1000000030

(

3·1

le!'s 10;IC, and one grealer fcmi·lOn

oumbers is as

4 : 3.

il~

proponioo in DICHOTOPHYLLUM, il bOlany. Sec CE RATO'

DIATE 6SARON, io pharmary, the oame uf a rompofi.

tioo fo callcd, from thc foul" ingreditnts il compre·

hcnds : it is prcpared thus.

Take of gtnlian rOOI, bay.berries, myrrh, and

rOOlS of birthwon,

each two ounces

of honey,

IlVO pounds

mix lhem into an e1eéluary. This, with

theaddition of lhe IIlJrings of ivory, I\YO ounCl!, is

entitled diapente, or a compofilioo

five ingredi.

ents.

Dl ATONIC, an epithel given to mufic, as il proceeds

by toncs and ferni-tones, bOlh afcenJing and dcrccnd·

ing. See Musle.

DlATRAGACANTH, in pltarmlcy, a name applied

to certaio powders. IVhereof gum mgaea'¡.h is lhe

principallngrcdltAt; of IVhieh lhere are IWO kiods,

the cold and Ihe hOI: lhe culd is dirtéled Ihus: take

of gum

lrag~c~nlh,

I\YO ounces; of gum arabic,

ouoce aod tlVO drams; of n"'ch, half ao

ouoc~;

liquorice, aod the fceds of mdons aod whilt poppies,

of cach I\YO drams; of fugar caody, lh,ee ouoccs;

lOix IhemiOlo a powder. Thls is flequently pre–

fcribedin heélieal heat!, inchobic conl1iluliolls, in di–

nempers of Ihe

bre~n ,

io nranguries, heal of urinc,

aod Ihe pungency of renereal glwI.

Puwder or hOI

dialr:rg~caolh

is eompofed of gum

IragaL-aolh, cinnamon, hytTup, . Imoods, liofeed, fe–

nugrecl, liquorice, and gioger,

is good agaiofl

aHhmas, 10pro,llo:e

e~peéloratioo,

llrenglheo the

110'

mach, and

.1Ii1l

<Iigenion.

DlA

GOPHR:\G~II_\,

io natural hiflory, agenus of

follils of Ihe older of !eplaria:, whofe ral liliuos, or

fepla, confilt of fpar Wilh an adnllxlule of cryflal.

this geous lhere

are

lhree fpecics. l.

red kind,

with browoi!h ydlow partilioos.

brownilh

)'cI.

low kiod, \Viii, whili!h partilions.

A blui!h·while

kiod, wilh Ilraw·coloured partilioos.

DICE. among gaOll1ers, eenaio cubical pieees of bone

or ivory, mal

wllh dOls on each of lheir faces,

{rom one 10 fix, ",cording 10 lhe nUlllbtr of faces.

Slmpm hale !everal ways of falfifyi ng dice.

l .

flicking a hog's brinle in lhem, fo as 10make Ihem

lun high or low, as lhey pleafe.

By drilling

~nd

loading lhem "ilh quicklilver; which chut is

found OUl by holding lhem gently by lWOdiagonal

cornm ; for if f. lfe, Ihe heavy fides willluro ¡Iways

down.

By fill ing and rouoding Ihem. BUI alllhefe

ways rall far !hon of Ihean of lhe dice makers; fome

of whom

are

fu deXlrous lhis way, Ihat your Iharpiog

¡;amllm will

~ive

any monq fur lhem.

Dice formerly paid

s. every pair imported, with

ar, addilional JUly of

9,W.

(or every : os. "alue

upoo

o.lh

out are now prohibiled 10 be impon–

ed.

DICHOTOMY, a lerm u'ed byaflronomers for that

p),ar." or appearAnce of Ihe mooo, I/huein lile is bi–

I,éled, or

!h(~S

jjll half her diOt. lo lhis filU.lioo

Ihe mcon i, faid 10 be in a quadrm afpell, or 10 be

in her qlladr.lllre.

