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Show D DI Or what the crofs dire-looking planet fmites DI The direltion of good works to a good end, i the only principle that diftinguifhes charity Or hurtful worm with canker'd venom bites Milton. 2. Motio imprefle pulfe No particle of matter, nor any combination o particles, that is, no body, can either move of itfelf, or of itfelf alter the direc#ion of its motion Cheyne She ftalks on earth, and fhakes the world around Pope 3. Order From the counfel that St. Jerome giveth Lata of taking heed how fhe read the apocryphaj a alfo by the help of other learned men's judgments 2. Not oblique The fhips would move in one and the fame fur delivere face 5 and confequently muft needs encounter whe they either advance towards one another in dire lines, or meet in the interfeétion of crofs lines Bentley The nobles of the people ‘digged it, by the direftion of the law-giver Numb. xxi. 18 King Charles General directions for fcholaftic difputers, is, ne the zodiac ; not retrograde ver to difpute upon mere trifles All nature is but art unknown to thee All chance, direffion which thou canft not fee was no time by direZ means to feek her. And fuc was the ftate of his captivated will, as he woul Sidney He that does this, will be able to caft off all tha is fuperfluous: he will fee what is pertinent, wha coherent; what is diret# to, what flides by, th queftion Locke is, that'the diref?iwe comman ed, is in the will There be, that are in nature faithful and fincere tin. 2. Informing; fhewing the way no where, that I know, fays it in dire Locke Nor vifited by one direfive ray From cottage ftreaming, -or from airy hall Thomfon [dirigo, direGum, La Dire'cTLY 1. To aim or drive in a ftraight line ... Two eagles from a mountain's height By Jove's command, direé? their rapid flight Pope The fpear flew hifling thro" the middle fpace had fo grea an efficiency % in the changges of the air Dire"cToRr! n. /o [diredtor, Latin. 1. On In a ftraight line It is not in man that walketh to direc? his feps erazte23 Wifdom is profitable to direft Ecclus. x. 10 All that is in 2 man's power, is to mind wha the ideas are that take their turns in his underftanding; or elfe to direé# and fort, and call in fuc as he defires Locke refilineally 2. Immediately; apparently; without circumlocution; without any long train o confequence 4. To prefcribe certain meafure ; to mar out a certain courfe He direcfeth it under the whole heavens, and hi Infidels, being clean without the church lightning unto the ends of the earth Fob, xxxyii. 3 5. Toorder; to command: to Ziref is fofter term than to command [diredor, Latin, 1. One that dire&s ; one that prefcribes Hooker No man hath hitherto been {o impious, as plainly and direéily to condemn prayer Hooker By afierting the feripture to be the canon of ou faith, I have unavoidably create 2. An inftrument that ferves to guide an den direétly, and utterly reje, the very principles o Chriftianity, which hereticks embrace erroneoufl by mifconfirntion to myfelf ene mies in the papifts diref?ly, becaufe they have kep the fcripture from us what they could Dryd. Pref. to Religio Laici His work direftly tends to raife fentiments o honour and virtue in his readers, Addifon's Frecholder No reafon can be affigned, why it is bef fo manual operation DirE'cTioN. 2. /. [direftio, Latin. I. Aim at a certain point Thefe men's opinions are not the proda&t o + judgment, or the confequence of reafon; but th the world that God Almighty hath abfolute power, which doth not dire&ly prove that no morta man fhould have the like that has authorit over others fuperintendent; one that has the general management ofa defign or work Himfelf {tood direétor over them, with noddin or ftamping, fhewing he did like or miflile thof things he did not underftand Sidney In all affairs thou fole direfor 2 A rule Swift an ordinance Common forms were not defign' Direftors to a noble mind Sawift 3. An inftructor ; one who fhews the proper methods of proceeding They are glad to ufe counfellors and direors i all their dealing ments of weight as contraéks teflaHooker 4. One who 1s confulted in cafes of confcience fuirs Dryden 5+ One appointed to tranfadt the affairs o a trading company What niade direéfors cheat in fouth-fea year Savift Pope 6. An inflrument in furgery, by which th hand is guided in its operation The manner of opening