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Like the dartos; dartoic; as, dartoid tissue.

A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum.

Relating to, or partaking of the nature of, the disease called tetter; herpetic. Dartroud diathesis, A morbid condition of the system predisposing to the development of certain skin deseases, such as eczema, psoriasis, and pityriasis. Also called rheumic diathesis, and hipretism. Piffard.

Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless. -- Dead"*heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Hall.

; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine. There came a dearth over all the land of Egypt. Acts vii. 11. He with her press'd, she faint with dearth. Shak. Dearth of plot, and narrowness of imagination. Dryden.

To disjoint.

A system of calisthenics patterned on the theories of François Delsarte (1811 -- 71), a French teacher of dramatic and musical expression.

To part; to divide; to separate. [Obs.] Shak.

Divisible. [Obs.] Bacon.

One who departs.

Act of departing; departure. [Obs.] Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton.

A store keeping a great variety of goods which are arranged in several departments, esp. one with dry goods as the principal stock.

Pertaining to a department or division. Burke.

Division; separation; putting away. [Obs.] No other remedy . . . but absolute departure. Milton.

Relating to diarthrosis, or movable articulations.

A form of articulation which admits of considerable motion; a complete joint; abarticulation. See Articulation.

Parted like the fingers.

To sunder; to separate, as joints. -- Dis`ar*tic`u*la"tion, n.

One who disarticulates and prepares skeletons.

To dishearten. [Obs.]