dijudicate 
The Church of Home, when she commends unto us the 
authority of the church in iliiii<tirutiii<i of Scriptures, 
seems only to speiik of herself. 
//(*, (ioldcn lleliKiiiis. p. 2fiO. 
II. triinx. To determine ; decide. 
That Is a lawful Council with which, while acting as 
(Kcimicnic;i], the wh"lr church communicates, and, the 
matter heiiiK ilij"<li<-ui>-<l, holds it to he adhered to. 
(Juoted in I'liM'n'n Eirenicon, p. 39. 
djjudicationt (dl-jo-di-ka'shpn), n. [< L. diju- 
aicatio(ii-), < ilijiiiliciin; pp. ilijudieatus, decide : 
soo tlijitilieate.] Judicial distinction. 
It cannot he otherwise but that the love of ourselves 
should strongly incline us in our most abstracted ilijinti- 
catitin. (jlaum'Ue, Vanity of Dogmatizing, xiii. 
dika-bread (di'kil-brod), . [< dika, native 
name, + E. bread^.] A fatty substance resem- 
bling chocolate, prepared from the almond-like 
kernel of the fruit of the Mangifera (labnnensis, 
used as food by the natives of the west coast 
of Africa, from Sierra Leone to the Gaboon. 
ll'ii//--.-. Diet of ( 'hem. 
dika-fat (di'kji-fat), . Same as <lika-bread. 
dikamali (dik-a-malM), n. [E. Ind.] The 
native name of a resinous gum which exudes 
from the ends of young shoots of Gardenia lu- 
cida, a rubiaceous shrub of India, it has a strong, 
peculiar, ami offensive odor, and is useful In the treatment 
of sores anil cutaneous diseases. In India it Is employed 
as a remedy for dyspepsia. Also decmnalee. 
dikast, >i. See dicast. 
dike (dik), n, [Also spelled, less correctly, 
dyke; < ME. dike, dyke, dik, die (also assibi- 
lated diche, dyclte, dich, dyeh, > mod. E. ditch), 
< AS. die, m., f., a ditch, channel, dike, wall, = 
OS. dik, m., a fish-pond, = OFries. dik, m., a 
bank, dam, = D. dijk, in., a bank, dam, = 
MLG. dik, LG. dick, m., a pond, usually a 
bank, dam, = MHG. tick, dich, m., a ditch, 
canal, pond, fish-pond, marsh, G. teich, m., 
a pond, fish-pond, tank, deich, in., a bank, 
dam (this sense and form, with initial <l for (, 
after LG. and D.), = Icel. dik, neut., diki, m., a 
ditch, = Norw. dike, neut., a ditch, a puddle, 
= Sw. dike, neut., a ditch, also a bank, dam, 
= Dan. dii/a, neut., a ditch, also a bank, dam ; 
hence (from LG.) OP. dicaue, digue, F. digue 
= Sp. Pg. diqite = It. diga, a bank, dam. 
The neut. forms have beeu compared with Gr. 
Tfi^oc, a wall, rampart, roixos, the wall of a 
house (for orig. "ffei^of, "tfoi^of, ult. connected 
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5. In geol., a fissure in rocks filled with ma- 
terial which has found its way into it while, 
melted, or when brought by some other means 
into a fluid or semi-fluid condition. Most dikes 
;u-e, in fuct, tilled 
with lava or some 
fonn of eruptive 
rock. A dike dif- 
fers from a win in 
that the latter has 
been slowly tilled 
with Btyyavetv, touch, and L. fingerc, form, fi- 
gura, a form: see figure, fictile, etc.); but the 
relation is improbable. The orig. sense of the 
neut. word is ' ditch,' a channel dug out (cf. dig, 
ult. from this noun) (cf. also Gr. T'K/MC, a marsh, 
swamp), ditch being in fact an assibilated form 
of the same word. The correlative sense of 
'a bank' or 'a wall' is not usual in ME. and 
AS. ; it is duo in part to the usage of the Low 
Countries, where dikes in this sense are con- 
spicuous and important.] 1. A channel for 
water made by digging; a ditch ; a moat. See 
ditch. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
Al the thinges the in wer(l]de hen, 
Twen heuone hil and belle '/'/.. 
