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DISTANCY n.
Distance. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
DISTANT a. 5 definitions
Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. One board had two tenons, equally distant. Ex. xxxvi. 22. Diana's temple is not distant far. Shak.
DISTANTIAL a.
Distant. [Obs.] More distantial from the eye. W. Montagu.
DISTANTLY adv.
At a distance; remotely; with reserve.
DITTANDER n.
A kind of peppergrass (Lepidium latifolium).
DITTANY n. 3 definitions
A plant of the Mint family (Origanum Dictamnus), a native of Crete.
DOTANT n.
A dotard. [Obs.] Shak.
DOUBTANCE n.
State of being in doubt; uncertainty; doubt. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DUBITANCY n.
Doubt; uncertainty. [R.] Hammond.
ELECTANT n.
One who has the power of choosing; an elector. [R.]
ENTANGLE v. 2 definitions
To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.
ENTANGLEMENT n.
State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity.
ENTANGLER n.
One that entangles.
ENTREATANCE n.
Entreaty. [Obs.] Fairfax.
EQUIDISTANCE n.
Equal distance.
EQUIDISTANT a.
Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing. -- E`qui*dis"tant*ly, adv. Sir T. Browne.
EQUITANCY n.
Horsemanship.
EQUITANT a. 2 definitions
Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
ESTANCIA n.
A grazing; a country house. [Spanish America]
EXCEPTANT a.
Making exception.
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