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r the art of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography.

The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus). The Dipper (Astron.), the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also Charles's Wain. See Ursa Major, under Ursa.

. Burke. Abandoned by their great patron, the faction henceforward acted at disadvantage. Palfrey.

depreciated. -- Bank discount, a sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it become due. -- Discount broker, one who makes a business of discounting commercial paper; a bill broker. -- Discount day, a particular day of the week when a ban…

In palmistry, applied to the line which marks the separation between the hand and the arm.

To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. Burrill.

to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony. Palfrey.

To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant; -- said of lands. Burrill.

To deprive of the helmet. [Poetic] Lying stark, Dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale. Tennyson.

the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify. Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed. Josh. i. 9. What words be these What fears do you dismay Fairfax.

To set at large; to release from inclosure. Till his free muse threw down the pale, And did at once dispark them all. Waller.

h. Shak. To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space. Paley.

Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food. Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty. Burke.

Capable of being dissected, or separated by dissection. Paley.

The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.

Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper. A huge infectious troop Of pale distemperatures and foes to life. Shak.

secuting officer of a district or district court. -- District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases within a judicial district. -- District judge, one who presides over a district court. -- District school, a public school for the children within a sch…

The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts.

To turn aside; to digress. [Obs.] I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. Evelyn.

ng to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will. "The immensity of the divine nature." Paley.