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ributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all. Knight. Partial differential (Math.), the differential of a function of two or more variables, when only one of the variables receives an increment. -- Total differential (Math.), the differential of a function of two or more var…

s (Metal.), one which yields metal in working condition by a single process from the ore. Knight. -- Direct tax, a tax assessed directly on lands, etc., and polls, distinguished from taxes on merchandise, or customs, and from excise.

parent. One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. Moore. The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. Dryden.

to disdain to do a mean act. Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of the best knight living. Sir P. Sidney.

Disloyal; perfidious. [Obs.] "Disleal knight." Spenser.

To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine. The knightly forms of combat to dispose. Dryden.

To turn aside. [Obs.] The redcross knight diverst, but forth rode Britomart. Spenser.

The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon. Knight.

A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet. Knight.

Master; sir; -- a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor. Cowell.

The quality or rank of a don, gentleman, or knight. Hudibras.

A young squire, or knight's attendant; a page. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

A locomotive with pilot at each end. Knight.

One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs. [Eng.] Knight.

The system of furrows on the face of a millstone. Knight. Dress circle. See under Circle. -- Dress parade (Mil.), a parade in full uniform for review.

The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments. [R.] Knight.

A contrivance for holding and turning a drill. Knight.

To confer knight.

The act of dubbing, as a knight, etc.