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The shedding of teeth. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

away, or withdrawn. Not one found honestly deductible From any use that pleased him. Mrs. Browning.

By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence. Sir T. Browne.

ositive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express. A strict and definitive truth. Sir T. Browne. Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation. Prescott.

ome part of the Azores, the needle deflecteth not, but lieth in the true meridian. Sir T. Browne. To deflect from the line of truth and reason. Warburton.

To flow down. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

The thing degenerated. [R.] Cockle, aracus, . . . and other degenerations. Sir T. Browne. Amyloid degeneration, Caseous degeneration, etc. See under Amyloid, Caseous, etc.

Capable of being deluded; liable to be imposed on gullible. Sir T. Browne.

to depress. [R.] They [peacocks] demit and let fall the same [i. e., their train]. Sir T. Browne.

Demureness; also, one who is demure. Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being denominated or named. Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being denoted or marked. Sir T. Browne.

ciation. [Archaic] False is the reply of Cain, upon the denouncement of his curse. Sir T. Browne.

Removal of whatever stops up the passages. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Loss; destruction. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.

Hairless. Sir t. Browne.

The act of depositing; deposition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To diminish the quantity of; to disquantity. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Derogatory. -- De*rog"a*tive*ly, adv. [R.] Sir T. Browne.