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ioration; declension. "The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence.' Sir W. Scott.

tionable; clear; evident; as, a decided advantage. "A more decided taste for science." Prescott.

triumphant cries. Byron. The ground at length became broken and declined rapidly. Sir W. Scott.

will be paid to the pedigree which deduces your descent from kings and conquerors. Sir W. Scott.

R.] Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight. Sir W. Scott.

t and definitive truth. Sir T. Browne. Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation. Prescott.

deign to visit our forsaken seats. Pope. Yet not Lord Cranstone deigned she greet. Sir W. Scott. Round turned he, as not deigning Those craven ranks to see. Macaulay.

Devil; -- spelt also deel. [Scot.] Deil's buckie. See under Buckie.

omit. I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight. Aytoun.

An offense or transgression against law; (Scots Law) an offense of a lesser degree; a misdemeanor. Every regulation of the civil code necessarily implies a delict in the event of its violation. Jeffrey.

craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency. Sir W. Scott.

ted bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward. Sir W. Scott.

Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly. [Scot.]

Resignation of an office. [Scot.]

To lay down, as an office; to resign. [Scot.] General Conway demitted his office. Hume.

demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations. Sir W. Scott.

the queen to any demonstration of grief Shak. Loyal demonstrations toward the prince. Prescott.

A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell. [Old Eng. & Scotch] Shak.

their allegiance to their sovereign, and of enlisting under the banners of his enemy. Prescott.

nhabitant. "Denizens of air." Pope. Denizens of their own free, independent state. Sir W. Scott.