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d her, or forever to deplore Her loss. Milton. As some sad turtle his lost love deplores. Pope.

To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage. On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather. Fuller.

ive pronoun. Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner befor a prince. Pope.

Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision. "Derisive taunts." Pope. -- De*ri"sive*ly, adv. -- De*ri"sive*ness, n.

the genus Dermestes. The carpet beetle, called the buffalo moth, is a dermestoid beetle. Pop. Sci. Monthly.

suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon. And on the suitors let thy wrath descend. Pope.

om an ancestor or source. More than mortal grace Speaks thee descendent of ethereal race. Pope.

A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia and Africa are destitute and vegetation. A dreary desert and a gloomy waste. Pope.

The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation. Unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Dan. ix. 26.

er. "An 't please your honor," quoth the peasant, "This same dessert is not so pleasant." Pope. Dessert spoon, a spoon used in eating dessert; a spoon intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon. -- Dessert-spoonful, n., pl. Dessert-spoonfuls, as much as a dessert spoon will hold, usually reckoned at abou…

Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. Pope.

. Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell. Pope.

e; to vary. Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the common track. Pope.

The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Pope.

to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider. I thought, devised, and Pallas heard my prayer. Pope.

ight hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left. On sounding wings a dexter eagle flew. Pope.

xpedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager. Dexterous the craving, fawning crowd to quit. Pope.

A sirup made of poppies.

To adorn with a diadem; to crown. Not so, when diadem'd with rays divine. Pope. To terminate the evil, To diadem the right. R. H. Neale.

; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis. And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. Pope. Diana monkey (Zoöl.), a handsome, white-bearded monkey of West Africa (Cercopithecus Diana).