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An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses.

Same as Tetragonal. Dana.

Either one of the two forms of a dimorphous substance; as, calcite and aragonite are dimorphs.

independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.

ud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt. Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. Is. lvii. 20.

dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive. Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner. Macaulay.

Space between two antagonists in fencing. Shak.

The Dragon, a northern constellation within which is the north pole of the ecliptic.

Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.

A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood; -- called also dracin.

e in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See Dragon's head, under Dragon. [Obs.] "Dracontic month." Crabb.

Belonging to a dragon. Southey.

A fish; the dragonet.

See Dragonnade.

A dragon. [Obs.] Beowulf resolves to kill the drake. J. A. Harrison (Beowulf).

A driving; a violent movement. The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his wings. King Alisaunder (1332).

A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck.

place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile. Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons. Jer. xlix. 33. God will deign To visit oft the dwellings of just men. Milton. Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. Tennyson. Dwelling house, a house intended to be occupied as a residence, in distinction from a store, o…

A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon. W. Spalding.

A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.