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The foreign policy ol to* lory party was nanny more nowors, fieiiower: see urjun 
deflected i.\ di>h uabie motives than that of their ad- u av i I1( , \ m t its flowers: said of a plant, (b) 
1.,,-kn, r.ng. m i ' . nt , ,. IIavillK Bhcd itg pollen . 8ai d of an anther. 
,-, d,'flec, f ,i w hatever be the load it sup- defloration ( dcf-16-ra'shon), . [= F. dfflomisoH 
/.. x. /;//, Up, i. Mechanics, p. IN, = ^ (/ , sy/ , :/ . ( ,,. / ,, // = p g lleflor ,,^ _ ft. <fc. 
T'- , :;;,";;^v nr Mi ,i B . deviate >-<e, < AL. IM^MOO.-), < ^orr- <le - 
A beam la always ilefi 
ports. 
Deflecting magnet. . . 
II. iiitrtins. To turn away or aside; deviate 
from a true course or a right line ; swerve. 
At some part of the Azores it (the needle 1 ilrjl' i-lflli not, 
lint lirth in the true meridian. 
.-in- T. Droiene, Vulg. Err., il. -I. 
All those actions which ./..*' anil err from the order 
Of this Cllil are unnatural mid inordinate. 
./, r. I'iiiilur, Works (cd. 183.'.), I. 7. 
His BiilrMe ... is in no respect an unaccountable cir- 
flower: see deflorate.] 1. The act of deflower- 
ing; the act of depriving of the flower. 2. A 
selection of the flower or most valuable part of 
anything. 
The laws of Normandy are, In a great measure, the dr. 
/oration of the English laws. Sir M. Hale. 
3. The act of depriving of virginity; ravish- 
ment ; rape 
ee deower. 
down, + E. 
See de- and 
flow down. 
the body. 
, Vulg. Err., ill. 4. 
deflection 
S^^I*!t? 1 |Sfator^ 1 lIl^SS(^J l B deflower, deflour (de-flou'er, de-fl'').. ' 
bending aside, < L. deflexus, pp. of deflectere, \ MK rff/joMmi, defloren, Or. ,1 r > f < 
bend afide: see dr/fecf.] 1. T&e act of turn- .f''"'- *^S"f*l fc^ 1 P' ?%? = tt 
: *!. ,* /t,;^ t.,^,^ n=i^ t, nm tlcflt-tir = Sp. desflorar = Pg. deflorar = It. 
deflorare, < LL. deflorare, deprive of flowers, 
deflower, < dc- priv. + /fos (flor-), a flower: see 
ing or the state of being turned aside from a 
straight line or course ; a turning from a true 
line or the regular course ; deviation. 
Needles ... at the very line . . . stand without de- 
flection. An' T. Brotme, Vulg. Err., ii. i 
They traverse even the largest faults, and cross from 
one group of rocks into another without Interruption or 
deflection. (ieikie, Oeol. Sketches, ii. 23. 
2. Figuratively, deviation from the right, regu- 
lar, or expected course of action or thought; 
aberration. 
I find no sufficient or competent collection of the works 
of nature which have a digression and deflexion from the 
ordinary course, llacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 121. 
flower and flour.] 1. To deprive or strip of 
flowers, or of the qualities or character of a 
flower. 
Rending the cedars, deflouring the gardens. 
IK. Montague, Devoute Essays, I. xix. ( 6. 
Thrice had he pierced his target in the eye 
At fifty paces ; twice defloured a rose, 
Striking each time the very leaf he chose. 
R. II. Stoddanl, Stork and Ruby. 
Hence 2. To despoil of beauty or grace ; spoil 
irance or nature of; damage; vitiate. 
King David found out the dejleclinn and Indirectness of 
our minds. W. Mwntayue, Devoute Essays, 1. 112. 
Specifically 3. Naut., the deviation of a ship 
from her true course in sailing. 4. In optics, 
a deviation of the rays of light toward the sur- 
face of an opaque body; inflection. 
fraction. 
the appearance 
Now grizly Hair deflmetres his polish'd Skin, 
Shewing what he to Satyrs is of kin. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, il. 171. 
He died . . . before the sweetness of his soul was de- 
Jloured. Jer. Taylor. 
3. To deprive of virginity; ravish; violate. 
See dif- deflowerer (de-flou'er-er), n. One who deflow- 
ers. Up. Bale. 
The deflections which the rays proceeding from any defluencyt (def'lij-en-si), H. f< deflucnt: see 
point experience are proportional to the distances of the defluent, and cf. fluency.] Fluidity; flow, 
points of incidence from the axis of the mirror. 
Lonnnel, Light (trans.), p. 54. 
