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rowth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous membrane.

A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 16mo or 16º.

The tenth part of the stere or cubic meter, equal to 3.531 cubic feet. See Stere.

The shedding of teeth. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.

e beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament. He died innocent and before the sweetness of his soul was defloured and ravished from him. Jer. Taylor.

finitive. O deign to visit our forsaken seats. Pope. Yet not Lord Cranstone deigned she greet. Sir W. Scott. Round turned he, as not deigning Those craven ranks to see. Macaulay.

One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; a freethinker.

An American grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good flavor.

Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming. Some delicious landscape. Coleridge. One draught of spring's delicious air. Keble. Were not his words delicious Tennyson.

ht state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy. Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Shak. A fool hath no delight in understanding. Prov. xviii. 2.

Actively; quickly; nimbly. [Obs.] Swim with your bodies, And carry it sweetly and deliverly. Beau. & Fl.

A young woman; a wench. [Obs.] Sweet doxies and dells. B. Jonson.

urning sulphur unconsumed. Milton. As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [London] street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial ground, which has still survived in the deluge. F. Harrison. After me the deluge. (Aprés moi le déluge.) Madame de Pompadour.

h so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient. Bp. Stillingfleet.

specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or number. See Compound number, under Compound.

Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.

The quality of being formed by the aid of the teeth.

Pertaining to, or bearing, teeth. -- n.

Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as, a dentate leaf.