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Containing two trochees.

A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.

An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, elæolite, and sodalite.

See Dit, n.,

A kind of peppergrass (Lepidium latifolium).

A plant of the Mint family (Origanum Dictamnus), a native of Crete.

Set, sung, or composed as a ditty; -- usually in composition. Who, with his soft pipe, and smooth-dittied song. Milton.

names, etc., to save repetition. A spacious table in the center, and a variety of smaller dittos in the corners. Dickens.

A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text. [R.]

or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme. O, too high ditty for my simple rhyme. Spenser.

A sailor's small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; -- also called sailor's housewife.

A small box to hold a sailor's thread, needless, comb, etc.

Having the quality of hiding. [R.] Bailey.

A place for hiding or preserving articles of value. Cowell.

of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. "The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number." Locke.

To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. His censure will . . . accredit his praises. Cowper. These reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine opinion. Shelton.

The act of accrediting; as, letters of accreditation.

The quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice.

The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.

An addition, or a thing added. Fuller. My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were an additament of a later age. Coleridge.