denarius 
the helmeU'il head of Koma and tlie murk of vnlile, .V 
that is, ten asses ; til.' 1V\< ! 'se, la-tot jlllil I'ollllX. Other 
mythological nnil historical types were substituted uiiiler 
the later republic. The denarii of the empire IMITV tlie 
< inpcrors' heads. Ahout A. h. '.>lf tlie denarius was BO de- 
based that it contained onlyabout luper eeiit. of pure sil- 
ver, nnil it ]ir-;iM t<> l>e supplanted about that time by the 
urgcliteus. Ill A. P. l^Mi lliocletian applied the name dr- 
iitirius to a copper coin issued l>y him. Tlie value of the 
denarius nniler the republic and the earlier empire was 
ahout 17 cents. The denarius (if Tiltcrius (see cut on piv- 
eedinj; pane) is the penny of the New Testament (author- 
ized version of 1011). 
2. A Roman weight, the 80th or 94th of a Roman 
pound. 3. In English monetary reckoning, a 
penny, represented by the abbreviation (I., the 
penny having been originally, like the Roman 
denarius, tho largest silver coin : as, G. 8d. (six 
shillings and eight pence). 
denaro (da-nii'ro), n. [It., var. of denurio, < L. 
ili-niiriii.i: see rffHflriMS.] An old Italian money 
of account ; also, a weight. As a money, the denaro 
was tlie twelfth part of the soldo that is, on the average, 
ahout the twelfth part of a United States cent. Aa a 
weiaht, the denaro varied, in different localities from 17 
to 20 grains troy. 
denary (den'a-ri), a. and n. [< L. denarius, 
containing ten : see denarius.'} I. a. Contain- 
ing ten ; tenfold. 
The symbol 40 in our denary scale represents ten times 
four : . . . generally, the binary scale would call for about 
three and a half times as many figures as the denary. 
/'.;.. Sei. Jfo.,XIII. 424. 
II. n. ; pi. denaries (-riz). 1. A division by 
tens; a tithing: as, "tythiugs or denaries," 
Holinshed. 
Centenaries that are composed of denaries, and they of 
units. Sir K. Digby, Supp. to Cabala, p. 248. (Latham.) 
2. A denarius. 
An hnmlreth denaries, or pieces of syluer coyne. 
J. Udall, On Mat. xix. 
denationalization (de-nash'on-al-i-za'shou), n. 
[= F. denationalisation; as denationalize + 
-tttioti.] The act of denationalizing, or the con- 
dition of being denationalized. Also spelled 
denationalisation. 
Mr. Chase, whose creed on slavery was in one word D< 
natiiiualuatiuu. O. S. Merrtam, 8. Bowles, I. 139. 
denationalize (de-nash'pu-al-iz), 0. t.; pret. and 
pp. denationalized, ppr. denationalizing. [= F. 
ilinntionaliser; as de- priv. + nationalize.} 1. 
To divest of nationality, or of existing national 
relations or rights ; subvert or change the na- 
tionality of, as a ship, a person, a people, or a 
territory, by change of nag, connection, or al- 
legiance ; give a new national character or re- 
lation to. 
Another curious feature of tho denationalizing charac- 
ter of the Feudal system in France is found in this, that 
the King of England was the real governor or feudal sov- 
ereign of nearly half of the present territory of France 
during almost a century. StttU, Stud. Med. Hist, p. 148. 
Hie i'aris journal, " La France," which wrote "We are 
Europe ; " and which had appealed for subscriptions in aid 
of (lie tleiiiitioiiali.ml Danes. l.miv. Bismarck, I. 449. 
2. To divest of national scope or importance ; 
limit to a particular locality ; render local : as, 
to denationalize slavery or polygamy. 
They |the Republicans] agreed . . . that the virgin soil 
of our territories should be unpolluted by slavery, and 
that this crime against humanity, and plague of our poli- 
tics, should be denationalized. N. A. See., CXXVI. 260. 
3. To deprive of national limitations or pecu- 
liarities ; widen the relations, scope, or appli- 
cability of; make cosmopolitan. 
Tlie object Is to construe a belief In its most inclusive. 
not exclusive, acceptation, ... to denationaliZ' 1 a purely 
local faith by making it as universal as the limits of the 
world and of humanity. 
J. Owen, Evenings with Skeptics, II. 84. 
Also spelled denationalise. 
denaturalize (de-nat'u-ral-iz), r. t.; pret. and 
pp. (lrii<iturati:cd, ppr'.' denaturalizing. [< de- 
priv. + naturalize.] 1. To render unnatural; 
alienate from nature. 2. To deprive of natur- 
alization or acquired citizenship in a foreign 
country. 3. To deprive of citizenship; dena- 
tionalize ; expatriate. 
