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Capable of delighting; delightful. [Obs.] Many a spice delightable. Rom. of R.

The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells.

That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert. [Obs.] By many benefits and demerits whereby they obliged their adherents, [they] acquired this reputation. Holland.

om the king's subjects as much as they would willingly give, . . . had not to complain of many peremptory denials. Hallam.

That number placed below the line in vulgar fractions which shows into how many parts the integer or unit is divided.

The distal bone of the lower jaw in many animals, which may or may not bear teeth.

nt That on his shield depainted he did see. Spenser. In few words shall see the nature of many memorable persons . . . depainted. Holland.

life; behavior; demeanor; bearing. The gravity of his deportment carried him safe through many difficulties. Swift.

r opinions from evidence. As touching traditional communication, . . . I do not doubt but many of those truths have had the help of that derivation. Sir M. Hale.

to restrict; to limit the action of; -- said of a law. By several contrary customs, . . . many of the civil and canon laws are controlled and derogated. Sir M. Hale.

ncestor or ascendant. Our first parents and their descendants. Hale. The descendant of so many kings and emperors. Burke.

ccording to their deserts will I judge them. Ezek. vii. 27. Andronicus, surnamed Pius For many good and great deserts to Rome. Shak. His reputation falls far below his desert. A. Hamilton.

at Britain. They contain, besides plants and numerous invertebrates, the bony portions of many large and remarkable fishes of extinct groups. See the Diagram under Geology.

ar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring in many ripe fruits. Dextrose and levulose are obtained by the inversion of cane sugar or sucrose, and hence called invert sugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by the action of heat and acids on starch, and hence called also starch su…

rm is now restricted to an American genus which includes the opossums, of which there are many species. See Opossum. [Written also Didelphis.] See Illustration in Appendix. Cuvier.

rm is now restricted to an American genus which includes the opossums, of which there are many species. See Opossum. [Written also Didelphis.] See Illustration in Appendix. Cuvier.

A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521.

A dilettante. Though few art lovers can be connoisseurs, many are dilettants. Fairholt.

- Diminishing stile (Arch.), a stile which is narrower in one part than in another, as in many glazed doors.

hangings and furniture coverings, and formerly used for women's under-garments. It is of many patterns, both plain and twilled, and occasionally is printed in colors.