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d*ness, n. Dispersed harmony (Mus.), harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more.

That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offense; injury. Hast thou delight to see a wretched man Do outrage and displeasure to himself Shak.

Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.

ed; variegated. [Obs.] The which [place] was dight With divers flowers distinct with rare delight. Spenser.

Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or assembly. Pope.

Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.

Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote. The motion passed without a division. Macaulay.

To deliver as a dogma. [R.]

Softly; sweetly; with soft, smooth, and delicate execution.

of Delve. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin.

of Delve. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

raft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon. [Written also dhony, doney, and done.]

Full of condemnation or destructive power. [R.] "That doomful deluge." Drayton.

rd or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.

Without delay; at once; completely. [Obs.] She fell downright into a fit. Arbuthnot.

A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught.

To draw the outline of; to delineate.

him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant. All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. Burke. Casting of draperies. See under Casting. The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. Fairholt.

The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation. Dryden.