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To immerse. [Obs.] Boyle.

A demolisher. [R.] Carlyle.

Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator.

To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. Boyle.

The act of making black. Boyle.

That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons. Those [qualities] which are classed under the denominatio…

To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through. [Obs.] Boyle.

To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate. [Obs.] Boyle.

A state of being freed from water. [Obs.] Boyle.

. [Obs.] How may weak mortal ever hope to file His unsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate style. G. Fletcher.

Depurated; cleansed; freed from impurities. Boyle.

Fit to be deputed; suitable to act as a deputy. Carlyle.

Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable. Boyle.

The act or state of desisting; cessation. [R.] Boyle. If fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed by desistance . . . then would the system be but seldom out of working order. H. Spencer.

Despicableness. [R.] Carlyle.

A destroyer. [R.] Fire, the destructive and the artificial death of things. Boyle.

ry or without order or method; unconnectedness. The seeming desultoriness of my method. Boyle.

The act of deterring; also, that which deters. Boyle.

Capacity of being odious. [R.] Carlyle.

An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical.…