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cies, the difference in the leaves being permanent. They 
agree, however,-in the flowers. Native of Swifferland, 
the fouth of France, and Siiefla;' Mounts Jura and Sa- 
leya. Cultivated in 16S3 by Mr. James Sutherland. 
4. Dentaria pentaphylla, or flve-leaved toothvvort: 
leaves digitate. This rifes with a ftrong ftalk a foot and 
a half high, with a leaf at each joint, compofed of five 
lobes, four inches long, and hear two broad in the wideft 
part, ending in acute points, and deeply ferrate ; they 
are fmooth, and (land on long foolftalks; the flowers 
grow in loofe fpikes at the top of the ftalks; they are 
{‘mall, of a blufli colour ; pods long and taper, filled with 
fatal I roundifh feeds. Native of Swifferland, Savoy, the 
fouth of France, Carniola, and Siiefla. Ray obferved it 
abundantly on Mount Jura. Cultivated in 1656 by Mr. 
John Tradefcant. 
Propagation and Culture. Thefe plants are propagated 
by feeds, or parting their roots; the feeds (hould be 
fown in autumn, loon after they are ripe, in a light fandy 
foil and a fhady fituation : in the fpring the plants may 
be taken up where they grow too clofe, and tranfplanted 
out in the like foil and fituation ; where, after they have 
taken root, they will require no farther care, but to keep 
them clear from weeds: the fecond year they will pro¬ 
duce flowers, and fonietimes perfect their feeds. The 
-heft time to tranfplant tl\e roots is in Oftober, when they 
fhould be planted in a moift foil and a fhady fituation ; 
for they will not live in a dry foil, or when they are ex- 
pofed to the fun. The bulbs produced on the ftalks of 
the fecond fort, if planted, will grow, and produce other 
plants. See the articles Lathr^ea, TozziA, Tub.r.1- 
tis, Hydrophyllum, and Orobanche. 
DENTARPA'GA, f. [from 'ofrat, Qr. a tooth; and 
ufrrccty, to fallen upon.] In lurgery, an inftrument for 
drawing- teeth. 
DENTEL'LA, /. [fo named by Forfterfrom the feg¬ 
ments of tiie corolla being finely toothed.] In botany, a 
genus of the clafs petandria, order monogynia, natural 
order contort®. The generic characters are—Calyx : 
perianthium five-parted, fuperior; fegments tabulate. 
Corolla:, one-petalled, funnel-form, longer than the ca¬ 
lyx ; tube gradually widening into a five-cleft fpreading 
border; fegments acute, three-toothed, the middle tooth- 
let more produced. Stamina; filaments five, fhort, awl- 
fhaped, inferred at the bafe of the tube; anther® ob¬ 
long. Piftillum: germ roundifh, inferior, villole ; ftyle 
cylindric, (liort, thickifh ; ftigmas two, thicker than the 
. ftyle,, longer, fpreading. Pericarpium: capfule globu¬ 
lar, crowned by the calyx, two-celled. Seeds: very 
many, ovate. — Ejjential Character. Corolla, tubular five- 
cleft, with three-toothed fegments; calyx,.five-parted'; 
ftigmas two; capfule globular, inferior,- two celled, many- 
feeded. 
Dentella repens, or creeping dentella, a Angle fpecies, 
from Forft. Gen. 26. FI. Auftral. No. 98. It is a native 
of New Caledonia. , 
DENTELLA'RIA. / in botany. See Knoxia and 
Plumbago. 
DEN'flCLES, / or Dentils, in architecture, are 
ornaments in a cornice, cut after the manner of teeth. 
Tliefe are mofitly affefted in the Ionic and Corinthian or¬ 
ders ; and of late alfo in the Doric. The fiquare member 
on which they are cut. is called the denticule. 
DENTI'CULATED, adj. \_dcnticulatus, Lat.] Set with 
final! teeth. 
DENTICULA'TION,/; \_doitkulatus, Lat.] The ftate 
of being fet with fryiall teeth, or prominencies, refembling 
teeth, like thole of a law.—lie omits the denticulation of 
the edges of the bill, or thole. fmall oblique incifions 
made for the better retention of the prey. Grew. 
