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The act of throwing up froth or scum; separation of the scum or impurities from liquids; scumming; clarification.

of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected. Detail drawing, a drawing of the full size, or on a large scale, of some part of a building, machine, etc. -- In detail, in subdivisions; part by part; item; circumstantially; with particularity.

asily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last. Burke. Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. Pope.

The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering them more definite and precise. Abp. Thomson.

A taking away or withdrawing. [Obs.] The detraction of the eggs of the said wild fowl. Bacon.

elf into a real compound. J. Peile. All insects . . . acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed. Owen.

g to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left. On sounding wings a dexter eagle flew. Pope.

tlaw, and in hostility with law past all atonement; both diagonal contraries, as much allowing one another as day and night together in one hemisphere. Milton.

A figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan.

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a diagram; showing by diagram. -- Di`a*gram*mat"ic*ly, adv.

A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale.

The art or science of descriptive drawing; especially, the art or science of drawing by mechanical appliances and mathematical rule.

An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical.…

A dark box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, with or without a lens.

Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear. Another cloud in the region of them, light enough to be fantastic and diaphanous. Landor.

The act of drawing apart; separation.

Growing in pairs or twins.

lates, or blanks from plates, or for forming cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing.

A blowing apart or away. [Obs.] Bailey.