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ftigma fimple, permanent. Pericarpium : berry larger 
than the calyx, ovate, acuminate, two-valved; capfule 
coriaceous, one-celle-d. Seeds: two, aril led. Rlreede 
makes his plant pentandrous ; it is therefore doubtful.— 
EJfential Charaffer. Calyx, five-leaved; corolla, none, 
berry, with two feeds. 
Delima farmentofa, a folitary fpecies. It is a tree with 
fcabrous leaves, refembling thofe of beech; flowers pe- 
duncled, loofely panicled, both axillary and terminating; 
fruit a coriaceous fuelling capfule, ending in an incurved 
beak, very fmooth, of a yellow bay colour, opening on 
one fide only by a longitudinal cleft; feeds two, globular, 
crooked next the bafe, berried, red, becoming blackilh 
when ripe, fixed to the bottom of tire capfule ; their aril 
is incomplete, fpongy-membranaceous, fnow-white, torn 
at the edge, fcarcely covering the lower half of the feed. 
Tire leaves, being very thick and rugged, are ufed by 
the inhabitants of Ceylon, where it grows naturally, in 
polifhing. Hence they name it korofuiad or korojawacl, 
from koro/fa , to fmooth or polifh. 
To DELI'MATE, v. n. [from the Lat. de., from; and 
limo, to file.] To file 01T. Not ufed. 
To DELI'NEATE, ». a. [ dclineo , Lat.] To make the 
firll draught of a-thing; to defign ; to Iketch. To paint; 
to reprefent a true likenefs in a picture.—The licentia 
pidloria is very large : with the fame reafon they may 
delineate old Neftor like Adonis, Hecuba with Helen’s 
face, and Time with Abfalom’s head. Brown. —To de~ 
feribe ; to fet forth in a lively manner.—I have not here 
time to delineate to you the glories of God’s heavenly 
kingdom; nor, indeed, could I tell you, if 1 had, what 
the happinefs of that place and portion is. Wake. 
DEI. IN E A' TIO N , f. [ denneatio, It. ] The fi r ft d ran gh t 
of a thing.—In the orthographical fchemes, there fliould 
be a true delineation , and the juft dimenfions. Mortimer. 
DELI'NIMENT, f. \_delinimentum, Lat.] A mitigat¬ 
ing, or afluaging. 
DELINQUENCY,/. Idilinquentia, Lat.] A fault; a 
failure in duty; a nrifdeed.—A delinquent ought to be 
cited in the place or jurifdittion where the delinquency 
was committed by him. Ayliffe. 
DELINQUENT, / [from delinquens, Lat,] An of¬ 
fender; one that lias committed a crime or fault.—He 
had, upon frivolous furmifes, been fent for as a delinquent , 
and been brought upon his knees. Dryden. 
To DE'LIQUATE, v. n. \_deliqueo, Lat.] To melt; to 
be diflblved.—It will be refolved into a liquor very ana¬ 
logous to that which the cliemifts make of lalt of tartar, 
left in moift cellars to dcliquate. Boyle. 
DELIQTJA'TION,/ [ deliquatio , Lat.] A melting; a 
dilTolving. 
DELIQUES'CENCE,/. [deliquefco, Lat.] In chemif- 
try, the fpontaneous affumption of the fluid ftate by cer¬ 
tain faline fubftances, when left expofed to the air, in 
confequence of the water they attract from thence. We 
know of no criterion to determine, a priori, whether any 
combination fhail be conliftent, effiorefeent, or deliquef- 
cent, in the air. It appears that, whenever any fait at¬ 
tracts moifture more ftrongly than the air is dilpoled to 
retain it, it is deliquefeent; and, on the contrary, if the 
air be more attractive of moifture, it will caufe the fait 
to efflorefee. Salts, which are not commonly deliquef¬ 
eent, will be liquefied in a very humid air, and other 
falts ftrongly attractive of humidity, may be dried in 
proper fituations. Generally fpeaking, the Ampler fub¬ 
ftances are more deliquefeent than fuch as are compound¬ 
ed. So all the adds and pure alkalis are ftrongly attractive 
of water ; moft of the former being difpoled to rife in 
diftillation long before they are deprived of the laft por¬ 
tions of water, and confequently they are conftantly in 
the fluid ftate, unlefs when congealed by cold, 
DELIQUES'CEMT, adv. \_deliqucfco, Lat.] Difpofed 
to melt, or diflolve ; inclined to moifture ; apt to become 
loft, or fluid. 
