and taken, as it were,. by the half; fo reafon tells you, that your fold muft cover fomewhat unfeen Peacham on Drawing #. [ [from dadaiela. Tranfparency ; pellucidnefs ; power o tranfmitting light Diaruanerry Becaufe the outwar coat of the eye ought t be pellucid, to.-tranfmit the light, which, if th frand open, would be apt t eyes fhould al grow dry and fhrink, and lofe their diaphaneity therefore are the eyelids fo contrived as often t wink, that fo they may, as it were, glaze and varnifhthemover with the moifture they contain, Ray Drarua'Nick. adj. [da and @an®.. Tranfparent; pellucid; having the powe to tranfmit light Air is an element fuperior, and lighter than water, through whofe vaft, open, fubtile, diaphanick or tranfparent body, the light, afterwards created Raleigh eafily tranfpired DIA'PHANOUS adj. [3& and ¢aww. Tranfparent ; clear tranflucent lucid; capable to tran{mit light pel Ariftotie callethlight a quality inherent or cleav ing to a diapbanous body Raleigh When he had taken off the infe&, he foun in the leaf very little and diaphancus eggs, exaétl like to thofe which yet remained in the tubes of th Ray fly's womb 3 U Diarno |