deutoplasm 
yolk, as distill;: ii i -In d tiom I In- ]>ntci|>lnsni or tread, which 
niukt-B up ilit< the iKMlyof tile chick. 
Ill fact, the eon tents of every egg consist of two parts 
(l)iil' a viscous :ill lilK.ns protoplasm; and (2) of II fatty 
S-anular matter, tin il<'tit:>ji[(t*nt or food yolk. The first 
iliTivcil ironi tin- ]ii<>tn]ia -in of tlic nij-inal germinal 
cell, While tile )olk is ollh M-eiindarily developed With the 
Ktailual m'owtli of the first ; and not unfreqiicntly it lit de- 
rived from the secretion of special glands. 
Ciaux, /oology (trans.), I. 111. 
deutoplasmic (dii-to-plaz'mik), a. [< <i<ut<i- 
iilitf-'in + -<<.] Of or pertaining to deutoplasm ; 
having the character or quality of deutoplasm ; 
consisting of deutoplasm. Also deutoplastic. 
In the young unfertilized ova a small protoplasmic and 
larger deittoplagmic portion are readily distinguished. 
Jtntr. 7,'.ii/. J/iVro.v. ,SV., L'd wcr., VI. -!l. 
deutoplasmigenous (du'to-plaz-mij'e-nus), a. 
[NL., < deutoplasm + (-i)-genons, q. v.] Pro- 
ducing deutoplasm, as a deutoplastie ovum, or 
an animal whose ova are meroolastic. fiiiiith- 
niiiiinii Report, 1881, p. 425. 
deutoplastic (du-to-plas'tik), o. [< Or. oW>- 
r(epof), second, + 7r/(aoT<if, verbal adj. of TrAao- 
aeiv, form, + -ie: see plastic.] Same as deuto- 
pltwmif. 
deutopsyche (du-top-si'ke), . [NL., < Gr. <!'- 
rlepof), second, + tyx*!, breath, life, spirit, soul.] 
Haeukel's name for that part of the brain which 
is usually called the dtaMtptalM or thalamen- 
cephalon; a part of the brain consisting chiefly 
of the optio thalami. 
deutoscplez (du-t6-sk6'leks) ? n. ; pi. deutnsi-ii- 
lices (-li-sez). [NL., < Gr. <Sfi>r(fpof), second, + 
<ni/.J7f, worm.] A secondary scolex or daugh- 
ter-cyst developed within or from a scolex or 
cystic worm; a bladder-worm inclosed in an- 
other, as, in an echinococcus, the hydatid of 
Tienia ecliinococcus. See cut under Tatnia. 
deutotergite (du-to-ter'jit), . [< Gr. teiT(ci>of), 
second, T L. teri/nm, back, + -ite 2 .] In entom., 
the second dorsal segment of the abdomen. 
deutova, . Plural of deutorum. 
deutovertebra (du-to-ver'te-brft), n. ; pi. deuto- 
n li/lini' (-bre). [NL., < Gr. df'iT(foof), second, 
+ L. vertebra, vertebra.] In Carus's nomencla- 
ture (1828), one of the segments of the verte- 
bral column exclusive of ribs and limbs; a ver- 
tebra in an ordinary sense. 
He [Cams) makes what he calls proto-, deuto-, and trito- 
vertebrte ; the first (ribs) enveloping the body and ita vis- 
cera In relation with vegetative life ; the second (verte- 
brae) protecting the nervous system ; and the third (limbs) 
becoming the osseous framework which sustains the mus- 
cular and locomotive organs. 
,S'. Kiueland, Jr., timer. Cyc., XIII. 4-J4. 
deutovertebral (du-to-ver'te-bral), a. [< deuto- 
vertebra + -!.] Having the character or qual- 
ity of a deutovertebra ; vertebral in au ordinary 
sense. 
deutovum (du-to'vum), . ; pi. deutora (-va). 
[NL., < Gr. ieir(epof), second, + L. orum, egg.] 
