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One who defends; a defender. The rampiers and ditches which the defendants had cast up. Spotswood.

To remove the glaze from, as pottery or porcelain, so as to give a dull finish.

The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise.

To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius Cæsar was deified.

son, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him. Pothier.

Pottery made at the city of Delft in Holland; hence:

(Prionodon gracilis), resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted.

, in which the correct conclusion is an inference from the demonstration that any other hypothesis must be incorrect.

A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.

hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc. Addison. Potent enemies tempt and deter us from our duty. Tillotson. My own face deters me from my glass. Prior.

Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.

An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an apothegm. A class of critical dicta everywhere current. M. Arnold.

as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it into thin strips long enough to inclose a spot for a citadel.

A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box and thrown from it. See Dice.

at the whole of dietetics lies in determining whether or not bread is more nutritive than potatoes. H. Spencer.

To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.

p. the alimentary canal and glands connected with it. -- Digestive salt, the chloride of potassium.

uid or a soft substance and removing a part. Whoever dips too deep will find death in the pot. L'Estrange.

An extinct Quaternary marsupial from Australia, about as large as the hippopotamus; -- so named because of its two large front teeth. See Illustration in Appendix.

A discolored spot; a stain. Arbuthnot.