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two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillæ) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvæ (called maggots) being usually without feet.…

Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.

To disunite; to undo or repeal the annexation of. State Trials (1608).

One who disassents; a dissenter. [Obs.] State Trials (1634).

A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.

of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation. [R.] State Trials (1794).

A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill.

The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.

o disable; to disqualify. The sight of it might damp me and disenable me to speak. State Trials (1640).

The act of dispatching. [Obs.] State Trials (1529).

Tending to disperse. Dispersive power (Opt.), the relative effect of a material in separating the different rays of light by refraction, as when the substance is formed into a prism. -- Dis*pers"ive*ness, n.

The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent. Piston displacement (Mech.), the volume of the space swept through, or weight of steam, water, etc., displaced, in a given time, by the…

Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects. Diurnal aberration (Anat.), the aberration of light arising from the effect of the earth's rotation upon the apparent direction of motion of light. -- Diurnal arc, the arc described by the sun…

r by hydraulic presses. -- Naval dock, a dock connected with which are naval stores, materials, and all conveniences for the construction and repair of ships. -- Sectional dock, a form of floating dock made in separate sections or caissons. -- Slip dock, a dock having a sloping floor that extends from deep water to…

To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.

cluding any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information in the case; any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol. Saint Luke . . . collected them from such documents and testimonies as he . . . judged to be authentic. Paley.…

Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing. Critics write in a positive, dogmatic way. Spectator. [They] are as assertive and dogmatical as if they were omniscient. Glanvill. Dogmatic theology. Same as Dogmatics.

In a dogmatic manner; positively; magisterially.

To assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance. The pride of dogmatizing schools. Blackmore.

One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher. Hammond.