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themfel'ves together unto Aaron. Exodus, xxxii. i.—To 
hinder; to fruftrate ; to keep fufpended. To detain, 
flop, or retard the courfe of: 
She flies the town, and mixing with the throng 
Of madding matrons, bears the bride along : 
Wand’ring through woods and wilds, and devious ways, 
And with thcfe arts the Trojan match delays. Drydcn. 
To do away : 
Tliofe dreadful flames (he alfo found delay'd 
And quenched quite. Spcnfcr. 
Do DELA'Y, v. n. To flop ; to ceafe from aClion.—• 
There feem to be pertain bounds to the quicknefs and 
flownefs of the fucceflion of tliofe ideas one to another 
in our minds, beyond which they can neither delay nor 
haften. Locke. 
“ He who promifes and delays, lofes his thanks.” 
The Latins, fay ; Gratia ab ojficio, quod mora tardat, abejl. 
A.nd with reafon, for along expectation and dependance 
may be of more prejudice, than the benefit of the pro- 
mile can repair, if at h;ft performed. And therefore the 
Latins add, Oui cilo dat , bis dat : He who gives quickly 
gives twice. 
DELA'Y,/ - . A deferring; procraflination ; lingering 
inactivity.—The conduct of our lives, and the manage¬ 
ment of our great concerns, will not bear delay. Locke, 
i have learn’d that fearful commenting 
Is leaden fervitor to dull delay ; 
Delay leads impotent and fnail-pac’d beggary. Shakefp. 
Stay ; flop : 
The keeper charm’d, the chief without delay 
Pafs’d on, and took th’ irremeable way. - Drydcn. 
DELAY'ER,/. One that defers ; a putter off. 
DEL'BRUCK, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Weftphalia, and bifhopric of Paderborn, near which Ger- 
manicus defeated the BruCteri: eight miles weft-north- 
weft of Paderborn. 
DE'LE LOUGH, a lake of Ireland, in the county of 
Weft Meath : ten miles north-eaft of Mullingar. 
DELE'BIO, a town of Swiflerland, in the Valteline, 
on a fmall river, which foon after runs into the Adda, 
near which the duke of Milan obtained a celebrated vic¬ 
tory over the Venetians, in 1432 : five miles north-weft 
of Morbegno. 
DELECI'TO, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Na¬ 
ples, and province of Capitanata : ten miles fouth-fouth- 
eaft of Troja. 
DELECTABLE, adj. [_ddedabilis, I.at.] Pleafing; 
delightful.—Some of hiS attributes, and the manifefta- 
tions thereof, are not only highly delcdable to the intel¬ 
lective faculty, but are fuitably and eafily conceptible by 
us, becaufe apparent in his works ; as, his goodnefs, be¬ 
neficence, wifdom, and power. Hale. 
The apple’s outward form 
Delcbiable, the witlefs Ivvain beguiles ; 
Till that w'ith writhen mouth, and fpattering noife, 
He taftes the bitter morfel. Philips. 
DELEC'TABLENESS,/. Deliglnfulnefs; pleafant- 
nefs. 
DELECTABLY, adv. Delightfully; pleafantly. 
DELECTA'NEOUS, adv. DeleCtable, delightfome. 
Not much ufed. 
DELECTATION,/ - , \_dcleElatio, Lat.] Pleafure ; de¬ 
light.—Out break the tears for joy and delegation. Sir T. 
More. 
To DE'LEGATE, v. a. \_delego, Lat.] To fend away. 
To lend upon an embafly. To entrult; to commit to 
another’s power and jurifdiCtion.—As God hath im¬ 
printed his authority in feveral parts upon feveral eftates 
of men, as princes, parents, fpiritual guides ; fo he hath 
alfo delegated and committed par.t of his care and provi¬ 
dence unto them. Taylor. 
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Why does he wake the correfpondent moon. 
And fill her willing lamp with liquid light; 
Commanding her, with delegated pow’rs, 
To beautify the world, and blefs the night ? Prior. 
