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en with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought. To die by the roadside of grief and hunger. Macaulay. She will die from want of care. Tennyson.

See Dioecian, and Dioecious.

The same as Dihedral.

A narrative or history; a recital or relation.

Any substance or medium that transmits the electric force by a process different from conduction, as in the phenomena of induction; a nonconductor. separating a body electrified by induction, from the electrifying body.

See Dicentra.

The interbrain or thalamencephalon; -- sometimes abbreviated to dien. See Thalamencephalon.

Same as Diæresis.

Day of wrath; -- the name and beginning of a famous mediæval Latin hymn on the Last Judgment.

A court day.

A day on which courts are not held, as Sunday or any legal holiday.

ly crude oil), the fuel being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under pressure. The Diesel engine has a very high thermal efficiency.

An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc.

The process of engraving dies.

A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals.

A stock to hold the dies used for cutting screws.

r nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare. "No inconvenient diet." Milton.

One who lives in accordance with prescribed rules for diet; a dieter.

Pertaining to diet, or to the rules of diet.

One who diets; one who prescribes, or who partakes of, food, according to hygienic rules.