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2. To mark out. [Obs.]

R. North.

Delineable <Xpage=386>

De*lin"e*a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being, or liable to be, delineated.

Feltham.

Delineament <Xpage=386>

De*lin"e*a*ment (?) , <?/. [See Delineate .] Delineation; sketch.

Dr. H. More.

Delineate <Xpage=386>

De*lin"e*ate (?) , a. [L. delineatus , p. p. of delineare to delineate; de- + lineare to draw, fr. linea line. See Line .] Delineated; portrayed. [R.]

Delineate <Xpage=386>

De*lin"e*ate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Delineated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Delineating .]

1. To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation .

Adventurous to delineate nature's form. Akenside.

2. To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.

Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy. Walpole.

Delineation <Xpage=386>

De*lin`e*a"tion (?) , n. [L. delineatio : cf. F. d\'82lin\'82ation .]

1. The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face ; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively.

2. A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words.

Their softest delineations of female beauty. W. Irving.

Syn. -- Sketch; portrait; outline. See Sketch .

Delineator <Xpage=386>

De*lin"e*a`tor (?) , n.

1. One who, or that which, delineates; a sketcher.

2. (Surv.) A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road.

Delineatory <Xpage=386>

De*lin"e*a*to*ry (?) , a. That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating.

Delineature <Xpage=386>

De*lin"e*a*ture (?; 135) , n. Delineation. [Obs.]

Delinition <Xpage=386>

Del`i*ni"tion (?) , n. [L. delinere to smear. See Liniment .] A smearing. [Obs.]

Dr. H. More.

Delinquency <Xpage=386>

De*lin"quen*cy (?) , n. ; pl. Delinquencies (#) . [L. delinquentia , fr. delinquens .] Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; a misdemeanor; a crime.

The delinquencies of the little commonwealth would be represented in the most glaring colors. Motley.

Delinquent <Xpage=386>

De*lin"quent (?) a. [L. delinquens , -entis , p. pr. of delinquere to fail, be wanting in one's duty, do wrong; de- + linquere to leave. See Loan , n. ] Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.

Delinquent <Xpage=386>

De*lin"quent , n. One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.

A delinquent ought to be cited in the place or jurisdiction where the delinquency was committed. Ayliffe.

Delinquently <Xpage=386>

De*lin"quent*ly , adv. So as to fail in duty.

Deliquate <Xpage=386>

Del"i*quate (?) , v. i. [L. deliquatus , p. p. of deliquare to clear off, de- + liquare to make liquid, melt, dissolve.] To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce. [Obs.]

Boyle.

Deliquate <Xpage=386>

Del"i*quate , v. t. To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume; to waste. [Obs.]

Dilapidating, or rather deliquating , his bishopric. Fuller.

Deliquation <Xpage=386>

Del`i*qua"tion (?) , n. A melting. [Obs.]

Deliquesce <Xpage=386>

Del`i*quesce" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Deliquesced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Deliquescing .] [L. deliquescere to melt, dissolve; de- + liquescere to become fluid, melt, fr. liquere to be fluid. See Liquid .] (Chem.) To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.

In very moist air crystals of strontites deliquesce . Black.

Deliquescence <Xpage=386>

Del`i*ques"cence (?) , n. [Cf. F. d\'82liquescence .] The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which anything deliquesces; tendency to melt.

Deliquescent <Xpage=386>

Del`i*ques"cent (?) , a. [L. deliquescens , -entis , p. pr. of deliquescere : cf. F. d\'82liquescent .]

1. Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as, deliquescent salts .

2. (Bot.) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.

Gray.

Deliquiate <Xpage=386>

De*liq"ui*ate (?) , v. i. [L. deliquia a flowing off, a gutter, deliquium a flowing down, fr. deliquare . See Deliquate .] To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce.

Fourcroy.

Deliquiation <Xpage=386>

De*liq`ui*a"tion (?) , n. The act of deliquating.

Deliquium <Xpage=386>

De*liq"ui*um (?) , n. [L. See Deliquiate .]

1. (Chem.) A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; a liquid condition; as, a salt falls into a deliquium . [R.]

2. A sinking away; a swooning. [Obs.]

Bacon.

3. A melting or maudlin mood.

Carlyle.

Deliracy <Xpage=386>

De*lir"a*cy (?) , n. [See Delirate .] Delirium. [Obs.]