6. In elect., the deviation or swing of a mag- 
The cold having taken away the defluency of the oil, 
. . there appeared . . . cylinders consisting partly of 
ncreted oil. Boyle, Hist, of Cold, xxi. 
netic needle from the zero of its position: of- a e fl uen t (def'li?-ent), a. [< L. defluen(t-)s, ppr. 
ten measured in degrees. 6. In matt.: (a) Ine of ae ji uere flow" down, < de, down, + fliicre, 
distance by which a curve departs from another flow: see/wcni.] Running downward; decur- 
curve, or from a straight line. (&) Any effect rent . spec i nca iiy use d in botany. 
either of curvature or of discontinuous change ,j e fl uoust (def'lij-us), a. [< L. defluta, flowing 
of direction. 7. In meek., the bending of ma- down, < defluere, flow down: see deflucnt.] 
terial under a transverse strain, as of a beam FIow j ng down; falling off. JSailey. 
under the weight of a load. 8. Inentom.: (a) d. e fi u vlum (de-flo'vi-um), n. [L., a flowing 
The state of being bent downward: as, a de- down a f a m ng o ff < defluere, flow down: see 
flection of the side of the pronotum. (6) A ^fluent.] A falling off, as of the hair or the 
dejlected part or margin. _ bark of a tree, from disease. 
body I) 
ally moves, in consequence of which it is made to deviate 
from its course. 
deflectometer (de-flek-tom'e-ter), n. [Irreg. 
< L. deflectere, deflect, + metrum, a measure.] 
An instrument for measuring the deflection of 
a rail by a weight in rapid motion. 
Knight. 
deflector (de-flek'tor), . [< deflect + -or.] 1. 
A plate, diaphragm', or cone in a lamp, furnace, 
or stove, to bring the flame and gases into in- 
timate contact and improve the combustion. 
E. H. Knight. 2. A device for causing the 
nozle of a hydraulic mining machine to move 
in any desired direction. 
deflex (de-fleks'), v. t. [< L. deflexus, pp. of de- 
flectere, turn aside : seedcflcct.] To turn aside; 
deflect ; specifically, iu sool., to bend down. 
I have noticed that the smaller species, during flight, 
deflex the extremity of their autemue. Westicood. 
deflexed (do-fleksf), p. a. [< deflex + -ed"*.] 
^ . 
or off: see defluent.'] A flowing down; a run- 
ning downward. 
All inipostumes engendered either by way of gathering 
and collection of humors, or by some deflux and rheuinat- 
ike descent. Holland, It. of I'liny, xxii. 25. 
E. H. defluxion (de-fluk'shpn), n. [= F. defluxion = 
Pg. dcfluxSo', < LL. 'defluxio(n-), < L. defluere, 
pp. defluxus, flow down : see deflux, defluent.] In 
med., a flowing, running, or falling of humors 
or fluid matter from an upper to a lower part 
of the body ; a discharge or flowing off of hu- 
mors : as, a deflation from the nose or head in 
catarrh: sometimes used as synonymous with 
inflammation, from the increased flow of blood 
(hyperemia) to an inflamed part. 
Home, and there find my wife making of tea ; a drink 
u hich Mr. Felling, the Fottlcary, tells her is good for her 
cold and defluxions. Pepys, Diary, III. 175. 
I have been much impaired In my health, by a defluxivn 
which fell into one of my legs, caused by a slight scraze 
on my shin-bone. Evelyn, To Mr. Wuttou. 
as In many Diptera._ 
repose, cover the body like a roof, the internal edges of 
the primaries meeting and the surfaces sloping down on 
both sides, as in many moths and lloMvutem. 
deflexion, . See deflection. 
deflexure (de-flek'giir), n. [< tleflex + -lire: 
see flexure.] A turning aside or bending; de- 
viation. 
Dftlcctfd: specifically, in _-o67., bent down: as, deflyt. adv. A corrupt form of deftly. 
a defli'xed margin. - Deflexed antennae, antonme defcedationt, n. See defedation. 
which have the apical portion constantly bent downward, defollH, r. t. [< F. defeuiller (cf. Sp. 
= Pg. desfolhar = It. disfogliare, < ML. w <li(t- 
ftiliiire), < ML. defoliare, deprive of leaves: see 
defoliate and /oiA.] To strip the leaves from. 
Over and beside, in disburdening and defnilinfj a vine, 
you must beware how you pluck off those burgeons that 
are like to beare the grape, or to go with it. 
I/. ,!/>n,./. tr. of Pliny, xvil. 24. 
deflorate (de-flo'rat), a. [= F. deflore = Sp. defoi! 2 t, '' ' [ME. di-foiU-n, var. of difn/i . 
datflorttilo = Pg. dt'florado = It. 'dcflorato, < < OF. defoler, etc,: see defouft.] To trample 
LL. defloratus, pp. of deflorare, deprive of under foot. 
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deform 
defoi! 2 t, n. [ME.; < dcfoiP, r.] A trampling 
under foot. 
Ther was fight In?, thcr was toile, 
And vii'ler hoi>> kni^htes il>-i<:il<'. 