(jVwxw ami f-.'.>-ili''-. 1. 281. 
Ahoute the castel was a dyke. 
Richard Coer de Lion, 1. 6021. 
From one fountain in a garden there should be little 
channels or dyke* cut to every lied, and every plant grow- 
ing therein. Kay, Works of Creation, ii. 
Like a shoal 
Of darting fish, that on a summer morn 
Adown the crystal dykfn at Camelot 
Come slipping o'er their shadows on the sand. 
Tennyxon, Oeraint. 
Si. A small pond or pool. [Prov. Eng.] 3. 
A ridge or bank of earth thrown up in excavat- 
ing a canal or a ditch ; specifically, such a ridge 
or bank thrown up to prevent low lands from 
being overflowed ; a continuous dam confining 
or restraining the waters of a stream or of the 
sea : as, the Netherlands are defended from the 
sea by dikes. 
The Injured nation [the Dutch], driven to despair, had 
opened its dike*, and had called in the sea as an ally 
against the French tyranny. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vii. 
n<ki-, that the hands of the farmers had raised with labor 
incessant, 
Shut out the turbulent tides. Longfellow, Evangeline, i. 1 . 
4. A low wall or fence of stono or turf, di- 
viding or inclosing fields, etc. A dry dike is 
such a wall built without mortar. See Jail- 
dike. [North. Eng. and Scotch.] 
Ye've been wash'd in Dunny's well, 
And dried on Dunny's duke. 
Su;, -I Willie nii<l l-'nir Annie (Child's lialiads, II. 137). 
Tlie liicst ili/ke that we come to, 
I'll turn and tak you up. 
The Duke, uf At'hnl (child's Ballads, IV. 96). 
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allied in character i: simp , c dlk( ., . , branching dike. 
to those ordinarily 
designated hy the term mftamarphic. while the former 
has, in most cases at least, been rapidly filled, so that it 
consists essentially of the same material through from 
one side to the other, and at all depths. A mineral vein 
or IcMie, on the other hand, may differ very greatly In its 
contents in various parts, in width as well as in depth. 
dike (ilik), v. ; pret. and pp. diked, ppr. diking. 
[< ME. diken, dyken (also assibilated dichen, > 
mod. E. ditch, v.), dig, dig out, surround with 
a ditch, < AS. dician, also in comp. be-dician, 
ge-dician, make a ditch, surround with a ditch 
or dike (= OFries. <lil;u. ditsa, ditsia, dig, make 
a ditch, also raise a dike or dam, = D. dijketi, 
raise a dike or dam, = MLG. LG. diken, > G. 
deichen, raise a dike or dam), < die, a ditch, = 
D. iiijl:. etc.. a bank, dam : see dike, n., and cf . 
iliirli, r., and dig.'} I.t intrans. To make a ditch ; 
dig; delve. See dig. 
He wolde thresshc anil t In r to ,/,/*, and delve. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., I. 536. 
It were better dike and delve, 
Anil stand upon the right faith, 
Than know all that the Bible salth, 
And erre, as some clerkes do. 
Qamr, Conf. Amant., Prol. 
II. trans. If. To dig; dig out ; excavate. See 
dig. 
He crlede, and comaundede alle Cristyne people 
To delue and dike a deop diche at alnmte v'nite, 
That holychurche stod In holynesse as hit were a pile. 
Pien Plowman (C), xxii. SftV 
2f. To inclose with a ditch or with ditches. 
With all mycht that he mycht get, 
To the toune ane assege set ; 
And gert dt/k thaim . . . stalwartly. 
Rarbnur, MS., xvil. 271. 
3. To furnish with a dike ; inclose, restrain, or 
protect by an embankment : as, to dike a river ; 
to dike a tract of land. 4f. To surround with 
a stone wall. 
nib- and park the samin (landis] snrelie and kelp 
thanie sikkerlie. Baljotir'n Pract, (A. 1565), p. 14'j. 
dike-grave (dik'grav), n. [< D. dijkgraaf (= 
MLG. dikgrere, LG. diekgrare, > G. deichgrafe), 
an overseer of dikes, < dijk, dike, + graaf, count 
(steward, reeve): see dike, and greere, graf, 
and cf. dike-reece.] In the Low Countries, a 
superintendent of dikes. 