Delirament <Xpage=386>

De*lir"a*ment (?) , n. [L. deliramentum , fr. delirare . See Delirium .] A wandering of the mind; a crazy fancy. [Obs.]

Heywood.

Delirancy <Xpage=386>

De*lir"an*cy (?) , n. Delirium. [Obs.]

Gauden.

Delirant <Xpage=386>

De*lir"ant (?) , a. [L. delirans , -antis , p. pr. of delirare . See Delirium .] Delirious. [Obs.]

Owen.

Delirate <Xpage=386>

De*lir"ate (?) , v. t. & i. [L. deliratus , p. p. of delirare . See Delirium .] To madden; to rave. [Obs.]

An infatuating and delirating spirit in it. Holland.

Deliration <Xpage=386>

Del`i*ra"tion (?) , n. [L. deliratio .] Aberration of mind; delirium.

J. Motley.

Deliration or alienation of the understanding. Mede.

Deliriant <Xpage=386>

De*lir"i*ant (?) , n. [See Delirium .] (Med.) A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna).

Delirifacient <Xpage=386>

De*lir`i*fa"cient (?) , a. [ Delirium + L. faciens , -entis , p. pr. of facere to make.] (Med.) Producing, or tending to produce, delirium. -- n. Any substance which tends to cause delirium.

Delirious <Xpage=386>

De*lir"i*ous (?) , a. [From Delirium .] Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies. -- De*lir"i*ous*ly , adv. -- De*lir"i*ous*ness , n.

Delirium <Xpage=386>

De*lir"i*um (?) , n. [L., fr. delirare to rave, to wander in mind, prop., to go out of the furrow in plowing; de- + lira furrow, track; perh. akin to G. geleise track, rut, and E. last to endure.]

1. (Med.) A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from mania , or madness.

2. Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness.

The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind. W. Irving.

The delirium of the preceding session (of Parliament). Motley.

Delirium tremens (<?/) . [L., trembling delirium] (Med.) , a violent delirium induced by the excessive and prolonged use of intoxicating liquors. -- Traumatic delirium (Med.) , a variety of delirium following injury.

Syn. -- Insanity; frenzy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; lunacy; fury. See Insanity .

Delit <Xpage=386>

De*lit" (?) , n. Delight. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Delitable <Xpage=386>

De*lit"a*ble (?) , a. Delightful; delectable. [Obs.]

Delitescence <Xpage=386>

Del`i*tes"cence (?) , n. [See Delitescent .]

1. Concealment; seclusion; retirement.

The delitescence of mental activities. Sir W. Hamilton.

2. (Med.) The sudden disappearance of inflammation.

Delitescency <Xpage=386>

Del`i*tes"cen*cy (?) , n. Concealment; seclusion.

The mental organization of the novelist must be characterized, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency . Sir W. Scott.

Delitescent <Xpage=386>

Del`i*tes"cent (?) , a. [L. delitescens , -entis , p. pr. of delitescere to lie hid.] Lying hid; concealed.

Delitigate <Xpage=386>

De*lit"i*gate (?) , v. i. [L. delitigare to rail. See Litigate .] To chide; to rail heartily. [Obs.]

Delitigation <Xpage=386>

De*lit`i*ga"tion (?) , n. Chiding; brawl. [Obs.]

Deliver <Xpage=386>

De*liv"er (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Delivered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Delivering .] [F. d\'82livrer , LL. deliberare to liberate, give over, fr. L. de + liberare to set free. See Liberate .]

1. To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with from or out of ; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death .

He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. Ezek. xxxiii. 5.

Promise was that I Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver . Milton.

2. To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; -- often with up or over , to or into .

Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand. Gen. xl. 13.

The constables have delivered her over. Shak.

The exalted mind All sense of woe delivers to the wind. Pope.

3. To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart.

Till he these words to him deliver might. Spenser.

Whereof the former delivers the precepts of the art, and the latter the perfection. Bacon.

4. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball.

Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears. Sidney.

An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward. Sir W. Scott.

5. To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of .

She was delivered safe and soon. Gower.

Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones. Peacham.

6. To discover; to show. [Poetic]

I 'll deliver Myself your loyal servant. Shak.

7. To deliberate. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

8. To admit; to allow to pass. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Syn. -- To Deliver , Give Forth , Discharge , Liberate , Pronounce , Utter . Deliver denotes, literally, to set free . Hence the term is extensively applied to cases where a thing is made to pass from a confined state to one of greater freedom or openness. Hence it may, in certain connections, be used as synonymous with any or all of the above-mentioned words, as will be seen from the following examples: One who delivers a package gives it forth ; one who delivers a cargo discharges it; one who delivers a captive liberates him; one who delivers a message or a discourse utters or pronounce s it; when soldiers deliver their fire, they set it free or give it forth .