Same as metortim. 
deutoxid (du-tok'sid), n. [< Gr. SevT(cpof), 
second, 4- oxid.] In them., a term formerly 
employed to denote the second stage of oxida- 
tion, or a compound containing two atoms of 
oxygen to one or more of a metal : as, the deu- 
toxid of copper: the deutoxid of mercury, etc. 
Also deutoxide, binoxid, binoxide, and deutoxyde, 
biiKi.ri/ili', ilin.riil. 
Later in the earth's history arc the deutoxiden, trltox- 
Ides, peroxides, etc.; in which two, three, four, or more 
atoms of oxygen are united with one atom of metal or 
other element. //. .^wHct-r, ("niversal Progress, p. 40. 
Deutzia (doit' si -ii), . [NL., named after 
Itvuts, a botanist of Amsterdam.] A saxifra- 
gaeeous genus of handsome flowering shrubs 
of China and Japan, frequent in cultivation, 
bearing numerous panicles of white flowers. 
There are six or seven species, the common enlthat.d 
ones I 'em- D. crrnata and the smaller species It. yracilijt, 
of which there are several varieties. 
deux-temps(de'tou'), H. [F. : <Jcx,two; temps, 
< L. tan/ius, time: see deuce'* and temporal.] A 
rapid form of the waltz, containing six steps to 
every two of the trois-temps or regular waltz. 
The name is given lioth to the danee and to the music 
composed for it. Also called valse d deux temps or io-f/.r- 
IMttft 
A girl who could ... sit in the saddle for a twenty-mile 
ride and dance the 40y04*MH half the night afterward. 
Harper's Mag., LXX\ I t;i 
deuzant, . A kind of apple. 
Nor is it ev'ry apple I desire, 
Nor that which pleaseth ev'ry palate best ; 
'Tin not the lasting deuzan I require, 
Nor yet the red-cheek'd (]ileening I request. 
(Juarlft, Emblems, v. 2. 
dev (dev), n. [Hind, ilt-r, IVrs. dir. Zend dm i;i. 
a demon, an evil spirit, Skt. <(<r, a god: see 
1577 
deva, deity.] In Version myth., an evil spirit; 
a ministering demon of Ahriman. Sometimes 
written deev (Pers. div). See deva. 
Among the 1'erittans the Indian terminology Is trans- 
posed, the great Asura representing the good creating 
principle, ami the- ,1,-n l>eing the evil spirit*. 
Amrr. Cyc., \. ~'.f.',. 
deva (da'vii), . [8kt. (Hind., etc.), divine, 
a divinity, a god: see deity.] 1. In Hindu 
mi/th., a god or divinity; one of an order of 
good spirits, opposed to the axurax, or wicked 
spirits. 
The Dem* knew the signs, and said, 
r.ii.ldha will go again to help the World. 
K. Arnold, Light of Asia, 1. 13. 
2. [cap.] [NL.] In zool., a genus of lepidop- 
terous insects. Walker, 1857. 
devalgate (de-val'gat), a. [< NL. *devaluatus, 
< L. tie, away, + valgus, bow-legged.] Having 
bowed legs ; bandy-legged. Thomas, Sled. Diet. 
devall (de-val'), v. i. [He., also written derald; 
appar. < OF. devaller, < ML. devallare. descend, 
send down, demit (cf. tlevallis, down-hill), < L. 
de, down, + rwt, valley. Of. avale. The sense 
in E. is appar. due in part to defnil, default.] 
To intermit ; cease. Jamieson. 
devall (de-val'). n. [Sc., also written devoid; 
from the verb.] Stop: cessation; intermis- 
sion : as, it rained ten days without devall. 
Deva-nagari (da-va-na'ga-ri), n. [Skt., lit. 
Nagari of the gods, < deva, a god, + nagari, 
one of the alphabets of India, that in which 
the Sanskrit is usually written : see Nagari.] 
The Sanskrit alphabet : same as .\<i</<ui. 
