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A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East. Johnston.

ject or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, etc.

Of or pertaining to a digraph. H. Sweet.

In some parts of Ohio remains of the Dinichthys are abundant, indicating animals twenty feet in length.

in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large "bird tracks," so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix.

A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. fishes, and sea hedgehogs.

g a wick in melted tallow. -- To dip snuff, to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and teeth. [Southern U. S.] -- To dip the colors (Naut.), to lower the colors and return them to place; -- a form of naval salute.

Of the nature of diphthong; diphthongal. H. Sweet.

The act of changing into a diphthong. H. Sweet.

ng, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel. "The diphthongized long vowels." H. Sweet.

Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other; as, a diphyodont mammal; diphyodont dentition; -- opposed to monophyodont. -- n.

Two metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure. Hadley. Trochaic, iambic, and anapestic verses . . . are measured by dipodies. W. W. Goodwin.

The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.

ustralia, about as large as the hippopotamus; -- so named because of its two large front teeth. See Illustration in Appendix.

hey undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvæ (called maggots) being usually without feet.

Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather. Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea. M. Arnold.

Deprived of claws, and teeth or beaks. Cussans.

o; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage. A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot. Bancroft.

The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self- control; prudence; circumspection; wariness. The better part of valor is discretion. Shak. The greatest parts without discretion may be fatal to their owner. Hume.

rinth. Clarendon. A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. Bp. Stillingfleet.