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Crest, the back or upper part of the neck. 



Criterion, a rule to judge by. 



Crust, the hoof is so called. 



Cultiyate, to improve the form, size, or intellect. 



Debility, weakness ; feebleness. 



Decrease, to make less. 



Decompose, to decay ; to separate into its component parts. 



Deduce, to form an idea or conclusion. 



Defective, not perfect. 



Dense, close ; Solid; hard. 



Delirium, craziness ; want of sense. 



Deterioration, to make less or worse. 



Dissent, to ditfer from. 



Develop, to show muscular form ; to bring up to perfection. 



Diaphoretics, medicines which arouse sweating. 



Diapiirag'm, the broad muscle which separates the chest and 



belly, and assists in the act of breathing. 

 Diffuse, to spread out ; extend ; drive out. 

 Dig'estive, relating to digestion. 

 Dilated, opened wide ; gaping open. 



Dilute, to make fluid medicine thin or weak, as with water, eto. 

 Diminution, lessening or decreasing. 

 Dislocation, putting out of joint. 

 Distorted, crooked or deformed ; out of shape. 

 Distended, stretched out ; forced out, or swelled. 

 Diuretics, medicines which increase the flow of urine. 

 Divest, to turn aside from. 

 Docile, gentle ; tame ; obedient. 



Domestication, taming or bringing from a state of nature. 

 Dominion, control ; authority ; power. 

 Ducts, pipes or openings ; canals ; tubes. 

 Duodenum, the first gut next the stomach; the bile enters 



through it. 



Economy, saving ; good management. 

 Effusion, the flowmg out of a fluid. 

 Elastic, springy, as a spring or India rubber. 

 Elude, to escape observation ; to shun. 

 Embryo, the unborn animal. 

 Enamel, the hard covering of the teeth. 

 Ensue, to follow. 



