Chapter 459

On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste. Milton.

11. Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor .

12. (Mus.) The interval between two notes; as, the distance of a fourth or seventh .

Angular distance , the distance made at the eye by lines drawn from the eye to two objects. -- Lunar distance . See under Lunar . -- North polar distance (Astron.) , the distance on the heavens of a heavenly body from the north pole. It is the complement of the declination. -- Zenith distance (Astron.) , the arc on the heavens from a heavenly body to the zenith of the observer. It is the complement of the altitude. -- To keep one's distance , to stand aloof; to refrain from familiarity.

If a man makes keep my distance , the comfort is he keeps his at the same time. Swift.

Distance <Xpage=434>

Dis"tance (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Distanced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Distancing (?) .]

1. To place at a distance or remotely.

I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles distanced thence. Fuller.

2. To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.

His peculiar art of distancing an object to aggrandize his space. H. Miller.

3. To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance , n. , 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.

He distanced the most skillful of his contemporaries. Milner.

Distancy <Xpage=434>

Dis"tan*cy (?) , n. Distance. [Obs.]

Dr. H. More.

Distant <Xpage=434>

Dis"tant (?) , a. [F., fr. L. distans , -antis , p. pr. of distare to stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See Stand .]

1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

One board had two tenons, equally distant . Ex. xxxvi. 22.

Diana's temple is not distant far. Shak.

2. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.

The success of these distant enterprises. Prescott.

3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner .

He passed me with a distant bow. Goldsmith.

4. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.

Some distant knowledge. Shak.

A distant glimpse. W. Irving.

5. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity .

Syn. -- Separate; far; remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight; faint; indirect; indistinct.

Distantial <Xpage=434>

Dis*tan"tial (?) , a. Distant. [Obs.]

More distantial from the eye. W. Montagu.

Distantly <Xpage=434>

Dis"tant*ly (?) , adv. At a distance; remotely; with reserve.

Distaste <Xpage=434>

Dis*taste" (?) , n. 1. Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish.

Bacon.

2. Discomfort; uneasiness.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes , and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Bacon.

3. Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.

On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste . Milton.

Syn. -- Disrelish; disinclination; dislike; aversion; displeasure; dissatisfaction; disgust.

Distaste <Xpage=434>

Dis*taste" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Distasted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Distasting .]

1. Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike.

Although my will distaste what it elected. Shak.

2. To offend; to disgust; to displease. [Obs.]

He thought in no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them. Sir J. Davies.

3. To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful.

Drayton.

Distaste <Xpage=434>

Dis*taste" (?) , v. i. To be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable. [Obs.]

Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons, Which at the are scarce found to distaste . Shak.

Distasteful <Xpage=434>

Dis*taste"ful (?) , a. 1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome.

2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth .

Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions. Milton.

3. Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive. " Distasteful looks."

Shak.

Syn. -- Nauseous; unsavory; unpalatable; offensive; displeasing; dissatisfactory; disgusting.

- Dis*taste"ful*ly , adv. -- Dis*taste"ful*ness , n.

Distasteive <Xpage=434>

Dis*taste"ive (?) , a. Tending to excite distaste. [Obs.] -- n. That which excites distaste or aversion. [Obs.]

Whitlock.

Distasture <Xpage=434>

Dis*tas"ture (?; 135) , n. Something which excites distaste or disgust. [Obs.]

Speed.

Distemper <Xpage=434>

Dis*tem"per (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Distempered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Distempering .] [OF. destemprer , destremper , to distemper, F. d\'82tremper to soak, soften, slake (lime); pref. des- (L. dis- ) + OF. temprer , tremper , F. tremper , L. temperare to mingle in due proportion. See Temper , and cf. Destemprer .]

1. To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of. [Obs.]

When . . . the humors in his body ben distempered . Chaucer.

2. To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.

Shak.

The imagination, when completely distempered , is the most incurable of all disordered faculties. Buckminster.

3. To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant. " Distempered spirits."

Coleridge.

4. To intoxicate. [R.]

The courtiers reeling, And the duke himself, I dare not say distempered , But kind, and in his tottering chair carousing. Massinger.

5. (Paint.) To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size . [R.]

Distemper <Xpage=434>

Dis*tem"per , n. [See Distemper , v. t. , and cf. Destemprer .]

1. An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts.

Bacon.