To appoint judges to hear and determine a particular 
caufe. 
DE'LEGATE,/ \_ddegatus, Lat.] A deputy; a cora- 
miflioner; a vicar ; any one that is lent to aCt for, or rc- 
prefent, another.—They mu ft be fevere exaCtors of ac¬ 
counts from xhe’w delegates and minifters ofjufticc. Taylor. 
EleCt by Jove, his ddegate of fway, 
With joyous pride the funimons I’d obey. Pope. 
DE'LEGATE, aij. \_delegatus, Lat.] Deputed; fent_ 
to ait for, or reprefent, another.—Princes in judgment, 
and their ddegate judges, muft judge the caufes of all per- 
fons uprightly and impartially. Taylor. 
D'E LEGATES,-/ - , in law, commiflioners of appeal, ap¬ 
pointed by the king, hinder the great leal, in cafes of ap¬ 
peals from the ecclefiaftical courts, by 25 Hen.VIII. 
c. 19. See Court Ecclesiastical. 
DELEGATION,/ - , \_ddegatio, Lat.] A fendingaway. 
A putting in commiilion. The alfignment of a debt to 
another. The entrufting another with a general power 
to ail for the good of tliofe that depute him.—Whether 
when the people have difeharged themfelves of their 
original power by an habitual delegation, no occafion can 
poifibly occur, which may juftify their relumption of it. 
Burke. 
DE'LEN (Dirk Van), an eminent painter, born at 
Heufden, but in what year is not known. He was a dif- 
ciple of Francis Hals, in whofe fchool he praflifed tliofe' 
particular fubjeCts which were mod efteemed by that 
rnafter, fuch as portraits and converfations; and by that 
means he acquired the flcill to defign figures with great 
fpirit and correCtnefs. But his predominant inclination 
directed him to architecture and perfpeCtive ; and tliofe 
lie ftudied with fo much care, as to make his works ad¬ 
mired and preferred throughout the Low Countries. His 
fubjeCts were the infide of churches, filled with figures ; 
grand temples; magnificent fidoons and galleries, with 
people aflembied at concerts, feafting, or dancing. His 
architecture was in a noble ftyle, and the figures well de- 
figned and grouped with judgment. Several authors men¬ 
tion the performances cf this mafter with large commen¬ 
dations. 
DELENFFICAL, adj. [ delenificus, Lat.] Having vir-- 
tue to affuage or eafe pain. 
To DELETE, v. a. [ftpmdeleo, Lat.] To blot out. 
DELETE'RIOUS, adj. [deleterius, I.at.] deadly; de- 
ftruCtive ; of a poifonous quality.—Many things, neither 
deleterious by lubftance or quality, are yet deftruCtive by 
figure, or fome occafional activity. Brown. 
DE'LETERY, adj. [from deleterius, Lat.] DeftruC¬ 
tive ; deadly ; poifonous : 
Nor doctor epidemic, 
Though ftor’d with deletery med’eine, 
Which whofoevertook is dead fince, 
E’er fent fo vaft a colony 
To both the under worlds as he. Hudilras. 
DELETION, f. \_deldio, Lat.] ACt of rafing or blot-- 
ting out. A deftruCtion.—Indeed, if there be a total. 
deletion of every perfon of the opponng party or country, 
then the viftory is complete, becaufe none remains to 
call it in queftion. Hale. 
DELF, Delfe, or Delph,/ - . [from belpan, Sax. to 
dig.] A mine ; a quarry ; a pit dug.—Yet could not fuch 
mines, without great pains and charges, if at all, be 
wrought : the deify would be fo flown wish waters, that 
no gins or machines could fuftice to lay and keep them 
dry. Ray. 
DEL'FAU (Francis), a learned French benedictine 
monk of St. Maur, born at Montet, in Auvergne, in 1637. 
He entered upon the monaftic life in an abbey at Cler*. 
mont, 1636; and fo high an opinion did the fociety en„ 
tertain 