DIC HOTOIIY,

holaoy.

DOTAN

p. 641.

PHYL LUM.

DICKER, in 010 wrilers, denotes the quanlily of ten

hilb of Otins, whereof Iwenty made a lall:

~Ifo

len

pair of gloves, len bars of iroo, and the like, are

fornetimes expretTed by Ihe lermdicker.

DICTAMUS, DITTANY, io bOlany. a genus of lhc

decaodria monogynia clars. The calix confifls of five

Imes, and lhe cOlolla of five open pClals; Ihe fila·

mcOlShavc many glandular points; and the five cap.

fules are unilcd. There is OUl one fpecies,

VII.

Ihe

oblllS, a nalive of haly.

he rOOI " faid to be a·

lexlpharmic, bUl is nOI reearded io praaice.

DI CTATOR. in lhe poliey of Ihe aocienl Romans, a

maginwc iovefled

ilh Covmign and eveo arbi·

trary power.

He had power of life and dealh; alfo 10 raife and

difband troops, make war or peace, and that WilhoUl

lhc coofcnl eilher of lhc fenate or peoplc, or being

mounlable for his proceedings. He was e1eéled by

one of lhe eonfuls io Ihe night-lil11e, on Ihe fronliers

uf Ihe Icomrnonweahh, and nowhere e1fe; aod the

ordinary duralÍon of hi, oRice was only for fix mooths,

duriog which lime all olher magiflraCles ceafed, Ihe

tribunelhipexcepled. Wheneverhe appeared

j¡¡

public,

he was aucnded by Iwenty-four liélors, or double Ihe

nureber allowed a conful. However, nOlwilhflanding

.1I1his powcr, he could nOl go out of haly, or even

ride on horfeback during a march, wilhout leave from

lhe people.

This oRice was accounted the f.feguard of lhe com–

mooweallh for four bunOreO years together, till Sylla

and Czfar, byatTuming lhelitle of perpetual diél'lOlI,

convened il lOtO Iyranoy, aod rendmd Ihe very Dame

odious.

DICnON, lhe phrafe, elocution, 01 lIyle of a writer

01 fpeaker. See COMPOSITIOH,

DICT10NARY, in ilS original acceptation, is lhe ar–

ranging all lhe words of a language ¡ccording 10 the

order 01' lhealph.bel, and annexing a definition or ex·

planalion to eaeh IVord. When

and fciences be–

gan 10 be improved anJ eXlended, lhe muluplicity of

lechnic.l lerms rendered il necetTzry10

comprledi8~00-

a:ies eilher of fcience in general, or of particular fClen–

ces, aceording 10 lhe vieIVs of the compiler. For fur–

lher pmiculars concerning diélionaric' of Ibis kiod,

ree Ihe

Prq. ce.

D, CTIONAkY

.¡

lE!

EligliJh lenguaKe.

The

only.al

–

lcmpl whieh has Imh, no been m3de lowards formlng

a Il gular dléllonuy of lhe Englilh Idnguage, is

Ih~l

of Ihe leat ned Dr S.mucl Johnfoo. HUI although It

is execulcd iD a mdlleriy manner, ye' as il annOI be

exp~él(d

Ih,1an und rldkingof IhlS oalure could be

broughl

pClfcéllon by one mao, IVe

0..11

'enlure 10

fur.lldl a f<w circumll. nces WhlCh,

dudy amnded

10, IllJy

pcrh.ps

be of fume ulilu)'.

Thc

d~fign

(l'CIy

d,él,on¡ry of langulge,

.IS

expldin in lhe 01011 .tCCUrlte manner, Ihe meanlog of

L'VLry wurd, anrllo !hu... Ihe valiou, IV¡y' in ...

bjeb

il c.n be con,u¡nL'lI wllh olherl, in

r,lr

Ihis

I(DdI

t aller iu meloiog. T

llooary whicb dacs