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ize the blood. Decarbonized iron. See Malleable iron. -- Decarbonized steel, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron.

In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly.

ering), a bridge which carries the track upon the upper chords; -- distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders. -- Deck curb (Arch.), a curb supporting a deck in roof construction. -- Deck floor (Arch.), a floor which serves also as a roof, as of a belfry or…

The rough, untrimmed edge of paper left by the deckle; also, a rough edge in imitation of this.

To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun. [R.] Shak.

ssumed law of mortality is such that the ratio of those dying in a year to those living through the year is constant, being independent of the age of the persons.

Capable of being brought down. [Obs.] As if God [were] deducible to human imbecility. State Trials (1649).

Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning. Deep clerks she dumbs. Shak.

Profoundly; thoroughly; not superficially; in a high degree; intensely; as, deeply skilled in ethics. He had deeply offended both his nobles and people. Bacon. He sighed deeply in his spirit. Mark viii. 12.

e; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do whaas, this evil has happened through the governor's default.

nt; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect. "A deficiencyof blood." Arbuthnot. [Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his deficiencies made him the ridicule of his contemporaries. Buckle. Deficiency of a curve (Geom.), the amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for cur…

proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation. The other leads to the same point, through certain deflections. Lowth.

One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought. [Obs.] Burrill.

from a higher to a lower type of structure; as, a family of plants or animals degrades through this or that genus or group of genera.

taste; a dainty; as, delicacies of the table. The merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. Rev. xviii. 3.

A high degree of gratification of mind; a high-wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy. Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Shak. A fool hath no delight in understanding. Prov. xviii. 2.

The current flowing through a delta connection.

A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave. Which to that shady delve him brought at last The very tigers from their delves Look out. Moore.

nment in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic.

To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. Boyle.