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unes decay; hopes decay. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Goldsmith.

To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint. He is . . . among the greatest prelates of this age, however his character may be defiled by . . . dirty hands. Swift.

One who defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that which pollutes.

A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion.

One who relates or communicates.

Delftware. Five nothings in five plates of delph. Swift.

One who depopulates; a dispeopler.

ference . . . between them and another description of public creditors. A. Hamilton. The plates were all of the meanest description. Macaulay.

To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city. Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war. Sparks.

One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste. Mede.

One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.

A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.

is also given to other related species. -- Dial lock, a lock provided with one or more plates having numbers or letters upon them. These plates must be adjusted in a certain determined way before the lock can be operated. -- Dial plate, the plane or disk of a dial or timepiece on which lines and figures for indicati…

mmonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing.

That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to diet or food; rules for diet. To suppose that the whole of dietetics lies in determining whether or not bread is more nutritive than potatoes. H. Spencer.

A muscle which dilates any part; a dilator.

; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat.

One who, or that which, dilates, expands, o r enlarges.

A muscle that dilates any part.

The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull.