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ced of the reality of a better self, and of. thecult or homage which is due to it. Shaftesbury.

to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle. "Dabbling here and there with the text." Atterbury. During the ferst year at Dumfries, Burns for the ferst time began to dabble in politics. J. C. Shairp.

A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is near the topaz in form. Dana.

l as to be like death. It was death to them to think of entertaining such doctrines. Atterbury. And urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death. Judg. xvi. 16.

That which is proper or becoming. The external decencies of worship. Atterbury. Those thousand decencies, that daily flow From all her words and actions. Milton.

on, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion. The decision of some dispute. Atterbury.

stly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question. I did demand what news from Shrewsbury. Shak.

transportation. In their deportations, they had often the favor of their conquerors. Atterbury.

Derisive; mocking. Shaftesbury.

without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as, desultory minds. Atterbury. He [Goldsmith] knew nothing accurately; his reading had been desultory. Macaulay.

Tending to diminish. [R.] Diminutive of liberty. Shaftesbury.

e plainest sense of Scripture, because it seems disagree with what they call reason. Atterbury.

To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.

idding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious. Bp. Atterbury. Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms. Milton.

s; to confute; to refute. That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it. Atterbury.

to divide and examine minutely. This paragraph . . . I have dissected for a sample. Atterbury.

ated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious; harmful; unserviceable. Shaftesbury. -- Dis*serv"ice*a*ble*ness, n. Norris. -- Dis*serv"ice*a*bly, adv.

Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness. [Obs. or R.] Atterbury.

to the crown is due. Dryden. 'T is by respect and distance that authority is upheld. Atterbury.

Derangement of the mind; madness. Atterbury.