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A deserted condition. [R.] "The desertness of the country." Udall.

A feminine deserter. Milton.

hy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise. God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. Job xi. 6. John Gay deserved to be a favorite. Thackeray. Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehensi…

According to desert (whether good or evil); justly.

Meritoriousness.

One who deserves.

Desert; merit. A person of great deservings from the republic. Swift.

crude oil), the fuel being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under pressure. The Diesel engine has a very high thermal efficiency.

The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority. [Frequently, but improperly, spelt diocess.]

One who belongs to a diocese. [Obs.] Bacon.

To decrease. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A Dutch pressed cheese of yellow color and fine flavor, made in balls weighing three or four pounds, and usually colored crimson outside; -- so called from the village of Edam, near Amsterdam. Also, cheese of the same type, wherever made.

A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched.

Service performed only under inspection, or the eye of an employer. Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers. Col. iii. 22.

An inhabitant, or, collectively, inhabitants, of the Faroe islands.

the short run before a leap. [Obs.] Nares.

Pertaining to Ferrara, in Italy. -- n., sing. & pl.

See Phasel. [Obs.] May (Georgics).

An inferior kind of cheese made from skim milk with a fatty "filling," such as oleomargarine or lard, to replace the fat removed in the cream.

To breathe heavily; to snort. [Obs.] Chaucer.