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borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals. [Written also datholite.]

A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.

Diminishing the energy of organs; reducing excitement; as, a debilitant drug.

To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance. Various ails debilitate the mind. Jenyns. The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort. Sir W. Scott.

The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.

ness; feebleness; languor. The inconveniences of too strong a perspiration, which are debility, faintness, and sometimes sudden death. Arbuthnot.

A bubbling or boiling over. [Obs.] Bailey.

A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gallons.

A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces.

Deducibleness.

Deficiency; imperfection. [R.] Ld. Digby. Jer. Taylor.

Capability of being defended.

The state or quality of being deflagrable. The ready deflagrability . . . of saltpeter. Boyle.

Same as Decaliter.

Delight. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Delightful; delectable. [Obs.]

Concealment; seclusion; retirement. The delitescence of mental activities. Sir W. Hamilton.

acterized, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency. Sir W. Scott.

Lying hid; concealed.

To chide; to rail heartily. [Obs.]