&hand; This meaning and most of the following are to be referred to the Galenical doctrine of the four "humors" in man. See Humor . According to the old physicians, these humors, when unduly tempered, produce a disordered state of body and mind.

2. Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold. [Obs.]

Those countries . . . under the tropic, were of a distemper uninhabitable. Sir W. Raleigh.

3. A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper ; the horn distemper in cattle.

They heighten distempers to diseases. Suckling.

4. Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor. [Obs.]

Little faults proceeding on distemper . Shak.

Some frenzy distemper had got into his head. Bunyan.

5. Political disorder; tumult.

Waller.

6. (Paint.) (a) A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera ) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms. (b) A painting done with this preparation.

Syn. -- Disease; disorder; sickness; illness; malady; indisposition; ailment. See Disease .

Distemperance <Xpage=434>

Dis*tem"per*ance (?) , n. Distemperature. [Obs.]

Distemperate <Xpage=434>

Dis*tem"per*ate (?) , a. [LL. distemperatus , p. p.]

1. Immoderate. [Obs.]

Sir W. Raleigh.

2. Diseased; disordered. [Obs.]

Wodroephe.

Distemperately <Xpage=434>

Dis*tem"per*ate*ly , adv. Unduly. [Obs.]

Distemperature <Xpage=434>

Dis*tem"per*a*ture (?; 135) , n. 1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air . [Obs.]

2. Disorder; confusion.

Shak.

3. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.

A huge infectious troop Of pale distemperatures and foes to life. Shak.

4. Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness.

Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his distemperature . Sir W. Scott.

Distemperment <Xpage=434>

Dis*tem"per*ment (?) , n. Distempered state; distemperature. [Obs.]

Feltham.

Distend <Xpage=434>

Dis*tend" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Distended ; p. pr. & vb. n. Distending .] [L. distendere , distentum , distensum ; dis- + tendere to stretch, stretch out: cf. F. distendre to distend, d\'82tendre to unbend. See Tend , and cf. Detent .]

1. To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch. [R.]

But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven Distended as the brow of God appeased? Milton.

2. To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc.

The warmth distends the chinks. Dryden.

Syn. -- To dilate; expand; enlarge; swell; inflate.

Distend <Xpage=434>

Dis*tend" , v. i. To become expanded or inflated; to swell. "His heart distends with pride."

Milton.

Distensibility <Xpage=434>

Dis*ten`si*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The quality or capacity of being distensible. [R.]

Distensible <Xpage=434>

Dis*ten"si*ble (?) , a. Capable of being distended or dilated.

Distension <Xpage=434>

Dis*ten"sion (?) , n. Same as Distention .

Distensive <Xpage=434>

Dis*ten"sive (?) , a. Distending, or capable of being distended.

Distent <Xpage=434>

Dis*tent" (?) , a. [L. distentus , p. p. See Distend .] Distended. [Poetic]

Thomson.

Distent <Xpage=434>

Dis*tent" , n. Breadth. [Obs.]

Sir H. Wotton.

Distention <Xpage=434>

Dis*ten"tion (?) , n. [L. distentio : cf. F. distension .]

1. The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs .

2. Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.

Dister <Xpage=434>

Dis*ter" (?) , v. t. [L. dis- + terra earth, country; cf. Sp. & Pg. desterrar .] To banish or drive from a country. [Obs.]

Howell.

Disterminate <Xpage=434>

Dis*ter"mi*nate (?) , a. [L. disterminatus , p. p. of disterminare to limit. See Terminate .] Separated by bounds. [Obs.]

Bp. Hall.

Distermination <Xpage=434>

Dis*ter`mi*na"tion (?) , n. [L. disterminatio .] Separation by bounds. [Obs.]

Hammond.

Disthene <Xpage=434>

Dis"thene (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ force: cf. F. disth\'8ane .] (Min.) Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite .

Disthrone <Xpage=434>

Dis*throne" (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- + throne : cf. OF. desthroner , F. d\'82troner .] To dethrone. [Obs.]

Disthronize <Xpage=434>

Dis*thron"ize (?) , v. t. To dethrone. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Distich <Xpage=434>

Dis"tich (?) , n. [L. distichon , Gr. <?/, neut. of <?/ with two rows, of two verses; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ row, verse, fr. <?/ to ascend; akin to AS. st\'c6gan to ascend: cf. F. distique . See Stirrup .] (Pros.) A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.

