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The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging.

pon. He presents that great soul debating upon the subject of life and death with his intimate friends. Tatler.

er which, according to the laws of heraldry, they where debruised in token of his illegitimate birth. Macaulay.

One who decimates. South.

n wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper. [Spelt also deckel, and deckle.]

To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose. And deemest thou as those who pore, With aged eyes, short way before Emerson.

d strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is identified with mourning garments.

nts, income, etc. To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from the [the estimates]. Burke.

To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes. We defecate the notion from materiality. Glanvill. Defecated from all the impurities of sense. Bp. Warburton.

eration, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body. A consummate work of deliberative wisdom. Bancroft. The court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown. Hallam.

According to the Gnostics, an agent or one employed by the Supreme Being to create the material universe and man.

A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology. The demon kind is of an inSydenham.

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

To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue. Addison. Which . . . some over-severe phoilosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate. Cudworth. To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to dep…

me desiccating agent, as sulphuric acid or calcium chloride, above which is suspended the material to be dried, or preserved from moisture.

Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design.

Of secondary origin; -- said of certain rocks whose material has been derived from older rocks.

ly, feelings toward God appropriately expressed by acts of worship; devoutness. Genius animated by a fervent spirit of devotion. Macaulay.

The material subjected to dialysis.

er might be of use to ascertain or illustrate any word or phrase, accumulated in time the materials of a dictionary. Johnson.