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ar differeth from another star in glory. 1 Cor. xv. 41. Minds differ, as rivers differ. Macaulay.

ty; modest reserve; bashfulness. It is good to speak on such questions with diffidence. Macaulay. An Englishman's habitual diffidence and awkwardness of adress. W. Irving.

high office, political or ecclesiastical; degree of excellence; preferment; exaltation. Macaulay. And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this Esth. vi. 3. Reuben, thou art my firstborn, . . . the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power. Gen. xlix. 3.

Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty. "Scraps of dingy paper." Macaulay.

y; to partake limitedly; -- followed by in or into. "Dipped into a multitude of books." Macaulay.

ux had no superior among the numerous able diplomatics whom his country then possessed. Macaulay.

ps; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil. I was disappointed, but very agreeably. Macaulay.

lly from a public fund or treasury. The duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues. Macaulay. Disbursing officer, an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money.

ivations and sufferings . . . was discernible to the last in his temper and deportment. Macaulay.

Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted. Macaulay.

was "discharged on appeal." Mozley & W. The order for Daly's attendance was discharged. Macaulay.

uffering, punishment, etc. A sharp discipline of half a century had sufficed to educate Macaulay.

That which is disclosed or revealed. Were the disclosures of 1695 forgotten Macaulay.

iscomfiture. 1 Sam. xiv. 20. A hope destined to end . . . in discomfiture and disgrace. Macaulay.

ssed the farm . . . and the price of grain." Tennyson. "To discuss questions of taste." Macaulay.

on; agitation. The liberty of discussion is the great safeguard of all other liberties. Macaulay. Discussion of a problem or an equation (Math.), the operation of assigning different reasonable values to the arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result. Math. Dict.

- used almost exclusively in the participle diseased. He was diseased in body and mind. Macaulay.

To put out favor; to dismiss with dishonor. Flatterers of the disgraced minister. Macaulay. Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed. J. Morley.

one intended to mislead or deceive. Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner. Macaulay.

d at failing. J. H. Newman. Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. Macaulay.