Distich, Distichous <Xpage=434>

Dis"tich (?) , Dis"tich*ous (?) , a. [Gr. <?/. See Distich , n. ] Disposed in two vertical rows; two-ranked.

Distichously <Xpage=434>

Dis"tich*ous*ly , adv. In a distichous manner.

Distil <Xpage=434>

Dis*til" (?) , v. t. & i. See Distill .

Distill <Xpage=434>

Dis*till" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Distilled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Distilling .] [F. distiller , from L. destillare , destillatum ; de + stillare to drop, stilla a drop, prob. fr. stiria frozen drop, icicle; prob. akin to stare , E. stand . Cf. Still , n. & v ., Instill .] [Written also distil .]

1. To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.

Soft showers distilled , and suns grew warm in vain. Pope.

2. To flow gently, or in a small stream.

The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of Armenia. Sir W. Raleigh.

3. To practice the art of distillation.

Shak.

Distill <Xpage=434>

Dis*till" , v. t. 1. To let fall or send down in drops.

Or o'er the glebe distill the kindly rain. Pope.

The dew which on the tender grass The evening had distilled . Drayton.

2. To obtain by distillation; to extract by distillation, as spirits, essential oil, etc.; to rectify; as, to distill brandy from wine; to distill alcoholic spirits from grain; to distill essential oils from flowers, etc.; to distill fresh water from sea water. " Distilling odors on me."

Tennyson.

3. To subject to distillation; as, to distill molasses in making rum; to distill barley, rye, corn, etc.

4. To dissolve or melt. [R.]

Swords by the lightning's subtle force distilled . Addison.

Distillable <Xpage=434>

Dis*till"a*ble (?) , a. (Chem.) Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable ; olive oil is not distillable .

Distillate <Xpage=434>

Dis*till"ate (?) , n. (Chem.) The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses .

Distillation <Xpage=434>

Dis`til*la"tion (?) , n. [F. distillation , L. destillatio .]

1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

2. That which falls in drops. [R.]

Johnson

3. (Chem.) The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam .

&hand; The evaporation of water, its condensation into clouds, and its precipitation as rain, dew, frost, snow, or hail, is an illustration of natural distillation .

4. The substance extracted by distilling.

Shak.

Destructive distillation (Chem.) , the distillation, especially of complex solid substances, so that the ultimate constituents are separated or evolved in new compounds, -- usually requiring a high degree of heat; as, the destructive distillation of soft coal or of wood. -- Dry distillation , the distillation of substances by themselves, or without the addition of water or of other volatile solvent; as, the dry distillation of citric acid. -- Fractional distillation . (Chem.) See under Fractional .

Distillatory <Xpage=434>

Dis*til"la*to*ry (?) , a. [Cf. F. distillatoire .] Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels . -- n. A distillatory apparatus; a still.

Distiller <Xpage=434>

Dis*till"er (?) , n. 1. One who distills; esp., one who extracts alcoholic liquors by distillation.

2. The condenser of a distilling apparatus.

Distillery <Xpage=434>

Dis*till"er*y (?) , n. ; pl. Distilleries (#) . [F. distillerie .]

1. The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on.

2. The act of distilling spirits. [R.]

Todd.

Distillment <Xpage=434>

Dis*till"ment (?) , n. Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation. [Obs.]

Shak.

Distinct <Xpage=434>

Dis*tinct" (?) , a. [L. distinctus , p. p. of distinguere : cf. F. distinct . See Distinguish .]

1. Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified. [Obs.]

Wherever thus created -- for no place Is yet distinct by name. Milton.

2. Marked; variegated. [Obs.]

The which [place] was dight With divers flowers distinct with rare delight. Spenser.

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3. Separate in place; not conjunct; not united by growth or otherwise; -- with from .

The intention was that the two armies which marched out together should afterward be distinct . Clarendon.

4. Not identical; different; individual.

To offend, and judge, are distinct offices. Shak.

5. So separated as not to be confounded with any other thing; not liable to be misunderstood; not confused; well-defined; clear; as, we have a distinct or indistinct view of a prospect .

Relation more particular and distinct . Milton.

Syn. -- Separate; unconnected; disjoined; different; clear; plain; conspicuous; obvious.

Distinct <Xpage=435>

Dis*tinct" (?) , v. t. To distinguish. [Obs.]

Rom. of R.

Distinction <Xpage=435>

Dis*tinc"tion (?) , n. [L. distinctio : cf. F. distinction .]

1. A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division. [Obs.]