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Crosswise; in the form of an X. "Anointed decussatively." Sir T. Browne.

The shedding of teeth. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

way, or withdrawn. Not one found honestly deductible From any use that pleased him. Mrs. Browning.

By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence. Sir T. Browne.

sitive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express. A strict and definitive truth. Sir T. Browne. Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation. Prescott.

me part of the Azores, the needle deflecteth not, but lieth in the true meridian. Sir T. Browne. To deflect from the line of truth and reason. Warburton.

To flow down. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

The thing degenerated. [R.] Cockle, aracus, . . . and other degenerations. Sir T. Browne. Amyloid degeneration, Caseous degeneration, etc. See under Amyloid, Caseous, etc.

; to lapse. [Obs.] Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the delapsed crown from Philip. Drayton.

t of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown. Hallam.

Capable of being deluded; liable to be imposed on gullible. Sir T. Browne.

. [Obs.] God commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. Milton.

The act of plunging into a fluid; a drowning.

e to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.

o depress. [R.] They [peacocks] demit and let fall the same [i. e., their train]. Sir T. Browne.

Demureness; also, one who is demure. Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being denominated or named. Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being denoted or marked. Sir T. Browne.

iation. [Archaic] False is the reply of Cain, upon the denouncement of his curse. Sir T. Browne.