346 / 1042
n
f.
e
3 10
D E
e
M'Io1ey, gooJs. or fl rrim ; ur Ihe a,: ivr,
brou~ht
for
hy m hitl<1l , in r,il'iog Ihe proper diOleoGoos and PIO'
r,CUI'CI ing Ihe fam"
,
,
poll ioos to Ihc pansof Iheir buildiogs,
DEHTOR, • pafoo ",ho o""s ao)'
thll\!~
10
Motl.. r ;
111
DECEMVIR
1,
In nomao aotiqnity, tenmagiOmes cho·
conHrJdiHill~lion
10
crcdllor, whicl,
JI
11"
tu WhUlLI Ihe
f,'u allnually
~I
Rome, tOgovero Ihe conlmoowealrh
d,'bt is owir.g,
inlleAd of confu l$, \Vith an abfolute power to ur.", up
J) F.3TOR, iu
m~rchaol s:tcCGunIS ,
Sce BUOK'KFEP INC ,
~od
make 1.lws for the people.
l)ECA~ON,
io
gt~tIl<try,
d
pJ.ln~ figur~
with tdl :i':ls
Ooe of lite dm nlVili h.d
.11
the eofigos aod ho·
ao,llco anglcs.
noms of Ihe fnnélion, aod the r<O had the like io their
D~CALO(jUE,
the leo precepls or commanclmems
turo, dnriog Ihe year of their decemvirale. Jo Iheol
dclimed byGod
lO
Mofes, after eogravtng them on
was l'eOed alllhe legilldtivt aUlhOl;IY e" er enjol'ld by
t\Yo
I~blcs
of none.
Ihe kings, or, afte! Ihem, by the coof,oIs.
Jt was
The Je"'s, by
w~y
of excclbce, call thefe como
the deccm,iri drew np Ihe la\Vsof the Twelve Tables,
.maoJmeols the
(111 1U"
dI,
Írom \Vheoce they had af·
thence calleJ
IlglI
decel/lviralll,
\Vhich IVereIhe IVhole
lerwards the name of
de~alogue :
but
it
is lO be oh·
of Ihe Roman laIV, for
a
conGderable lime,
temd, thal they jmntd the firO aod fecond imo one, DECENNALlA, ancieot Roman fenivalscelebraled by
añd divided the Jafl iOlO IIVO: Ihey uoderl\,nd thal a·
Ihe cmperors, egery lenlh year of Iheir reigo, IVith
gainO flcal iog, tO rel.lte
10
Ihe O,aling of men, or
r.,crifices, games,
~nd
J.lrge(fes for the people, Tbe
kidoappiog; alledging, that the Oe.liog ooe
~nOlhers
eJllltror AuguHlIs lira ioOiluted thefe folemnilics, io
goods or property, is (orbldden in the lalt
eomm~nd·
whieh he "'as imitated by his fueee(forl,
men\.
DEClDUOUS, ao appdlatioo chiefiy ufed io refpeé! of
The emperor Juliao objelled
10
tite decalogue, that
planls: InU!, the calix or eup of a fiolVer is faid
10
be
the precepts it coolained (thofe only
exeepl~d
IVhieh
deeiduons, \Vheo it falls along IVilh Ihe fiower.pelals ;
cooeern the IVodhip of fa lfe gods, aod theobfw'alion
aod, on the eontrary, il is ealled permaneo\, wheo il
of the fabbalh) were al ready fo fanuliar
10
all nalions,
remaios after Ihey are fallen. Again, deciduous lcaves
aod fo univerf.lly received, thal they IVere un.'orthy,
are mofe \Vhieh f.1I in autumo, io eonlradiOioélioo
10
for that very reafon, to be delivered, by fo great a
tho:e of the erer'greeos; IVhich remainallthe \Violer.
Icginator, tOfo peculiar a people. T he church of DECIL, in anrooomy, ao afpdl or poGlionof
111'0
pla.
Rome has Oluek the fecood eomm.odment quite out
neIS, when they are diOam from eaeh olher a teoth
of Ihe de,.llogue, aod
10
m~ke
their oumbcr complele,
pan of Ihe zodiaco
halh fpli t Ihe lenlh iOlo tIVO.
