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A treatise on teaching or education. [Obs.] Milton.

Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays. "Didactical writings." Jer. Taylor. The finest didactic poem in any language. Macaulay.

Aptitude for teaching. Hare.

The art or science of teaching.

To rend asunder; to tear to pieces. Sir T. Browne.

To rend in pieces; to tear. [R.] Howell.

A rending or tearing in pieces; dilaceration. [R.]

Interestedly and perseveringly attentive; steady and earnest in application to a subject or pursuit; assiduous; industrious. Seest thou a man diligent in his business he shall stand before kings. Prov. xxii. 29. Diligent cultivation of elegant literature. Prescott.

yes; to darken the senses or understanding of. Her starry eyes were dimmed with streaming tears. C. Pitt.

daunt mine ears Shak. He knew the battle's din afar. Sir W. Scott. The dust and din and steam of town. Tennyson.

A current flowing in one direction only; -- distinguished from alternating current. When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a continuous current.

as one part upon another, without the intervention of other working parts. Direct-acting steam engine, one in which motion is transmitted to the crank without the intervention of a beam or lever; -- also called direct-action steam engine. -- Direct-acting steam pump, one in which the steam piston rod is directly conne…

of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book.

To separate by force; to tear apart. [Obs.] Holinshed.

A tearing apart; violent separation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off. Shak.

To tear in pieces; to rend. [R.] Stukeley.

er; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in doctrine; as, the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our Savior. The disciples, or The twelve disciples, the twelve selected companions of Jesus; -- also called the apostles. -- Disciples of Christ. See…

ring under control so as to act systematically; to train to act together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill. Ill armed, and worse disciplined. Clarendon. His mind . . . imperfectly disciplined by nature. Macaulay.

sons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties. There is no passion steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises, than pride. Addison.