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es, or to a cyclopedia; of the nature of a cyclopedia; hence, of great range, extent, or amount; as, a man of cyclopedic knowledge.

A low place between hills; a vle or valley. Where mountaines rise, umbrageous dales descend. Thomson.

A day's work; also, a fixed amount of work, whether more or less than that of a day. [Local, Eng. & Scott]

To enter on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; as, to debit the amount of goods sold.

and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base.

Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut. The lion of England and the lilies of France without the baton sinister, under which, according to the laws of heraldry, they where debruised in token of his illegitimate birth. Macaulay.…

The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone.

th the lower slope of the roof. -- Deck roof (Arch.), a nearly flat roof which is not surmounted by parapet walls. -- Deck transom (Shipbuilding), the transom into which the deck is framed. -- To clear the decks (Naut.), to remove every unnecessary incumbrance in preparation for battle; to prepare for action. -- To…

crease; diminution; waste; loss. Twit me with the decrements of my pendants. Ford. Rocks, mountains, and the other elevations of the earth suffer a continual decrement. Woodward.

process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion. Make fair deductions; see to what they mount. Pope.

made him the ridicule of his contemporaries. Buckle. Deficiency of a curve (Geom.), the amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.

Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc. Addison.

orm or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness. To make an envious mountain on my back, Where sits deformity to mock my body. Shak.

To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.

A thing or amount claimed to be due.

To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water.

e if the earth were a perfect ellipsoid and homogeneous, -- caused by the attraction of a mountain, or irregularities in the earth's density.

A fierce, wild dog (Canis Dukhunensis), found in the mountains of India. It is remarkable for its propensity to hunt the tiger and other wild animals in packs.

of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power. Nichol.

To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase. Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt. Barrow.