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on condition that the faid company employ no more than 
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The factitious Ccaeis made in France, called temple 
diamonds, en account of the temple at Paris, where the bet 
of them are made, fall vaftly fhort of the genuine ones; ace 
cordingly, they are but little valued, though the confumption 
thercof is pretty confidcrable for the habits of the aétors on 
the flage, &c. See PasTEs. 
Diamonps, Corni/b, in Natural Hiflory, a name given in 
England to all the fpecies of cryftals, w which are compofed 
ef a column, terminated at each end by a pyramid. 
name takes in two genera . cryttal, of ea i 
has determined this to be the 
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true figure of perfect cial and acco 1 thofe which 
are affixed by nd to fome f{elid body, and terminated 
at the other by a pyramid, to be mutilated or imperfe& 
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crystals. 
thicknels = the intermediate column, has divided thefe 
bodies into two genera, the firlt the macroteloftyla, the 
other ce rely it a: See Macrorerostyia and 
ga aera 
MOND is an initrument of confiderable ufe in the glafs 
seqaiccory. for {quaring the large plates, or pieces; and 
among glaziers for cutting their glafs. 
Thefe diamonds are differently fitted up. en ufed for 
looking-glaffes, and other large pieces, is fet in an iron 
ferril two inches = 1 uarter of an inch in diameter, 
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place. 
it by. 
the ferril, i in form of a little bye covered at bottom with a 
thin copper-plate. 
IAMOND, in Geography, a fmall ifland of the Weft 
Indies, near a sh oat the ifland of Martinico ; half 
a ie S. pe Danes —Alfo, a {mall ~_ in the 
bay of Bengal neat o s. W., coaft of Ava. N, lat. 15 
50s ae 
Diay neon a oe on the north coaft of ne ifland 
of ceed in the ftrait of Malacca. N. lat 5° E. fa 
long. 97° 52!. 
ne onp, in Heraldry, is ufed to exprefs the black 
colour in the atchievements of noblemen. 
Guillim diflikes the way of blazoning = coats of peers 
by precious ftones, inftead of vane or colour. But the 
Englifh practice allows it. See Cor 
IAMOND-cutier. ne Larioany. 
Diamonp-gla/s. 
Diam seria is ae pee ufe. for ue hard fub- 
aut r. Boyle obferves, that though it be much 
dea a ee. yet it makes fo great difpatch, and the 
rae eieoyd lat fo ae — as greatly to over- 
balance the cheapnefs of the 
ORUM, of the Old Dj ifpenfatories, is fyrup of 
mulberries. 
DIAMPER, or ‘UpeaMPER, in Geography, a town of 
India, in the country of Cochin, faid to be inhabited by 
Chriftians of St. ge) 15 m miles W. of Cochin 
t. 9° 57’. E. lon 
DIAMUNA, in * dain Ge eography, a name given by 
Ptolemy to a river of India, which ran intothe Ganges. 
DI EL, in  Gecgraph ry, a ala the ifland of Ma- 
dagafcar; about 130 miles E. of Carembole, 
Dian Dane, a en of Ma dacalcee, on the 
the river ere under the tropic of Capricorn, "N. of 
cape St. Auguftine 
DIA 
Dian Katzambe, a Sole of Madagafcar ; about 30 miles 
S. of a St. Avguitin 
Mahe, a oun of Madagafcar ; 
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Dian Manaffa, a ‘town of Madagafear on the N. bank 
of the river Yonghelahe ; about 100 miles N.E. of cape 
St. oe 
Maffo, a town of Madagafcar, in the fouthern 
diftriet 3 about 100 miles N.E. of Carembole. 
1an Manauove, a town of Madagafcar ; about 70 miles 
N. is > Carembole, 
eee: a town of Madagafcar ; about 80 miles 
N. E. of Carem 
Dian Rabolt,. a a of Madagafcar; 140 miles N.N.E. 
of ey bole. 
n Raval, a town of Madagalcar ; 160 miles N.N.E 
of Carembole, —Alfo, another town of the fame name, near 
the fource of the river Manhouve ; ei So miles N.N.E. 
of Carembole. 
Dian Siandrin, a town of Madagafcar, 7o miles E. of 
arembole 
Dian Simamande, a town of Madagafcar, near the be 
bank of river Menerandre; about 68 miles N.W. of 
Carem 
é re St a town of Madagafcar; 130 miles N.E. of 
arem 
TANA, in a oe Zainah, a town of Afrie 
ca, fituated in the s of Maurita ania ei ie where, 
among other nie | is ood, that of a triumphal arch, fuf- 
tained by two columns of the Cornihans order. 
Diana, in Mythology, the daughter of Jupiter and 
Latona, and twin fifter to Apollo. She is faid to have 
been born firft, and to have affifted her mother in ce 
delivery of Apollo. aol ei of aa on this occas 
» gave Diana an arri though to | 
alle ntry. oe _ ac ae or bering ial and betowed her 
avours on mion, Pan, and Pria as 9 
oddefs of the side on earth, Pa in heaven, and “Heca 
in hell. She was the fame with Ifis, who is the moft ned 
Diana of all. The Greeks, deriving their theology from the 
cash ae adjufted it to their own ideas, and attributed to 
the fitter hed what they faid of the filter of Ofiris. 
n character of this goddefs is that of her 
prefiding over acde and ag ely in oe Accord= 
ingly the Diana venatrix, or ge the chace, is free 
rely reprefente in ancient fiatwea: oad defcribed by the 
Roman poets, as running, with her veft fhortened an ie 
about her, and yet ren back with tie wind: fhe is tall of 
ftature; and her face, though fo very handfome, is ie fomes 
what manly : her legs are bare, well-fhaped, and ftrong : her 
feet are fometimes bare, and fometimes adorned with a fort 
of bufkin: fhe often has her quiver on her fhoulder: and. 
fometimes holds a ie more ufually her bow in her 
at 4 gers » The ftatu iana were frequent in the 
e fhe is repre ae as ee bathing, and 
ee Mies: after fatigue. Diana has been fometimes re» 
prefented with three bodies, . ana tae called the triple, 
three-headed, and three bodied Diana. Hence the 
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