The chief Dike-grare here Is one of the greatest officers 
of Trust In all the Province. Htrmll, Letters, I. I. 5. 
diker (di'ker), . [< ME. dikere, < AS. dicerc, 
< dician, dig: see dike, r. Cf. ditcher, digger.'] 
1. A ditcher. 2. One who builds dikes. 
dike-reeve (dik'rev), n. [< dike + reece*.] An 
officer who superintends the dikes and drains 
in marshes. Halliirell. Compare dike-grare. 
dilacerate (di- or di-las'e-rat), r. t. ; pret. and 
pp. dilacerated, ppr. dilacerating. [< L. dilacc- 
ratus, pp. of dilacerare (> It. dilacerare = Sp. 
Pg. dilaccrar = F. dilacerer), tear in pieces, 
< di- for din-, apart, + laeerare, tear: see lace- 
rate."] To tear; rend asunder; separate by 
force; lacerate. [Rare.] 
The infant, at the accomplished period, struggling to 
come forth, dilacerateA and breaks those parts which re- 
strained him l>efore. Sir T. Brmcne, Vulg. Err., ill. (i. 
dilaceration (di- or di-las-e-ra'shon), n. [= F. 
dilaceration = Sp. dilaceracion = Pg. dilaeerti- 
ctto, < LL. dilaveratio(it-), < L. dilacerare, pp. di- 
laeeratHH, tear in pieces: see dilacerate.'] The 
act of rending asunder; a tearing or rending; 
laceration. [Rare.] 
All the riddles of Sphinx, therefore, have two conditions 
annexed : viz., dilacfration to those who do not solve 
them : and empire to those that do. 
Bacon, Physical Fables, x., Expl. 
dilambdodont (dl-lamb'do-dont), a. [< Gr. 
d(-, twice, two-, + /.a/if>fa, the letter lambda 
(A), + odorf (b6ovT-) = E. tooth."] Having ob- 
long molar teeth with two V-shaped ridges; 
specifically, having the characters of the Di- 
lambdodouta: as, a dilambdodont dentition; a 
<liliiinl)ilo<l<it mammal. 
Dilambdodonta (ili-lamb-do-don'ta), H. pi. 
[NL. : see ililainbdodoiit.'] A group or series of 
insectivorous mammals, a division of the order 
Jiestia; having oblong molars whose crowns pre- 
dilatancy 
sent two V- shaped transverse ridf,'e, like the 
letter W. such teeth are chunicti-ri-ii.- "f the liuectl- 
rorei of northerly or teni|.enite rc'nir.n, thus contrasted 
with tropical forms of Xiilnn,lul,li:iilii (which nee). >;,/!. 
dilamination (ili-lam-i-na'shon), ii. [< di-'t + 
In 111 iitation.] In bat., the congenital develop- 
ment of a lamina upon the surface of an organ : 
a form of doduplication or chorisis. 
dilaniatet (di-la'ni-at), r. t. [< L. diltiniainn, 
pp. of dilaniare (> It. dilaniare), tear in pieces, 
< di-, dis-, apart, + laniare, tear, rend.] To 
tear; rend in pieces ; mangle. 
The panther, when he hunts his prey, hiding hit grim 
visage, with the sweetness of his breath allures the other 
l'e;i^ts unto him, who, lieing come within his reach, he 
I'emls and cruelly doth dilatiiate them. Ford, Line of Life. 
dilaniationt (di-la-ni-a'shon), n. [< L. as if 
*ditaiti(ttio(ii-), < dilaniare, pp. dilaniatux, tear 
in pieces: see dilaniate.'] A tearing in pieces. 
Cocker am. 
dilapidate (di- or di-lap'i-dat), v. jpret. and pp. 
ili/ii/iidated, ppr. dilapulating. [Formerly also 
delapidate; < LL. dilapidatus, pp. 
