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The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.

Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded. [R.] Shak.

The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones.

in want; to deprive; -- followed by of. [Obs.] Destituted of all honor and livings. Holinshed.

The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated. This town came to destruction. Chaucer. Thou castedst them down into destruction. Ps. lxxiii. 18.

ce, custom, or fashion. The desuetude abrogated the law, which, before, custom had established. Jer. Taylor.

Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite. Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet. Dryden.

e to an end; to end; to terminate. [Obs.] He who has vented a pernicious doctrine or published an ill book must know that his life determine not together. South. Estates may determine on future contingencies. Blackstone.

- Detonating tube, a strong tube of glass, usually graduated, closed at one end, and furnished with two wires passing through its sides at opposite points, and nearly meeting, for the purpose of exploding gaseous mixtures by an electric spark, as in gas analysis, etc.

To refuse; to decline. [Obs.] "To detrect the battle." Holinshed.

The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; yolk.

act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.

od have a deep red color. The small, longhorned variety, called North Devons, is distinguished by the superiority of its working oxen.

The act of devouring. [Obs.] Holinshed.

Sincerely; solemnly; earnestly. 'T is a consummation Devoutly to be wished. Shak.

Furnished with a dewlap.

The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or distinguished from others.

, or to assist a verbal explanation which refers to it; a mechanical drawing, as distinguished from an artistical one. Indicator diagram. (Steam Engine) See Indicator card, under indicator

The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned. In…

aining two amido groups united with one or more acid or negative radicals, -- as distinguished from a diamine. Cf. Amido acid, under Amido, and Acid amide, under Amide.