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ng away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.).

An East Indian carnivorous mammal (Prionodon gracilis), resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted.

The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind. Pope.

Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania.

Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream. Delusive and unsubstantial ideas. Whewell. -- De*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- De*lu"sive*ness, n.

Delusive; fallacious. Glanvill.

A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin.

Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed.

The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. Bp. Stillingfleet

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.

To devolve. [Obs.] Foxe.

The act of rolling down. [R.] The devolution of earth down upon the valleys. Woodward.

Same as Dextrose.

A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts of the fat acids.

A flowing off on all sides; fluidity. [R.]

Flowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed. [R.] Bailey.

A process of sorting ore by washing in a hand sieve. [Written also deluing.]

Clear; lucid. [Obs.] Bacon. -- Di*lu"cid*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Di`lu*cid"i*ty, n. [Obs.]

To elucidate. [Obs.] Boyle.

The act of making clear. [Obs.] Boyle.