Deliver <Xpage=386>

De*liv"er , a. [OF. delivre free, unfettered. See Deliver , v. t. ] Free; nimble; sprightly; active. [Obs.]

Wonderly deliver and great of strength. Chaucer.

Deliverable <Xpage=386>

De*liv"er*a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered.

Hale.

Deliverance <Xpage=386>

De*liv"er*ance (?) , n. [F. d\'82livrance , fr. d\'82livrer .]

1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive .

He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. Luke iv. 18.

One death or one deliverance we will share. Dryden.

2. Act of bringing forth children. [Archaic]

Shak.

3. Act of speaking; utterance. [Archaic]

Shak.

&hand; In this and in the preceding sense delivery is the word more commonly used.

4. The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint.

I do desire deliverance from these officers. Shak.

5. Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly. [Scot.]

6. (Metaph.) Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness .

Deliverer <Xpage=386>

De*liv"er*er (?) , n.

1. One who delivers or rescues; a preserver.

2. One who relates or communicates.

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Deliveress <Xpage=387>

De*liv"er*ess (?) , n. A female de<?/<?/<?/. [R.]

Evelyn.

Deliverly <Xpage=387>

De*liv"er*ly , adv. Actively; quickly; nimbly. [Obs.]

Swim with your bodies, And carry it sweetly and deliverly . Beau. & Fl.

Deliverness <Xpage=387>

De*liv"er*ness , n. Nimbleness; agility. [Obs.]

Delivery <Xpage=387>

De*liv"er*y , n. ; pl. Deliveries (<?/) .

1. The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon .

2. The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters .

3. The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery ; a clear delivery .

4. The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.

5. The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.

Neater limbs and freer delivery . Sir H. Wotton.

6. The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery .

Dell <Xpage=387>

Dell (?) , n. [AS. del , akin to E. dale ; cf. D. delle , del , low ground. See Dale .]

1. A small, retired valley; a ravine.

In dells and dales, concealed from human sight. Tickell.

2. A young woman; a wench. [Obs.]

Sweet doxies and dells . B. Jonson.

Della Crusca <Xpage=387>

Del"la Crus"ca (?) . A shortened form of Academia della Crusca , an academy in Florescence, Italy, founded in the 16th century, especially for conversing the purity of the Italian language.

&hand; The Accademia della Crusca (literally, academy of the bran or chaff ) was so called in allusion to its chief object of bolting or purifying the national language.

Dellacruscan <Xpage=387>

Del`la*crus"can (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the Accademia della Crusca in Florence.

The Dellacruscan School , a name given in satire to a class of affected English writers, most of whom lived in Florence, about a . d . 1785.

Deloo <Xpage=387>

De"loo (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The duykerbok.

Deloul <Xpage=387>

De*loul" (?) , n. [Prob. of Arabic or Bedouin origin.] (Zo\'94l.) A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also herire , and maharik .

Delph <Xpage=387>

Delph (?) , n. Delftware.

Five nothings in five plates of delph . Swift.

Delph <Xpage=387>

Delph , n. (Hydraul. Engin.) The drain on the land side of a sea embankment.

Knight.

Delphian <Xpage=387>

Del"phi*an (?) , a. Delphic.

Delphic <Xpage=387>

Del"phic (?) , a. [L. Delphicus , fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/, L. Delphi , a town of Phocis, in Greece, now Kastri .] (Gr. Antiq.)

1. Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.

2. Ambiguous; mysterious. "If he is silent or delphic ."

New York Times.

Delphin, Delphine <Xpage=387>

Del"phin , Del"phine (?) , a. [See Dauphin .] Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for the use of the dauphin ( in usum Delphini ).

Delphin <Xpage=387>

Del"phin , n. [L. delphinus a dolphin.] (Chem.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin .

Delphine <Xpage=387>

Del"phine (?) , a. [L. delphinus a dolphin, Gr. <?/, <?/.] Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.

Delphinic <Xpage=387>

Del*phin"ic (?) , a. [See Delphin , n. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic.

Delphinic acid . (Chem.) See Valeric acid , under Valeric . [Obs.]

Delphinic <Xpage=387>