'DEN'TIFRICE,/ [ dentifricium , Fr. of dais, a tooth; 
rmd frico, Lat. to rub.] A. remedy for the teeth; tooth- 
; ter. There are various kinds; generally made of 
earthy fubfiances finely pounded, and mixed with alum, 
oe fertile other faline fubfiances: but thefe are pernicious 
DEN 
on account of their wearing away the enamel of the teeth, 
but more efpecially by the feptic quality with which 
thefe earthy fubfiances are endowed. On'this account, 
a portion of Peruvian bark, finely pounded, is now com¬ 
monly added, which anfwers the double purpofemf clean¬ 
ing the teeth, and preferving them afterwards from cor¬ 
ruption. 
DEN'TIFRICE-MAKER,/. One that makes denti¬ 
frices.—All the dentifrice-makers difeover much abfurdity 
in the choice of fubfiances. Berdmore, 
DENTI'LOQU 1 ST, f. \_dcntiloquus , Lat.] One who 
fpeaks through the teeth. 
DENTI'LOQUY,/ [dentildqyium, Lat. of deittis, gen. 
of dens, a tooth ; and loquor, to fp.eak.] The aft of lpeak- 
ing through the teeth. 
DENTISCAL'PIUM, f. [from dens, Lat. a tooth; and 
fcalpo, to ferape.] An inftrument for feraping the cruft 
and foul matter of the teeth. 
To DENTI'SE, v. a. [ dcntcler, Fr.] To have the teeth * 
renewed. Not in ufe .—Tiie old countefs of Defmond, who 
live;! till flte was feven fcore, did d nti/i twice or thrice, 
calling Iter old teeth, and others coming in their place. 
Bacon. 
DEN'TIST,/ [from dens, Lat.] A furgeon who con¬ 
fines his practice to the teeth.—To bring teeth which 
ape ill fet into beautiful order, at any time of life, is pro- 
mifed every day in the public papers by feveral people, 
who profefs themfelves dentijls. Berdmore. 
DENTI'TION,/ \_dentitio, Lat.] The aft of breeding 
the teeth. The time at which children’s teeth are bred". 
DEN'TON, the chief town of Caroline-county, in Ma¬ 
ryland, belonging to the American States, lituated on the 
01ft fide of Choptank-creek, the eaflern main branch of " 
Choptank-river. It is laid out regularly, has a flew houfes, 
and lies-feven miles fouth of Gainltorough, and thirty, 
feven fouth-fouth-eaft of Chefter. 
DENTZ'HEIM, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
the Lower Rhine, and electorate of Treves : ten miles 
north-eafl of Treves. 
To DENU'DATE, v. a. [ dmudo , Lat.] To dived ; to 
drip ; to lay naked.—Till he has denudated himfelf of all 
incumbrances, he is unqualified. Decay of Piety. 
DENUDATTON,/. The act of dripping, or making 
naked. 
To DENU'DE, v. a. \_denudo, Lat.] To drip ; to make 
naked ; to dived.—If in fummer-time you denude a vine- 
branch of its leaves, the grapes will never Come to ma¬ 
turity. Ray .—The eye, with the lkin of the eye-lid, is 
duiuded, to fliew the mufcle. Sharp. 
To DENU'MER ATE, v. a. [from the Lat. de, from ; 
and numcro, to number.] To count down, to pay down. 
Not much nfecl. 
DENUMER A'TION./. The aft of prefent payfnent. 
Scott. 
To DENUN'CIATE, v. a. [from the Lat. de, from ; 
and nuncio, to declare.] To denounce. Not much ufed. 
DENUNCIAT ION,/, \_denimciatio, Lat.] The a a of 
denouncing ; the proclamation of a threat; a public me¬ 
nace.—IVlicUt of thefe denunciations, and notwithflanding 
the warning before me, I commit my fen to lading dur¬ 
ance, Congreve .—A public fanftion : 
She is faft my wife, 
Save that we do the denunciation lack 
Of outward order. Shakefpeare. 
DENUNCIA'TOR, /. from denuncio, Lat.] He that 
proclaims any threat. He that lays an information againft 
another.—The dcnuticiator does not make himfelf a party 
in judgment, as the acculer does. Aylijfe. 
DENU'TAR, a town of Egypt, on the Nile: eight 
miles north-eaft of Shabur. 
To DENY', v. a. [ denier , Fr. denego, Lat.] To contra¬ 
dict: oppofed to affirm. To contradict an accufation ; 
not to confefs.—Sarah denied, faying, I laughed not ; for 
die was afraid. Genefs .—To refufe ; not to grant: 
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