The term Devattagari, which would mean the divine or 
sacred Nagari, is not used by the natives of India, and 
seems to have been Invented by some Ingenious Anglo- 
Indian about the end of the last century. It has, how- 
ever, established itself in works on Indian Palaeography, 
and may be conveniently retained to denote that particu- 
lar type of the Xagari character employed in printed 
books for the sacred Sanskrit literature, while the generic 
term Nagari may serve as the designation of the whole 
class of vernacular alphabet* of which the Devanaijari It 
the literary type. Isaac Taylor, The Alphabet, II. 349. 
devaporation (de-vap-o-ra'shon), n. [< *de- 
raporate, t'. (< de- pnv.'+ vapor + -ate 1 *): see 
-ation, and cf. evaporate.] The change of vapor 
into water, as in the formation of rain. Smart. 
devastt (de-vast'), * [< P. tit-vaster = 8p. 
Pg. devastar = It. devastare, < L. devastare, lay 
waste: see devastate.] To lay waste; devas- 
tate. 
The thirty years' war that demited Germany did not 
liegin till the eighteenth year of the seventeenth century, 
but the seeds of it were sowing some time before. 
Bolinybmke, Study of History. 
devastate (dev 'as -tat), v. t.; pret. and pp. 
devastated, ppr. devastating. [< L. devastatus, 
pp. of devastare, lay waste (see devast), < de, 
away, + vastare, lay waste, < vastus, waste, 
desolate, vast: see i-nut and icnutr.] To lay 
waste ; ravage ; make desolate. 
In the midst of war Cyprus was again, (or the third time 
since the lilack Death, devastated by the plague. 
Stutbt, Medieval and Modern Hist, p. 800. 
All the tides 
Of death and change might rise 
And devastate the world, vet I could see 
This steady shining spark 
Should live eternally. 
C. Thaxter, Footprints In the Sand. 
= Syn. To harry, waste, strip, pillage, plunder, 
devastation (dev-as-ta'shon), n. [= F. devas- 
tation = Sp. devasiacion = Pg. derastagao = It. 
devastazione, < L. as if "devastatio(n-), < devas- 
tare, devastate : see devastate.] 1. The act of 
devastating, or the state of being devastated; 
waste ; ravage ; havoc. 
Even now the devattalwn is begun, 
And half the business of destruction done. 
OoidumM. 
Simple devastation 
Is the worm's task, and what he has destroyed 
Els monument. Lowell, Oriental Apologue. 
2. In late, waste of the goods of a deceased per- 
son by an executor or administrator. =Syn. 1. 
\\ aste. destruction, ruin, rapine. 
devastator (dev'as-ta-tor), . [= F. devasta- 
teur = Sp. Pg. devdstador = It. derastatore, < LL. 
devastator, < L. devastare, lay waste: see devas- 
tate.] One who or that which devastates or 
lays waste. Emcrxmi. 
devastavit (dev-as-ta'vit), n. [L., he has 
wasted, 3d pers. sing. perf. ind. act. of devas- 
tare: see devastate.] In law, the waste or mis- 
application of the assets of a deceased person 
committed by an executor or administrator. 
devastitationt (de-vas-ti-ta'shon), H. [Irreg. 
for devunUition.] Devastation. 
developable 
Wherefore followed a pitiful demttitation of Churche* 
and church-buildings in all parts of the realm. 
llfylin. Hist. rrrabyterUns, p. 164. 
devauntt (de-vanf), v. t. [< OF. desvanter, 
boast much,'< des- 4- ranter, boast: see vaunt.] 
To boast ; vaunt. Dories. 
To the most notable slaunder of Christ's holy evangel) . 
hich in the forme of our profeuyou, we did ostentaU- and 
uin-nly ilecaunl to keep moost exactly. 
quoted in Fuller'! Ch. Hist., VL MO. 
deveH, and v. A Middle English form of deaf 
or deare. 
deve" (dev), r. [Prov. Eng.] A dialectal form 
of MM. 
devel't, a. An obsolete spelling of devil. 
devel- (dev'l), n. [Sc., also written devle, a 
blow. Origin uncertain.] A very hard blow. 