Arthur and Merlin, I. 7909. 
defoliate (df-fp'li-at), v. t. ; met. and pp. defo- 
I in ifil, ppr. iltjiilintiiig. K ML. defoliatun, pp. 
of deftiliin-i . ^ird leaves, < L. tic- priv. + folium, 
a leaf: see foliate.] To deprive of leaves; cut 
or pick off the leaves of. 
The swarms of more robust May-l>eetle (Lachno*tern 
fusca). which begin to defoliate oak-groves and poplar- 
trees. Science, IV. 587. 
defoliate (de-fo'li-at), a. [< ML. defoliates, pp. : 
seethe verb'.] Deprived of leaves ; having cast 
its leaves. 
defoliation (de-fo-li-a'shon), n. [= F. defeuil- 
Idi.ioH (ci.Vg.Jesfolltaya'o), <ML. 'defoliation*), 
< defoliare, defoliate: see defoliate.] Loss of 
leaves, as by the depredations of insects; spe- 
cifically, the fall of leaves in autumn. 
The foliation and defoliation of trees. 
Nature, XXX. 558. 
defoliator (de-fo'li-a-tor), n. [= Sp. desliojador 
= Pg. dcsfolhador; us defoliate + -or.] That 
which defoliates or strips of verdure ; specifi- 
cally, in entom., an insect which destroys the 
leaves of trees. 
deforce (de-fors'), v. t.; pret. and pp. deforced, 
ppr. deforcing. [< OF. deforcer, deforcier, def- 
forcier, desforcier, < ML. difforciare, 'diffortiare, 
take away by violence, < din- (OF. des-, de-) + 
fortia ( > OF. force), force : see force.] In law : 
(a) To withhold from or keep out of lawful pos- 
session, as of an estate. 
Putting and establishing armed men in townes, cartels, 
and other places to defend the land against him, to deforce 
him of his fee. Iloliiuihed, Edw. I., an. 1296. 
(6) In Scots law, to resist (an officer of the law 
in the execution of his official duty). 
The herald was evil entreated in the execution of hi 
summons, and was manifestly deforced, and his letters 
riven. I'itscottie, t'hrou. of Scotland (cd. 1788), p. 137. 
deforcet (de-fors'), n. Deforcement. 
deforcement (de-fors'ment), M. [< OF. deforce- 
ment (cf. ML. deforcianientum), < deforcer, de- 
force: see deforce a.n<i-ment.] In law: (a) The 
withholding of lands or tenements to which an. 
other person has a right. It implies that the 
latter has not had possession. 
Keeping a man . . . out of a freehold office is construed 
to be a deforcement. Blackgtone, Com., III. 10. 
(6) In Scots laic, a resisting of an officer engaged 
in the execution of the law. 
deforceort (de-for'sor), w. [Also written defor- 
scr, deforsor, deforsour; < OF.deforceor, < defor- 
cer, deforce.] An obsolete form of deforciant. 
deforciant (de-for'siant), n. [< OF. deforciant, 
ppr. of deforcier, deforce : see deforce.] In law : 
(a) One who keeps out of possession the right- 
ful owner of an estate. (6) A person against 
whom a fictitious action was brought in fine 
and recovery: abolished by 3 and 4 Wm. IV., 
c. 74. 
In levying a fine of lands, the person against whom the 
fictitious action is brought upon a supposed breach of 
covenant Is called the rfc/orrianf. Blaclutonr, Com., III. 10. 
deforciation (de-for-gi-a'shon), H. [< ML. as 
if "difforciatio(n-), < dijjforciure, deforce : see de- 
force.] In law, a distress; a seizure of goods 
for the satisfaction of a lawful debt. 
deforest (de-for'est), r. t. [< de- priv. + forest. 
Cf. disforest.] To deprive of forests ; cut down 
and clear away the forests of. 
The settlement of the country and general deforesting 
of such a large portion of it have driven these hawks to 
more retired parts during the nesting-season. 
Pop. Sri. Mo., XXVIII. 642. 
deforestation (de-for-es-ta'shon), n. [< deforest 
+ -ation.] The act of cutting down and clear- 
ing away the forests of a region or a tract of 
land. 
Reasons may be assigned for the decreased fertility : for 
instance, drought resulting from the decay of irrigation- 
works, or from reckless deforentation, and the production 
of marshes from the want of river-levees. 
Pop. Sei. Mo., XIII. 268. 
deform 1 (de-f&rm'), v. t. [< ME. deformen, dif- 
formen, < OF. deformer, F. deformer = Sp. Pg. 
deformar = It. deformarc, diffomtarc, < L. de- 
formare, put out of shape, disfigure, < de- priv. 
'+ forma, shape: see form.] 1. To change or 
alter the form of; convert into a new form or 
shape. 
One of the above forms [of knot) cannot *c deformed 
into a circle. fncyc. Brit., XIV. 1*7. 
Specifically 2. To mar the natural form or 
shape of ; put out of shape ; disfigure, as by 