The ,reafon of wkieh DECIMAL Ai ITHMET IC, Ihe art of computiog by de·
may be eafily eoneeived,
eimal
fra~lioos.
DECAN, a pro.inee of Ihe Hither India, bouoded by DECIMAL FRoI CTION, in arilhmetic, See Vol.!. p.
395.
the provioee of
Camb.ya,or Guzurat,
00
the oonh; DECIMATION, a punilhmeot inRiéled by the Romans,
by Golcooda and Berar, onthe eaO; by Vifapour,
00
00
fueh foldiers as quimd their poli, or behavrd
thefoulh ; and by the Iodiao oecao on the w<O.
thcmfdves eo\Vardly in the field. The oames of aH
DECANDRIA,
in
Ihe Lioorean fyOem of bOlaoy. See
Ihe guilty were put ioto an urn or helmel, aDd as
BOTAN,y, the
Sehtllu,
p.
635·
aodPlateLll!. fig, tOo maoy IVere dra",o OUI as made Ihe teoth part of Ihe
DECANTATION, amoog ehemiOs,
cre.
the gently
IVhole Dumber, aod Ihefe IV.ere put to Ibe fword, aDd
pouring off
~
liquor from its freces, by inclining Ihe
the others fmd ,
lip or
e~othus
of the ve(fel; u'henee the name,
DECIPHEP.,ING, the
art
of fioding the alphabel of 'a
DECANUS, io Roman aotiquity, aDollicer who pre·
cYl'her. See CVPHtR.
fided over other teo ollicers, and IVas head of theeoo·
E.cry laoguage has, befides the form
of
ils
eha~ac.
tuberinu01, or ftrjeant of a file of foldiers.
ters, fomelhiog peculiar in the place, order, eomblOa·
DECAPROTI ,
decemprin:i,
io Romao aOliquity, olli·
lion, frequeoey, and oumber of Ihe leuers,; tO, :n1
cn! for galhering the tributes
.nd
taxes.
whieh panicular regard is to be had io deelpherlOg.
The dm proti IVere alfo obliged
10
pay for Ihe clead,
lo alllangllages, hOIVever, the followiog rules
ou~hl
or
10
lofwer to the emperor for the quota pans of
to be obferved : l. Ooe IVord is
10
be
eompared \Vlta
fueh as died, OUI of their OIVO eOales.
another, Ihat their refemblaoee and dilTereoeemaybe
DECASTYLE, io the aneienl arehiteélure, a buildiog
knnwn.
2.
No IVord eao be \Vilhout a fOIVel.
3.
A
IVilh an ordoaoce'of ten eolumos io froot, as Ihe temo
IVord of ooe leuer is aIlVays
I
vowel,
N
a coofonaol
pie
01
Jupitcr Oly01pills \Vas.
IVith ao apoOrophe,
4.
Thevowels reeur mueh more
DECEIT, in law, a fubtle trick, or deviee,
10
which
frequently thao the eoofooaols.
5.
Double vo",els
may be added all maooer of er. ft aod e(:IIIGoo, or
may be al the begiooiog of a IVord, bUI
00,1
~ouble
und~rhdOd
praélice, ufed
10
defraud aoolher, by aoy
eoofonants,
6.
Double charaélers
~t
Ihe
br~lOntog
of
meaos IVlmever.
a word are
~IIVays
"owel!.
7.
Shorl IVo!ds of t"O
DECEMll ER, the
I~O
month of the year, eoofining uf
or three Iellers have tIVO or Ihree, or one or IIVoeoo·
thirty·ooe days, aod fo ealled asbeingIhetfnth month
fooam,. 8 The VOIVelS are Iherefore moO eafily
io the Roman year, " hich eommenced IVilh March.
learned from the fllOn IVords which are
10
be fila
DECEMI' ED !\, io antiq uilY, a rule or rod cli"idcd
eoofidcred by Ihe deeipherer.
9.
Jf
double
eha~ae·
iOlo ten ftet, e3eh of whil hwasfuhdividccl ioto ioehes
lels are preceded by
d
Gngle
1t~ler,
Ihe Irller IS
as
~,J
thcfe in:o dig;:!, Ufld in Olcafur illg of laod, aod:
vOIVel.
10.
ln lanruages aboundtng lV:th dlphlhoog
"
on~