Death's glen the lodge an unco littel 
Tain Samson s deld ! 
Burns, Tarn Samson's Elegy. 
Ae gnde downright tlenel will split It, I'se warrant ye. 
Scott, Antiquary, xxv. 
devel 2 (dev'l). v. t. ; pret. and pp. dereled, dwel- 
led, ppr. deveting, dwelling. [< deveft, n.] To 
give a heavy blow to. 
develin (dev'e-lin). . See deviling, 3. 
develop (dti-vel'iip), v. [Also derelope; < F. ai- 
velopper, OF. desrelopper, desveloper, desvoleper, 
desvolojier (> E. disveloped), unfold, unwrap, 
set forth, reveal, explain, bring out, develop 
(= Pr. Aesvolupar, devolupar = It. sviluppare), 
< des-, L. dis-, apart, + "veloper, found else- 
where only in em-eloper, wrap up: see envelop.] 
1. trans. 1. To uncover or unfold gradually; 
lay open by successive steps; disclose or make 
known in detail, as something not apparent or 
withheld from notice ; bring or work out in full : 
as, the general began to develop the plan of his 
operations ; to develop a plot ; to develop an idea. 
The character of Tiberius is extremely difficult to de- 
veloj*. Cumberland. 
From the day of his first appearance, (Pitt was] always 
heard with attention; and exercise soon developed the great 
powers which he possessed. Macaulay, William Pitt. 
Would you learn at full 
How passion rose thro' circumstantial grades 
Beyond all grades develop'd > 
Tennyson, Gardener's Daughter. 
In him [Keats] a vigorous understanding developed Itself 
in equal measure with the divine faculty. 
Luicell, Among my BOOKS, 2d ser., p. 326. 
2. In photoy., to induce the chemical changes 
in (the film of a plate which has been exposed 
in the camera or of a gelatino-bromide print) 
necessary to cause a latent image or picture to 
become visible, and, in the case of a negative, 
to assume proper densitv to admit of reproduc- 
tion by a process of printing. 3. In biol., to 
cause to go through the process of natural evo- 
lution from a previous and lower stage, or from 
an embryonic state to a later and more complex 
or perfect one. 
Where eyes are so little developed that approaching ob- 
jects are recognized only as Intercepting the sunshine, It 
is obvious that contrasts of light and shade which seem 
marked to animals with developed eyes are quite imper- 
ceptible. H. Spencer, Prin. of Psycho!., f 92. 
4. In math.: (a) To express in an extended 
form, as in a series, which lends itself more 
readily to computation or other treatment. (6) 
To bend, as a surface; especially, to unbend 
into a plane. =Syn. L To uncover, unfold, disentangle, 
exhibit, unravel. 
n. intrans. 1. To advance from ono stage to 
another by a process of natural or inherent evo- 
lution; specifically, in 2>io/., to pass from the 
lowest stage through others of greater maturity 
toward the perfect or finished state : as, the fe- 
tus develops in the womb; the seed develops 
into the plant. 
Because not poeta enough to understand 
That life develops from within. 
Mrs. Browning, Aurora Leigh, il. 
The peripheral cells of the developing wood become 
those which have their liquid contents squeezed out lon- 
gitudinally and laterally with the greatest force. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Biol., I 282. 
2. To become apparent; show itself: as, his 
schemes developed at length; specifically, in 
photog., to become visible, as a picture under 
the process of development. See development, 
5. 3. In biol., to evolve; accomplish an evo- 
lutionary process or result. 
developable (de-vel'up-a-bl), a. and n. [< de- 
velop + -able, after F. MMNHMMlv] I. 1. 
Capable of developing or of being developed. 
Music at this time bounds forward in the joy of an Infl- 
uitely developable principle. 
S. LanUr. The English Novel, p. 143. 
