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to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend. What they have defaulted towards him as no king. Milton.

A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction.

id your letters pierce the queen to any demonstration of grief Shak. Loyal demonstrations toward the prince. Prescott.

(Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator.

f the atmosphere. -- Depression of the pole, its apparent sinking, as the spectator goes toward the equator. -- Depression of the visible horizon. (Astron.) Same as Dip of the horizon, under Dip.

To move toward the south, or to the southward.

ds. Descending constellations or signs (Astron.), those through which the planets descent toward the south. -- Descending node (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward. -- Descending series (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the prec…

othing; betrothal. [Obs.] For all this desponsation of her . . . she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage. Jer. Taylor.

ction; eager inclination; strong attachment love or affection; zeal; especially, feelings toward God appropriately expressed by acts of worship; devoutness. Genius animated by a fervent spirit of devotion. Macaulay.

In a devotional manner; toward devotion.

On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side. Dexter chief, or Dexter point (Her.), a point in the dexter upper corner of the shield, being in the dexter extremity of the chief, as A in the cut. -…

Toward the right side; dextrally.

of which turn from left right, or like the hands of a watch when the apex of the spire is toward the eye of the observer.

(adv. Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally.

A prefix, from L. dexter, meaning, pertaining to, or toward, the right; (Chem. & Opt.)

Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf. Levorotatory.

of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth.

A tendency of leaves or other organs of plants to have their dorsal surface faced towards the rays of light.

To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance.

To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.