1000000030

And, to mention no more, lJoerhaave arcribcs dige.

Ilion to Ihe joint a(tion of remal of the above·men·

tioned caures,

aid~d

by the cxpanGun of lhe air con·

tained in the alimeOls.

lI'alll o(

OICE ST ION, a dir,are attended wilh pain, and

r,~r,

of weight, with eruélalions and copious 8atulcn·

ces from corrupt humours in Ihe 1I0maeh.

DIGESTIVE, in medicine, ruch lemedies as Ilrenglh–

en ano inmar, the ton, of Ihe Itomach, and amll in

the digéllion 01 foods . To Ihis clars belong all Ho·

machic! and Ilrengtheners, or corroborants.

DIGIT, in allronomy, the twelfth part of the diameter

of the run or moon, is ured tO exprers lhe quantity

of an eclipre. Thus an eclipre is raid to be of fix di–

gits, when fix of there parts are hid.

DI CIH, or

MONADES,

in arithmetic, fignify any inle·

ger uoder 10

as 1,2,3,4, ¡, 6, 7,8, 9·

Dlcn' is airo a mcarure taken from the breadth of Ihe

finger.

is properly

of an inch, and contains the

mearure of four

barley.com

s laid breadth·wire.

DIGITALlS, or FOX·CLOVE, in botany, a genus of

Ihe didyoamia angiorpumia clars. The calix is divi·

ded into five fegmenu

Ihe corolla is

bdl.fh

aped, ven·

tricure, and has five divifions

and Ihe caprule is oval,

2nd has tWO cells. There are Gx rpecies, only one of

which,

viz.

the purpurea, or purple fox-glove, is a

nalive of Britain. The leaves are faid 10 be emetic

and vulnerary, but are liltle ured . .

DIGITATED, among bOlanills.

~ee

Vol.

p. 640'

DIG ITUS, in anatomy. See Vol.

p. 181.

DIGLYPH, in archile(ture, a kind of imperre(t tri-

glypb, confole, or the like, Wilh IWO channels or en–

gravings, eilher circular or angular.

DIGNE, a city aod bifhop's ree of Provence in France,

fifty.five miles oonh of Toulon

E. long. 6° ¡', and

N. lat.

44° 6' .

DIGNITARY, in Ihe canon law, a perfon who holds a

dignilY, that is, a benefice which glves himfome pre–

eminence over mere priells and canons. Such is abi·

fhop, dean, arch deacon, prebendary,

&c.

DIGN ITY , as applied to the titlcs of noblemen, figni.

fies honour and authority.

DIJON, the capital of the province of Burgundy, in

Fraoce, fitoated on the river Ouche, 140 miles routh–

canofParis: E.long. ¡oS', andN. lat. 47° I¡'_

DILATATlON, in phyfics, a mOlion of the pans of

any body, by which il is ro expanded as 10 occupy ..

greater fpace. This expanfive motion dep:nds upon

the elafHc power of lbe body, whence it appms thAt

dilamion is diIFerent rrom rarera(tion, this 1.11 beiog

produeed by Ihe means of heat. See M[e

HAN

Ies.

DILATATORES, in an.tomy, a name given to reve ·

ral murcies in the human body. See ANATOMY,

Part 11.

DILEMMA, in logie, an argument conC,lling of two or

more propoC,tions, whieh dIvides the whole imo all its

pam, or memLers, by a disjunaive propofilion, and

then infm romething coneerning eaeh part, wluch IS

frnally referreu to eoneetning the whuk See Lo–

cl e.

DILIGENCE, in SeolS law, fign:fies cither that m e

and attention which panies are bound to give,

rm–

plementiogcmaincontra(ts or trulls, and whichvaries

according to the nature or Ihe contraél

as to which,

ree Se on LAW, title 7.20. and 2S.: Or it fignifies

cenain rorlOs of law, whereey the creditor endea·

"ours to operate his payment, either by alf:/ling

the perron or

~Il¿te

of the debtor

fce titlc 18.

DILL, in

bot~ny.

Sec ANETHUM.

DILLEMBURG, a city of the circle of Ihe Upper

Rhine in Germany, about fol'ly miles north of Franc–

furt , and rubje(t to the houre of Narrau: E. long. 8°

S', and N lal. ¡0° 45'.

DILLENGEN, a city of S\\labia, in Germany, fitua·

ted on the Danube, about twenty miles nonh·eall of

Ulm: E. long. lO· 20', and N. I.t_ 4S o40'.

DILLENIA, in botany, a genus of tbe polyandria poly.

gynia clars. The calix confills of 6ve Imes, andIhe

corolla of 6ve petals

and the capfule contains many

feeds. There is but one rpecies, anative of Malabar.

DILUTE. 1'0 dilute a body is to rend" it liquid

or,

if it were liquid before, to render it more fo, by Ihe

addilion of a thinner thereto. Thefe Ihings thus

added, are called diluents, or dílutors.

DIMENSION, in geomwy, is either length, breadih,

or thicknefs

henee, a line hath one dimenfion,

oh.

length

a fuperficies two,

viz.

length and breadth

and a body, or rolid, has lhree,

oiz.

length, breadth,

and thicknefs.

DIMINUTIVE, in grammar, aword fOflned from fome

other, to roften or diminifh the force of it, or 10 figoi–

fy a lhing is little in its kind. Thus, eellule is a

di–

minnti"e of eell. globulc of globe, hilloek of hill.

DIMORPHOTHECA. in botany. See CALE NDULA .

DINANT, a town of Germany in the bifhopric ofLiege,

fitualed on the river Maefe, about t\Vel.e miles foum

or N.mur: E. loog 4° ¡O', and N. lat. ¡0° 18'.

DI NGWEL, or DINGIVAL, a parlialneot-lown of

Scodand, fitumd at the weflend ofthe Cromarty-bay,

in Ihe eoumy of Rofs: W long. 4° I¡', and N lat.

57°

¡6'.

c1aITes with Dornock, Wick, and Kirk·

wall.

DINKELSPIEL, a city of Swabia, aboul forty miles

north of Ulm, E. long. 10° 12', and N. lat. 49°'

DIOCESE, denotes a particular dillri(t, or divifioD,

under the dire(tion and government of a bifhop.

DIOCTAHEDRI A, in natural hiflory, a genus of pel–

lucid antI cryOalliform rpars, eompored of tWO

o(t~n'

guiar pyramids, juineo bar, tObafe, withoUI ¡ny In–

terAlediate eulumn. Of there rome have long py–

ramids, others fhon and fharp.point,d ones, and o–

thers Ibon and obture pointed ones ; the t\Vo form:r

fpeeies belng found io the ham-forcll, and the hO

the mines of Corn\

V.II.

DIOD lA, in botany, agenus of thet(\landria monogy–

ni. dars. The coroll.t confins of o"e tllnncl·nlap<d

pet.ll

; and the capfulé

hAS

tIYO cells, contain.ing a,

lO"ny fceds. There is but one frecics, a n,tlve uf

\',,~inia.

•

DlüDüN, in idtthyology, a genus bclonginc totbenr·

d~r

or alllphibia

n,nt~s.

The jall'¡ are bony, Ilre.,,¡'–

Ot\t, ami ulldll

id~d

thc

ap~rtJ:

or ItIJurh r5

trln:nrle