with a knife, is by fliding it on a direffor, the groove of which prevent its being mifguided Sharp's Surgery Dire'ctory 7 [ [from direcor.] Th book which the faétious preachers publifhed in the rebellion for the dire&io of their fect in a&s of worthip As to the ordinance concerning the direftory, w cannot confent to the taking away of the beok o common prayer Oxford Reafons againf} the Covs Dr'rREFUL Dryden's Dufrefuoy There was no other place affigned to any of thi matter, than that whereunto its own gravity bor it, which was only direfzly downwards, whereby i obtained that place in the globe which was juf underneath Woodward If the refracted ray be returned directly-back to the point of incidence, it fhall be refracted by th incident ray Newton's Opticks Dryden's Aineid effects of chance and hazard, of a mind floatin at all advengures, without choice, and without diyetion Locke [from dires. fens, the farther it removes from its proper fource . And pierc'd his throat, direcfed at his face Dire'crer, n adv The more a body is nearer to the eyes, and th more direéfly it is oppofed to them, the more it i enlightened ; becaufe the light languifhes and lef 2. To point againft as a mark 3. To regulate ; to adjuft and th regularity of the latter, whereby it is capable o diretion, depends the generation of all bodies Grew Bacon w. a Bramball againft Hobbes On the direfZive powers of the former and plain and direc, not crafty and involved To Dirt'cr for counfel is in th underftanding 5 and the applicative command, o empire, for putting in execution of what is dire¢t 6. Open ; not ambiguous words rays ; never fufpe€ting that the body of the cart I am her direffor and her guide in fpiritual af A law therefoie, generally taken, is a directiv rule unto goodnefs of operation Hacker A power of command there is without all queftion, though: there be fome doubt in what facult this.command doth principally refide, whether i the will or the underftanding. The true refolutio Such was as then the ftate of the king, as i H Pope Dir¥'cTivE. 2 /. [from diref. 1. Having the power of dire@ion a ftraight line 7. Plain; exprefs Watts 4. Regularity; adjuftment 4. Not collateral, as the grandfon fucceed his grandfire in a dire line 5. Apparently tending to fome end, as i delay no time of feeking her ftant vicinity of the fun, and the direffnefs of hi Men's paffions and God's direfZion feldom agree Two geomantick figures were difplay' Above his head, a warrior and a maid One when direé?, and one when retrograde Dryden's Fables it Shakefp. Macbeth direst. They drgued from celeftial caufes only, the con in like cafe, we may take direction Hooker Ev'n no I put myfelf to thy diretion 3. [In aftronomy.] Appearing to an ey on earth to move progreflively throug command ; prefcription [ fro the neareft way im by a certai # Straightnefs; tendency to any point Smalridge Dire was the tofling, deep the groans, defpai Milton Tended the fick Difcord | dire fifter of the flaughter'd pow'r Small at her birth, but rifing ev'ry hour While fcarce the fkies her horrid head can bound DIRE'CT. adj. [direfius, Latin. 1. Straight ; not crooked Dire'cTness amon adj. [This word is frequen the poets but ha bee cen fured as not analogical ; all other word compounde fubftantiv with f#/ and fu// full of dread; joyful Dire dreadful confiftin of as, dreadful o or full of joy. difmal Point of fpear it never piercen would Ne dint of direful fword divide the fubftance could Fairy Queen But yet at laft, whereas the direfu/ fien She faw not ftir; off fhaking vain affright She nigher drew, and faw that joyous end Then God fhe pray'd, and thank'd her faithfu knight Fairy Queen Direful hap betide that hated wretc That makes us wretched by the death of thee Shakefpeare The voice of God himfelf fpeaks in the hear of men, whether they underftand it or no; and b fecret intimation give the finne a foretafte o that direful cup, which he is like to drink moze deeply of hereafter Seuth I curs'd the direfil author of my woes *Twas told again, and thence my ruin rofe Dyyden Achilles' wrath, to Greeks the direful fprin Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly goddefs! fing. Pope Dr'RENESs m / [fro dire. nefs ; horror; hideoufmefs Difmal Direnefs, familiar to my flaught'rous thoughts Cannot onge ftart me Dirs‘PT10N Shake[peare's Macbeth #. /i [direptio, Latin.]. Th agt of plundering Dircs, |