s 
DIM 
x 
feet = an eighth part ; hut we do not fad this mle oT 
in the antique. The di fference of orders, M. Perrault eb- 
ferves, does not infer a differenc 
e of diminution, ee bein 
atte and gia diminutions in 
different 
=: 
a 
a fit ; fe Trajan column a ninth. e di a neees 
are very -diferenly Plemean in the different aie ae buildings, 
as well as by the different modern authors, For the method 
of satin a eben ee COLUMN 
Diminution, in Heraldry, a term 1 
for what we more ufually c 
brifures. 
ed by Latin writers 
all di feces aid the French 
See DIFFERENCE. 
IMINUTION, in Lace, is teats the plainuff or defendant 
f errorallegest t, that part of the record 
ina writ th 
remains in the inferior court not ‘ete and therefore prays 
that it may ertified by certiorari. Diminution canaot 
be alleged of what is fully ane but of fomething that is 
wanting, as tne want of an original, or a warrant of at- 
orney. 
anon, 
DiminuTion, in the O/d Mufic, 18 changing, i in aca 
ns. sfe meant v var lations, saa 
femibreves to min _ likew 
breaking crotch a into quavers, 
IMINUTION, in Rletori ic, the augmenting and ¢ 
ating what you a to fay, by an expreffion that feems to 
weaken ag diminifh it. 
As in 05 when a man eck with a sabe —- 
Th’s woman js not ugly ; 
Some authors ae 4 seaioe in 
faying lefethana man really means; as, 
o be commended; where a greater Renigs is fecretly 
s, &ce 
xagge = 
aoe 
DIMINUTIONE, /tal. in M€ufic, is one of the names 
given to figurative counterpomnt, to dittingutfh mufic in parts 
of note againft note, or plain counterpoint from florid. Se 
iINUITO. 
DIMINUTIVE. in Gremmar, a word formed from fome 
other, to foften or diminith the force and effe& thereof; or 
to fignify a thing that is little in its kind. 
Thus cellule is a diminutive of cell, ‘globule of globe ; 
hitlock of hill, &c. 
The Italians Ss in diminutives, every author being at 
liberty to make a as he ple The French are 
much more eee in de refpedt, though their old authors 
ate evcry whit as licentious as the Italians, witnefs Bel- 
leau, &c. 
In Englith we have very a not that, as fome have 
faid of the French, our language is hard, and incapable of 
the fofteft eontom ie becanfe we lay all our tendernefs 
in our fentiments; or rather, our language is tender, like a 
perfon of difcretion, who always fpeaks fenfe, even in {peak- 
ing of his paffion. 
‘In Latin, Italian, Englith, and mof other tongues, dimi- 
nutives are formed from primitives, by the addition of a few 
Jetters or fyllables: in French, the ae is frequently lee 
wife, the diminutive being fometimes fhorter than the prim’. 
tive, fometimes of the fame length. 
hey have a pleafing effe& in ne ee adérefs of 
Acvian to his departing foul, which 
“ Animula, vegula, blan a 
Hofpes come{que corporis, &c.’? 
me grammariane call at Jaf a diminutive ea ln 
a8 ane. to leffea or diminifh the force of what went 
be fe OTe 
IM ESSORY Letters, Litere Dimifforia, inthe Canon 
faw,a letter given by a bifhop to a candidate for holy orders, 
DIM 
hae! ing a-title in his diocefe, direted to fome aod bifhop; 
an ite leave for the bearer to be ordained b 
a perfon aaa letters of pat Sahat or ccna 
a ie by an - er than his own diocefan, he mutt at 
the fame time ‘produce the letters dimiffory, given by his 
own bifhop, on pain of n 
etters dimiffory cannot be given by the chapter, fede 
vacante ; this being deemed an 2& of voluntary jurifdi€tion, 
which ought to be referved to “the fueceffcr. 
DIMITRIA, in Geography, a fort of Ruffian a on 
the Don, is the government of Caucafus; 12 mile of 
Ekaterinograd. 
DIMIT! ROW, a town of aa in the palatinate of 
Braclaw; 50 miles S.S. W. of Bra 
IMITY is a kind of aus clash originally imported 
from India, and now manufa&ur reat — in Va~ 
rious parts of Britain, efpecially i in tas fhire. Dr. 
calls it dimitty, and defcribes it as a kind uf ate The 
diftin@ion between fufian and dimity, in the fenfe in which 
thefe words are generally underitood, feems to be this; that 
the word fultianis ufd to exprefs a common es cotton 
cloth of a ftout fabric, upon which no ornament i 
the loom; but which is molt frequently dyed leer being 
woven. Damity i is alfo a ftout cotton cloth of a fimilar fa- 
bric; but is crnamented in the loom, other dhe ree or 
anciful figures, and when woven is feldom dyed, but com- 
sony eached of a high white. The eee dimities are 
the moft common they require lefs labour in weaving 
than the others, and ee e mounting of the looms being more 
fimple, and confequently lefs ha aa they can be fold at 
much Jower rates. For the s of mounting both — 
as generally practifed by we ee {ee the article Draucu 
and Cording 
DIMIZA, in Ancient Geography, atown of Afi2, in Media 
Minor. 
DIMLJ, in oo a mate ae of Arabia, in the 
diftrict of Hodsjen ¢ Imam’s dominions, feated 
upon a mountain, oa ie by “Abulfeda the king’s trea- 
ak 20 miles E. S. E. of Taa 
IMNAH, in dducient Ceugraphy, a town of Zebulus, 
given to the Levites 0 erari’s tamil 
DI , in ee ,atown of Acbia,§ in the country 
ar ce ; a miles 5.5. E of Dsj-bi. 
ESS of Sig. ne in mee a diforder in horfes, 
opens a blood-th otte If the 
be found, tbe cure is effeGe 
ing the eye-lids twice a day with a compotition of fugar- 
candy, honey, and white rofe-water r three days 
the eyes will be well, after which ‘the reste fhculd be 
blooded. 
Ta this ceed the bladders on any part of the eye ought 
by no means ¢ clipped or meddied with. 
Reet in Bote a name given by 1 
to the Chinefe fruits Litchi and Lengan. See Scy 
DIMCERIT A, in Ecclefaftical iier a name cae to 
the Apollinarifts, who at firit held, that the Word only af- 
oe a human body, withou pence a reafonable foul like 
ours; but being at length con y formal texts of 
Scripture, they allowed, that he aid naae a foul, but 
without underftanding ; the Word fupplyin 
that faculty. From this way of feparatiug the unde 
ing from the foul, they became denominated dimeerite, g. d. 
ividers, feparaters, of dia . popaw, L divide. 
ON, Greater, in Geography, one of the Feroe 
iflands, lying me a : Danith mile 8. 8S. E. from Skuoe, 
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