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DEAD BODIES. 



Embalming. — The art of preserving dead bodies of men and 

 auimuls. 



DEATH. 



Tbanatology (Gr. thanafos, death, and logos, a. discourse). — 

 A description or the doctrine of death. 



DIALS. 



Di'aling, Horog'raphy. — The science whicb unfolds the prin- 

 ciples of measuring time by dials, or the art of construct- 

 ing dials. 



Gno'mon. — The style or pin which by its shadow shows the 

 hour of the day. 



Gnomon'ics, Gnomonol'Dgy (Gr. gnomon, an index, and logos, 

 a discourse).— The art or science of dialing, or of con- 

 structing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow 

 of a gnomon. 



Node. — A point or hole in the gnomon of a dial, by the shadow 

 or light of which are shown the hour of the day, the par- 

 allels of the sun's declination, etc. 



Sub'style. — The line on which the gnomon stands. 



DISSECTIOX. 



Anat'omy (Gr. anatemno, I cut up). — 1. The art of dissecting or 

 artificially separating the different parts of an animal body, 

 to discover their situation, structure, and economy. 



2. The doctrine of the structure of the body learned by dis- 

 section. 



DISTANCE. 



Longim'etry (Lat. longns, long, and Gr. metreo, I measure). — ■ 

 The art of measurius; distances or lengths. 



DRAMA. 



Dram'aturgy (Gr. drama, a play, and ergon, a work). — The 



science or art of dramatic poetry and representation. 

 Act. — The name given to a division of a drama, at the end 