!>>' naturalizing themselves, or, in other words, . . . pub- 
licly renouncing their allegiance to their sovereign, and 
. . . enlisting under the banners of his enemies. 
Pretcott, Ferd. and Isa., Int. 
1531 
denayt (de-n'), . [(dcnuy, r.] Denial; re- 
fusal. 
Mv love eau give no place, bide no denay. 
Shot., T. If., II. 4. 
dendrachate (den'dra-kat), n. [< Or. itvipov, 
a tree, + o^on??, agate: seej/nte 2 .] Arbores- 
cent agate ; agate containing figures resembling 
shrubs or parts of plants. Commonly called 
Dendragapns (den-drag'a-pus), n. [NL., < Or. 
fimi/xrt', a tree. + ay&irri, Jove.] Same as Canace. 
dendral (den dral), a. [< Or. dtvoywc, a tree, + 
-al.] Of or pertaining to trees; of the nature 
of a tree. [Rare.] 
The exquisite tracery of trees, especially of all such trees 
as that dendral child of God, the elm. 
//. W. Beecher, Christian Union, Jan. 23, 1874, p. 72. 
dendranthropology (den-dran-thro-pol'o-ji), n. 
[< Gr. Sevipov, a tree, + E. anthropology.] A 
supposititious system or theory that man has 
sprung from trees. Dar/ies. [Humorous.] 
Although the Doctor traced many of his acquaintance 
to their prior allotments in the vegetable creation, he did 
not discover such symptoms in any of them as led him to 
infer that the object of his speculations had existed in the 
form of a tree. ... He formed, therefore, no system of 
liriulranthrrrpology. Svuthey, The Doctor, ccxv. 
Dendraspididae (den-dras-pid'i-de), n.pl. [NL., 
< Dendraxjiix (-jii'l-). the typical genus, + -'rfe.j 
A family of venomous African serpents, of the 
group Proteroglypha, represented only by the 
genus Dendraspi*. They have a normal tail, un- 
grooved fangs, and postfrontals, and are closely related 
to the Elaptace, with which they are associated in one 
family by some authors. Also Dendraspidw. 
Dendraspis (den-dras'pis), n. [NL., < Gr. 6iv- 
fpov, tree, + iunrit, asp/] 1. The typical genus 
of the fami- 
ly Dendraspid- 
idte. Tlie best- 
known species Is 
Dendraspi* an- 
ywstieepn the nar- 
row-headed den- 
draspis. Itisabout 
6 feet long, slen- 
der, and a good 
(limber. Its col- 
or is olive-brown 
washed with 
green. 
2. [/. e.1 PI. 
dendraHpidcs 
(-pi-dez). A 
serpent of this 
genus. 
Dendrerpeton 
(den-drer'pe- 
ton), n. [NL., 
< Gr. itvSpuv, 
tree, + epirt- 
r&v, reptile : 
see herpetolo- 
gy.~] A genus 
of fossil laby- 
rinthodont amphibians, from the lower coal- 
measures of Nova Scotia : so called from being 
based upon remains consisting of teeth and 
bones found in the cavity of a sigillaria. It has 
been referred to a group Microsauria of the or- 
der Ltibyrintliodonta. 
dendriform (den'dri-f6rm), a. [< Gr. iMpav, 
a tree, + L. forma, form.] Resembling a tree ; 
tree-like in form ; arborescent; dendritic. Also 
dendrocoel 
In these flue carves and strokes of deitdritic scripture 
a graceful sylvan Idyl might imrehaucc Iw deciphered by 
tin . mi,. n-. The Atlantic, LVIII. 384. 
2 . M arkcd by figures resembling shrubs, mosses, 
ite.: said of certain minerals. See dendrite. 
dendritically (den-drit'i-kal-i), adv. In a den- 
dritic manner; as a tree: as, dendritii-nl/// 
branched. 
In some species ( Bacteria] the zooglcca Is daidritieaUy 
ramified. A'. Klein, Micro-Organisms and Disease, p. 00. 
dendritiform (den-drit'i-fdnn), a. [< NL. den~ 
ilriii-n, dendrite, + L. forma, form.] Same as 
dendriform. [Rare.] 
Dendrbbates (den-ofrob'a-tez). n. [NL. (cf. 
Gr. itvipojJaTeiv, climb tree's), < Gr. Atvipov, tree, 
+ ftarAf, verbal adj. (>/?arv, mount), < fiaivtm, 
go. Cf. acrobat.'] 1. In Acrpet., a genus of South 
American tree-frogs, typical of the family Den- 
drobatidce. D, tinctorius is a species inhabiting 
Cayenne. Wagler, 1830. 2. in ornith., a genus 
of South American woodpeckers, of the family 
I'ieidip. Sicainson, 1837. 
