DIL 
flrata; it differs from a pipe-vein, in conforming to the 
lamisa of the ttrata inftead of oceupying an irregular oy 
eae to an horizontal po 
DILATATOR ale nafi, ia oan omy, is the name by 
which Cowper has defcribed that portion of the levator labii 
fuperioris et ale na i which is inferted in the cartilaginous 
the defcription of that mufcle in the 
article Dae ee 
Dirararor pinnarum eh a is a name given by San- 
— to ated epreffor ale 
LATATOR urethra, \s ie -aeceleratar mufcle, which ie, 
Ds LATATOR uretbre aca is a fafciculus of fibres rnn- 
ninz forwards in the perineum, from the fphindier ani to the 
acc a urine, a defcribed by Heifter as a diftinG 
ufc 
DILATORY Preas, in Law, are fuch as are put in 
merely to delay the fuit, by quettioning the propriety of 
the remedy, rather than by denying the injury; whereas, 
pleas zo the action are {uch as difpure the very caufe of fuit. 
The former cannct be pleaded after a general imparlance, 
which is an acknowledgment of the propriety of the ation. 
(S-e Impartayce). Dilatory pleas are, 1. To the jurif- 
diction of the court; alleging, that it ought not to hold 
lea of this injury, it qactiee in Wales or beyond fea; or 
Lhe the land in queftion is of ancient demefne, cae 
ought only to be de manded | in the lord’s court, &c, 2. 
the difability of the plaintiff, by reafon of which he is in- 
capable of commencing or costinuing the fuit; as, that he 
outlawed, excommunicated, attainted 
pr 
Thefe feveral ee were ine erly very often u 
cilatory pleas, without any _ tion of al an 
lated only for delay; but now by ftatute 4 and 
c. 16. no dilatory plea e admitted without even 
made of the truth thereof, or “tome robable matter fhewn 
to the court to induce a belief of its truth. And with re- 
to the pleas themfelves, it is a rule, that no exception 
fhall be admitt ed againft a decla ration or writ, unleis the 
m how it 
w otiedione ee the tne ac- 
count. Nor thus, by ftatute 8 and 9 W. III. c. 31. fhall 
any in abatement be admitted in any fuit for partition 
of lands, nor fhall the fame be abated by reafon of the death 
ved, or he is obliged 
to ut a new writ, by ine cbt d from the court, 
271.), or to amend and new-frame declar, 
wher, onthe oth r hand, "aie are ile d 
etter manner. It is hea incum- 
TRIS, in "Botany. (fo called by Bergius, ale 
ds, eis and Acipis, a ferva ant or attendant, as it fhould fee 
becaufe he found two of the anthers {maller than the third 
ac companiment to that. We find them, 2 
did, all perfect. See Exot. Bot.) Berg. Pl. Cap. 9. Linn. 
Suppl. 10. Schreb. 37. Willd. Sp. Pi. v. 5. 246. Jufl. 59 
Lamarck, t. 34. Clafs and order, Triandria Monogynia. 
Nat. Ord. Enjaie, Linn. [rides, Juli. 
Gen. Ch. Cal. none. Cor. Petals 6, fuperior, a a ci 
ceolate, or linear, concave, flightly fpreading, equa 
externally, permanent. Stam. Filaments three, awintaped 
. Good 
DIL = 
longer than the petals, one of them fmaller than the ref: 
pe s ovato-lanceolate, with two fur tows, all (as far as we 
an find) equal in fize. Germen inferior; ftyle thread- 
tha seed, as long as the {maller ftamen ; ftigma fimple, acute. 
Peric. Capfule globofe, very hairy, of three cells and three 
valves. Seeds folitary, orbicular, compreffed, {mooth, vere 
tical. 
Eff. Ch, Calyx none. Petals fix, regular, any. One 
ftamen {maller than the other two. Stigma fimple. Cap. 
fule inferior, of three cells and three valves. Seeds foe 
litary, round, compreffed. 
1. D. corymbofa. Berg. Pl. Cap. o. t. 3. = 5. 
Prod. fo. Sp. Pl. v. 1. 246. . Exot. Bot. 
v. I. 29. te (D. umbellata ; Linn . oak Iol. 
Mart. Mill. Did. ee umbellata; Linn. Syft. 
vee “ed. 
Thunb. 
a hirfuta; 
Brosd-petalled Dilatc, 
hairy tuft.”? .A native of the Cape ee 
Hope, aetna in a fandy foil. It flowered in 
Mefirs. Lee and Kennedy’s hot-houfe at Hammerfmith. 
Root perennial, with woolly, mee Stem fimpie, a foot 
high, round, downy. ea iy radical, fheath- 
ing, two- ranked {word. feces. “Tecoth, rather glaucous, 
orange at their bafe. Flowers numerous, paie hlac, Stalks 
red, hairy. 2. D. vie ie uppl. 
: illd. love 1. 2476 
Narrow- petalled D: ae a Pau linear. Flower is a vifeid 
airy tuft.” Gathered by Thunberg on able 
Mountain, Cape of Good Hope. It is pene ie an the 
preceding, with broader leaves, the ftem and inflorefcence 
more hairy and vifcid. 
hairy. is the {pecies figured b Lamarck in his plate 
above quote 3. D. paniculata. Line. Suppl. ror. 
Thunb. Prod. 10. Wild. Sp. Pl. v. 1. art. Mill, 
i Lanceolate-petalled Dilatris. ‘* Petals lanceolate. 
Panicle oblong.’”? Gathered likewife by Thunberg at the 
Cape. It is, as far as we know, a ftranger in our gardens, 
like the laft. Its flowers are faid to be purplifh, with a yel- 
low tinge, and the panicle is elongated and vifcid. 
» In Botany, a name by which fome authors have 
called the ifatis or woad. er. Emac. Ind. 2. 
DILE » Siranuyo, in Logic, an argument confifting 
of two, or more propofitions, fo ae fed, that grant which 
you will of them, you will be prefled by the conclufion 
The word is formed from the Greek dss, bis, tqwice, ‘and 
Anppiey fi eas 
A dilem iting of two cay ee parts, 
r fides, fies of which catches the ee a ence 
it is alfo called fyllogifmus cornutus, a horned i ileg ia, its 
horns being fo difpofed, that if you avoid the one, you run 
upon the other. 
It is alfo called crocodilinus, by reafon that as the croco- 
dile leads fuch as follow it, into the water, - as rfues fuch 
as fly it, to deftroy them ; fo, whatever the erfary either 
as or denies, in this kind of fyliogifin, i is tinned to his 
difadvantage. 
For 2n example : A philofopher once diffuaded a man 
frem marrying, by this argument: Either the woman 
marry will be dione or ugly ; if handfcme, the will es 
you jezloufy ; if ugly, difpleafure. 
Cicero ufes this ales sages to prove, that all = is to 
be borne with patien s dolor aut eft vehemens, 
aut levis; fi levis, facile oa: fi vehemens, -certe brevis 
uturus e 
The faine orator, by another dilemma, proves that no 
meflengers fhall be fent to Antony: egatos decernitis 5 $ 
fi ut deprecentur, contemnet : fi ut imperetis, non audiet.’ 
Nor 