DELI'QUIUM,/. [Lat. a chemical term.] A diftil- 
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lation, by diflblving any calcined matter into a lixivious 
humour. 
DELI'RAMENT, /. [ deliramentum, Lat.] A doting 
or foolifh fancy. 
To DELI'RATE, v. n. [ \ddiro, Lat.] To dote; to 
rave; to talk or act idly. 
DELI R A'TION, f. \_ddiratio, Lat.] Dotage; folly; 
triad nefs. 
DELI'RIOUS, adj. \_delirius, Lat.] Light-headed; 
raving ; doting : 
On bed 
Delirious flung, fleep from his pillow flies. Thomfon. 
DEI.I'RIUM,/ [from delvro, Lat. to rave or talk idly.] 
It is termed alfo by phyficians, alienatio mentis, paraii'ola, 
dementia, fometimes emotio. When the ideas excited in 
the rnind do not correfpond to the external objeCts, but 
are produced by the change induced on the common fen- 
fory, the patient is laid to be delirious. The Greeks 
call it paraphrenefis ; when flight, it is named leros. In 
the Englifli there is no word for it, except light-headed 
be admitted. In madnefs, reafon is.deftroyed ; in fool- 
ifhnefs, which the Greeks call morofis, realon is defec¬ 
tive; and, in a delirium, reafon is vitiated. Thz para¬ 
phrenefis, or delirium, differs from madnefs, in not being 
perpetual, which happens in deliriums without a fever. 
Galen fays, that deliriums are can led by the heat and 
acrimony of the fluid, but principally by yellow bile. 
See his book de Sympt. Cauf. lib. ii. Many other writers 
fay that the bile is the caufe. Dr. Shebbeare, in his 
Theory and PraCIice of Phyflc, attributes this diforder 
to either an excefs, or a defbCt, of vital heat. As to pre- 
fages from deliriums, in tliefe, and many other cafes, ncr 
great danger is to be apprehended, whilft the pulfe, the 
appetite, and refpiration, are favourable. 
DELITIGA'TION, f. [from delitigo, Lat.] A ft riv¬ 
ing ; a chiding ; a contending. 
To DELI'VER, v. a. [ dtlivrer, Fr.] To fet free; to 
releafe : 
Thus file the captive did deliver ; 
The captive thus gave up his quiver. Prior. 
To fave; torefeue.— Deliver me, O my God, out of the 
hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous 
and cruel man. PJ'ahn. lxxi. 4.—To furrender ; to put 
into one’s hands; to refign ; to give up ; to yield.—In 
any cafe thou fhalt deliver him the pledge again when the 
fun goeth down. Deut. xxiv. 12.—They obeyed not thy 
commandments, wherefore thou haft delivered us for a 
fpoil, and unto captivity. Tob. iii. 4.—To give; to of¬ 
fer ; to prefent.—Now therefore receive no more money 
of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of 
the houfe. 2 Kings. —-Thou fhalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup 
into his hand, after the former manner, when thou wait 
His butler. Gen. xl. 13.—To caft away ; to throw oft': 
Charm’d with that virtuous draught, th’ exalted mind 
All fenfe of woe delivers to the wind. Pope , 
To difburden a woman of a child : 
On her fright and fears, 
She is fomething before her time deliver'd. Shakefpeare. 
To fpeak ; to tell; to relate ; to utter ; to pronounce ; 
A mirth-moving jeft. 
Which his fair tongue, conceit’s expofitor, 
Delivers in fuch apt and gracious words. 
That aged ears play truant at his tales. Shakefpeare. 
To exert in motion. Not in ufe. —Procles feemed fo to 
over-run his age in ftrength, that Mufidorus could net' 
perform any action on horfe or foot more ftrongly, or de¬ 
liver that ftrength more nimbly. Sidney. 
To DELI'VER OVER, v. a. To put into another’s 
hands ; to leave to the diferetion of another.— Deliver me 
not over un'o the will of mine enemies; for falfe wlt- 
nefles are rifen up againft me, and fuch as breathe out 
cruelty. Pfalm xxyii, 12.—To give from hand to hand ; 
