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Same as Demarcation.

To let fall; to depress. [R.] They [peacocks] demit and let fall the same [i. e., their train]. Sir T. Browne.

An evil spirit; a devil. That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. Shak.

Demur; delay in acting or deciding. The same causes of demurral existed which prevented British troops from assisting in the expulsion of the French from Rome. Southey.

A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians.

Same as Dentil.

Same as Denunciatory. Farrar.

To pass away; to perish. The glory is departed from Israel. 1 Sam. iv. 21.

Same as Exploitation.

s the spectator goes toward the equator. -- Depression of the visible horizon. (Astron.) Same as Dip of the horizon, under Dip.

to act in one's place; to delegate. There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 2. Sam. xv. 3. Some persons, deputed by a meeting. Macaulay.

Same as Darraign. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Same as Dermatoid. Dermoid cyst (Med.), a cyst containing skin, or structures connected with skin, such as hair.

Same as Dermopterygii.

he degree or arc of the equator which descends below the horizon of a right sphere at the same time with the object. [Obs.]

Same as Generatrix.

Same as Stilbite. It commonly occurs in bundles or tufts of crystals.

Same as Desolater. Byron.

Same as Dispatch.

., forming the last course at dinner. "An 't please your honor," quoth the peasant, "This same dessert is not so pleasant." Pope. Dessert spoon, a spoon used in eating dessert; a spoon intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon. -- Dessert-spoonful, n., pl. Dessert-spoonfuls, as much as a dessert spoon w…