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To deprive of glasslike character; to take away vitreous luster and transparency from.

The act or process of freeing from zinc; also, the condition resulting from the removal of zinc.

To deprive of, or free from, zinc.

To ascribed diabolical qualities to; to change into, or to represent as, a devil. [R.] Farindon.

Yielding diamonds.

Evil name; bad reputation; defamation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A form of divorce, among the ancient Romans, in which a cake was used. See Confarreation.

e or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from. One star differeth from another star in glory. 1 Cor. xv. 41. Minds differ, as rivers differ. Macaulay.

The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty Differencies of administration, but the same Lord. 1…

Distinct; separate; not the same; other. "Five different churches." Addison.

guishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference.

Relating to or indicating a difference; creating a difference; discriminating; special; as, differential characteristics; differential duties; a differential rate. For whom he produced differential favors. Motley.

In the way of differentiation.

To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize. The word then was differentiated into the two forms then and than. Earle. Two or more of the forms assumed by the same original word become d…

The act of differentiating. Further investigation of the Sanskrit may lead to differentiation of the meaning of such of these roots as are real roots. J. Peile.

One who, or that which, differentiates.

In a different manner; variously.

In a differing or different manner. Boyle.

Difficult; hard to manage; stubborn. [Obs.] -- Dif"fi*cile*ness, n. [Obs.] Bacon.

To make difficult. [Obs.] W. Montagu.