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A diversity of direction; detachment. [Obs.] His power went out in such distractions as Beguiled all species. Shak.

the aberration of light arising from the effect of the earth's rotation upon the apparent direction of motion of light. -- Diurnal arc, the arc described by the sun during the daytime or while above the horizon; hence, the arc described by the moon or a star from rising to setting. -- Diurnal circle, the apparent cir…

To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.

ther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.

Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent. Diverging series (Math.), a series whose terms are larger as the series is extended; a series the sum of whose terms does not approach a finite limit when the series is extended indefinitely; -- opposed to a converging series.…

In different directions; diversely.

In different directions; to different points. On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Pope.

A bill tied to goods, containing some direction, as the name of the owner, or the place to which they are to be sent; a label. Bailey.

In a doctrinal manner or for; by way of teaching or positive direction.

o establish facts or give information; as, a a ship should be documented according to the directions of law.

straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole.

f bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind. Totten.

Plaintive; pathetic; -- used adverbially as a musical direction.

A book said to have been compiled under the direction of King Alfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the forms of judicial proceedings. Domebook was probably a general name for book of judgments. Burrill.

To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion. Sailing along the coast, the doubled the promontory of Carthage. Knolles.

Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.

htly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one. Dovetail molding (Arch.), a molding of any convex section arranged in a sort of zigzag, like a series of dovetails. -- Dovetail saw (Carp.), a saw used in dovetailing.

In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up.

hich a body is drawn by the line in which the pulling force acts, when the latter has the direction best adapted to overcome the obstacles of friction and the weight of the body. -- Black draught. See under Black, a. -- Blast draught, or Forced draught, the draught produced by a blower, as by blowing in air beneath a…

Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting. "Our drift was south." Hakluyt.