( > It. dilapidare = Sp. Pg. dilapidar = F. diltt/ii- 
der), throw away, squander, consume, destroy, 
lit. scatter like stones, < L. di-, dis-, apart, + 
lapidare, throw stones at, < lapis (laiiid-), a 
stone: see lapidate.] I. trans. 1. To bring 
into a ruinous condition ; impair or reduce to 
a state of ruin; especially, to ruin by misuse 
or neglect. 
If the bishop, parson, or vicar, Ac., dilapidate* the 
buildings, or cuts down the timlier of the patrimony of 
the church. Blackstont. 
2. To waste ; squander. 
Was her moderation seen in diltijiUlatintf the revenues 
of the church? Bp. llurd. 
3. To give the appearance of dilapidation to. 
[Rare.] 
Vou see a very respectable-looking person in the street, 
.mil It Is odds but, as you pass him, his hat conies off, his 
whole figure suddenly dilapidates itself, assuming a trem- 
ble of professional weakness, and you hear the everlasting 
"qualchecosapercarita." /,owvf(, Fireside Travels, p. 310. 
II. intrans. To fall into partial or total ruin; 
fall by decay. 
Large the domain, hut all within combine 
To corresjiond with the dishonor'd sign; 
And all around dilapidate*. Crahtie, The Borough. 
dilapidation (di-ordi-lap-i-da'shon), n. [For- 
merly also dilapidation; = F. dilapidation = 
Sp. dilapidaeion = Pg. dil(tpi<lac.a'o = It. dilapi- 
duzione, < LL. dilai>idatio(n-), a squandering, 
wasting, < dilapidarc, pp. dilapidatun, squander, 
waste: see dilapidate.] 1. Gradual nun or de- 
cay; disorder; especially, impairment or ruin 
through misuse or neglect. 
Whom shall their [the bishops') successors sue for the 
dilapidation* which they make of that credit? 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vil. 24. 
By keepinga strictacconntof incomes nnd expenditures, 
a man might easily preserve an estate from tfnapidatfon. 
J, (joodiitan. Winter Evening Conferences, i. 
Specifically 2. In Etig. eccles. law, the pull- 
ing down, suffering to go to decay, or rum of 
any building or other property in possession 
of an incumbent. 
dilapidates (di- or di-lap'i-da-tor), n. [= F. 
ililapidatetir = Sp. Pg. dilitpidutlor = It. dilapi- 
datore; as dilapidate + -or.] One who causes 
dilapidation. 
It Is alleged that non-residence and dilapidations for 
the most part go hand in hand ; that you shall seldom see 
a non-resident, hut he is also a dilajn'dator. 
II. Wliarton, Defence of Pluralities, p. 15fi. 
dilatability (di- or di-la-ta-bil'i-ti), n. [= F. 
dilatabilite = Sp. dilatabilidad = Pg. dilatabili- 
dade = It. ditatabilita, < NL. dilatabilita(t-)s, < 
dilatabilis : see dilatable and -bility.] The qual- 
ity of being dilatable, or of admitting expan- 
sion, either by inherent elastic force or by the 
action of a force exerted from without: op- 
posed to oontraftibility. 
It was purely an accident dependent on the dilatalrility 
of the particular quality of alcohol employed which made 
the boiling-point of water 80. Jincyc. Brit., XX. 808. 
dilatable (di- or di-la'ta-bl), a. [= F. Pr. Sp. 
dilatable = Pg. dilatavel = It, dilatabile, < NL. 
dilatabilia, capable of expansion, < L. dilatare, 
expand: see dilate, r., and -able.] Capable of 
expansion ; possessing elasticity ; elastic : as, 
a bladder is dilatable by the force of air ; air is 
dilatable by heat. 
dilatableness (di- or di-la'ta-bl-nes), . Capa- 
city for dilatation; dilatability. Bailey. 1727. 
dilatancy (di- or dl-la'tan-si), n. [< dilatan(t) 
+ -cy.] The property of granular masses of 
expanding in bulk with change of shape, it ta 
tine to the increase of space between the Individually 
rigid particles as they change their relative positions. 
