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e different; to mark as different; to distinguish. Thou mayest difference gods from men. Chapman. Kings, in receiving justice and undergoing trial, are not differenced from the meanest subject. Milton. So completely differenced by their separate and individual characters that we at once acknowledge them as distinct per…

dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different shapes; different degrees of excellence. Men are as different from each other, as the regions in which they are born are different. Dryden.

ns of the component screws. -- Differential thermometer, a thermometer usually with a U-shaped tube terminating in two air bulbs, and containing a colored liquid, used for indicating the difference between the temperatures to which the two bulbs are exposed, by the change of position of the colored fluid, in consequen…

Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root.

Divided into two equal parts; reduced to half in shape or form.

Misfortune; mishap. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

r unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap. But noble souls, through dust and heat, Rise from disaster and defeat The stronger. Longfellow.

Disk-shaped; discoid.

Variegated; of divers colors. [R.] That ever wore discolored arms. Chapman.

A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other tenant, seized in right of another, of a larger estate than the tenant was entitled to, whereby the party ousted or injured was driven to his real action, and could not enter. This effect of such aliena…

Dish-shaped; concave.

grace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [Obs.] I will no longer dishonest my house. Chapman.

To divest of flame or ardor. Chapman.

interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge. The happiness of disinterested sacrifices. Channing.

To deprive of life. [Obs.] Telemachus dislived Amphimedon. Chapman.

o scatter; to sprinkle. [Obs.] Odorous water was Disperpled lightly on my head and neck. Chapman.

scry. [Obs.] And from his seat took pleasure to display The city so adorned with towers. Chapman.

ty, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly. To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion me in every part. Shak. A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. Prescott.

gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations. The ambitious man has little happiness, but is subject to much uneasiness and dissatisfaction. Addison.

ppearance upon; to disguise; to mask. Dissemble all your griefs and discontents. Shak. Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love, But -- why did you kick me down stairs J. P. Kemble.