Dendrobatidae (den-dro-bat'i-de), n.pl. ^NL., 
< Dendrobates + -ida.] A family of nrmister- 
nial, salient, anurous amphibians, typified by 
the genus Dendroba tes. They are without teeth, and 
have suhcyliudrlcal sacral diapophyses. The family con- 
tains a few species of tropical America and Madagascar, 
having the toes diluted at the end. Also called llyla- 
ptegiiate. 
Dendrobium (den-dro'bi-um), n. [NL., < Gr. 
iivdpov, a tree, + ftiof, life.] 1. An extensive 
genus of orchidaceous epiphytes, distributed 
through southeastern Asia from India to Japan, 
Australia, and the islands of the South Pacific. 
Tree-asp (Dendrasfis anfttstffefs 
denayt (de-na'), r. t. [< ME. denayen, a var. 
of (lc>ii/<')i, deny : see deny. The form denay in 
mod. use is prob. in simulation of mil/.] To 
deny; refuse. 
What were those three, 
dendrite (den'drit), n. [= F. dendrite = Sp. den- 
drita = It. dendrite, < NL. dendritcs, < Gr. SevApi- 
rqf, of a tree, tree-, < tMpov, a tree.] 1 . A stone 
or a mineral on 
or in which are 
figures resem- 
bling shrubs, 
trees, or moss- 
es. The appear- 
ance is often due 
to arborescent 
crystallization, re- 
sembling frost- 
work on windows. 
The figures are 
most abundant on Dendrlte. 
the surfaces of fis- 
sures and iu Joints in rocks, where they are attributable 
to the presence of the hydrous oxid of manganese, which 
generally assumes such forms. 
2. A complex crystalline growth of arborescent 
form, such as is common with metallic silver 
, 
Tile which thy protfred enrtesie <l< naydl 
Spenser, V. y..' III. vli. 57. 
Let not wonted fealty be ilenayed. 
and copper. 
dendritic, dendritical (den-drit'ik, -i-kal), a. 
[= F. dendritiquc = Sp. dendritico, < Gr. tievipi- 
n?f ; as dendrite + -ic, -icn/.] 1. Resembling a 
tree ; tree-like ; arborescent in form ; dendri- 
01<I I'lay. form. 
The species are very numerous, exceeding 300 In number, 
varying extremely in habit, some being little larger than 
the mosses among which they grow, while others are sur- 
passed In height by few of the order. Upward of 80 spe- 
cies have been cultivated in hothouses for the beauty of 
their flowers. 
2. In entom., a genus of coleopterous insects. 
MuUant. 
Dendrocalamus (den-dro-kara- muB ' ) i " [NL-> 
< Gr. itvipov, a tree, + nalafiof, a reed. ] A ge- 
nus of arboreous grasses, distinguished from 
the bamboo (liambusa) by a berry-like fruit. 
There are 9 species, all of the East Indies, some of which 
attain a height of over 100 feet. The stems of /'. ttrictnt, 
known in India as the male bamboo, are very strong and 
elastic, are nearly solid, and are In general use for spear- 
handles, building purposes, and basketwork. 
Dendrochelidon (den-dro-kel'i-don), n. [NL. 
(Boie, 1828), < Gr. iMpov, a tree, + jf^oViv, a 
swallow.] A genus of tree-swifts, of the fam- 
ily Cypselidaiarul subfamily Cypselinie, the type 
of which is /'. kleelio of Java, Sumatra, the 
Malay peninsula, etc. 
Dendrochirotae (den'dro-ki-ro'te), n. pi. [NL., 
< Gr. iMpov, tree, + x e 'pwof , lit. handed, < x e 'P> 
hand. ] A group (generally ranked as a family ) 
of pedate holothurians, with dendrif onu branch- 
ing tentacles. It includes such genera as Putin* and 
Citnnnaria. and is equivalent to the family Pgolidtr. It 
is contrasted with Aspidochirota. 
The holothurians . . . feed on the smaller marine ani- 
mals, which, in the Dendrochirotat, are carried to the 
mouth by means of the branched tree-like tentacles. 
Clav*, Zoology (trans. X I. a>. 
dendrochirotous (den'dro-ki-ro'tus), a. Per- 
taining to or having the characters of the Den- 
drocnirotfF. 
Dendrocitta (den-dro-sit'ft), . [NL. (Gould, 
1833), < Gr. afvApov, 'a tree, + lurro, xiaaa, a 
chattering bird, the jay or magpie.] A genus 
of Asiatic tree-crows, frequently included in 
the genus Crypsirhina. The Chinese Z>. sinen- 
sis is an example ; there are several other spe- 
cies. 
dendrocoel, a. Same as dendroccelous. 
Such Hat worms as the Drndrocael Planarians. 
Event- Brit., XVI. 668. 
