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of Bar-fur-Aube: three leagues north-weft of Bar-fur- 
Aube. 
Dl'EP, a town on the north-weftern fide of the iftand 
of St. Chriftopher’s, in the Weft Indies, on a bay of the 
fame name. • <• 
DrEP'ENAU, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Weftphalia, and county of Hoya: twenty-one miles fouth- 
fouth-weft of Hoya. 
DIE'PENBEKE (Abraham van), a painter of merit, 
born at Bois-le-duc in 1607. His firft line as an artift 
was painting on glafs, in which he acquired the reputa¬ 
tion of one of the ableft matters in his time. His defigns 
were of a 1’uperior kind, his touch lively and fpirited, 
and his invention fertile. The difficulty which he found 
in the preparation of his colours at length difgufted him 
with this branch, and he changed it for oil-painting. A 
.refidence in Italy gave him improvement, and he after¬ 
wards perfected himfelf in (he fchool of Rubens, of whom 
he was accounted one of the beft difciples. He was made 
diredtor of the academy at Antwerp in 1641. His com- 
politions are fomewhat loaded, and not perfedtly corredt; 
but he coloured well, and -gave great force to his pieces 
by his (kill in chiar-ofcuro. He painted chiefly fubjedts 
of devotion ; and employed the pencil in making defigns 
for the decoration of books, monuments, &c. His greateft 
work of this kind is the Temple of the Mufes, all the 
pldtes for which were deflgned by him, and do credit to 
his genius. He died at Antwerp in 1675. 
DIEP'HOLZ, a county of Germany, in the circle of 
Weftphalia, bounded on the north by the county of Hoya, 
on the eaft by Mindeu, on the fouth by the bilhopric of 
•Ofnabruck, and on the weft by Manlier; about eight 
leagues in length, and four in breadth ; full df (mail un¬ 
derwood, lakes, and morafles ; the cleared country will 
hardly, to the utmoft exertion of labour, yield fix for 
one; the meadows along the Dummer Sea are better. 
The inhabitants fublift chiefly by breeding cattle, which 
they fell to Holland, and the countries bordering,on the 
Rhine. They likewife have manufactures of coarfe wool¬ 
len (tuff, and coarfe linen, which latter has a conliderable 
fale in Holland, Bremen, and America. It contains four 
towns, and about 1900 houfes. The inhabitants are Lu¬ 
therans. It was erefted into a county by the emperor 
Maximilian; on the attainder of the count, in 1385, it 
palled to the dukes of Zell, and from them to the electo¬ 
rate of Hanover. The matricular taxation is one horfe 
-and four foot, or twenty-eight florins monthly. 
DIEP'HOLZ, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Weftphalia, and capital of a county to which it gives 
name, fituated on the Hunte ; the inhabitants carry on a 
manufacture of coarfe woollen cloth : thirty miles fouth- 
foirth-weft of Bremen. Lat. 52. 38. N. Ion. 25. 45. E. 
•Ferro. 
DIEP'PE, a fea-port town of France, and principal 
place of a diltriCt, in the department of the Lower Seine; 
fituated between two rocky mountains, at the mouth of 
the river Bethune, in the Englilh channel, with a good 
'harbour, but yarrow ; capable of containing only about 
200 veflels, of not above 400 tons burthen, with about 
eighteen feet at high water. It contains about 21,000 
inhabitants. In 1694, this town was bombarded by an 
'Englilh fleet, which let fire to it, and burned down the 
greater part : twenty-nine miles north ot Rouen. Lat. 
49. 56. hi. Ion. 18. 45. E. Ferro 
DIEP'PENKEIM, a town of Overiffel : twenty miles 
eaft of Deventer. 
DI'ER, /■ One who follows the trade of dying; one 
who dies clothes: 
The fleece that has been-by the dicr ftain’d, 
Never again its native whitenefs gain’d. Waller. 
DI'ER’s-BROOM, or Dier’s-weed, f. in botany. 
See the article Genista. 
DI'ER’s-WEED,y. in botany. See Reseda. 
DPERDORF, a town of Germany, in the circle cf 
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Weftphalia, and county of Wied Runkel, fituated on the 
Wiedbach, with a caftle, the refidence of tjie counts, 
T. he inhabitants are induftrious, and employed in agri¬ 
culture and commerce ; eighty miles north-north-eaft of 
Coblentz.' 
DI'ERNBACH, a town of Germany, in the archduchy 
of Auftria : eleven miles fouth of Steyr. 
DPERNBERG, a town of Germany, in the duchy of 
Stiria : fix miles north of Nitterfeldt. 
DI'ERNPACH, a town of Germany, in the archdu¬ 
chy of Auftria : five miles eaft of Mieflau. 
DI'ERNSTEIN, a town of Germany, in the archdu¬ 
chy of Auftria. Near it is a caftle, where Richard I. 
king of England, was imprifoned : fix miles weft of 
Crems. 
DIERVIL'LA,/. in botany. See Lonipera. 
Dl'ES MARCHIiE, anciently the day of congrefs or 
meeting ot the Englilh and Scots, annually appointed to 
be held on the marches or borders, in order to adjuft all 
differences between them. 
DIE'SIS, f. in mulic, the divifion of a tone lefs than 
a femitone ; or an interval confifting of a lefs or imper¬ 
fect femitone. Diefis is the fmalleft and fofteft change 
or inflection of the voice, and is called a faint. 
DIES'PITER, in antiquity, a name given to Jupiter, 
fignitying did pater, father of the day. St. Auguftine 
derives it from dies day, and portus production, or bring¬ 
ing forth ; it being Jupiter that brings forth the day: 
fo exprefled by Servius and Macrobius ; the former add¬ 
ing, that, in the language of the Ofci, they called him 
Lucentius , as JDiefpiter in Latin. 
DIEb'SEN, a town of Germany, in the circle of Ba¬ 
varia, on the Ammer Sea : eight miles fouth of Landf- 
berg. 
DIES'SENSTEIN, a town and caftle of Germany, in 
the circle of Bavaria : twelve miles north of Pall’au. 
DI'EST, a town of Brabant, fituated on the river De¬ 
nier, in which are carried on conliderable manufactures 
of cloth, Itockings, &c. particularly for the fupply of the 
neighbouring country. The barony of Dieft, to which 
was annexed the power of naming the magiftrate, as alfo 
the title of burgrave of Antwerp, was, in 1449, invefted 
in the houfe of NalFau. 'The allies took Dieft in 1790, 
after having forced the lines which had been made for 
the defence, of the country, and placed fome fquadrons 
of dragoons to keep polfellion ; but, on the 24th of Oc¬ 
tober, the fame year, a detachment from the French army 
retook it, and made the garrifon prifoners of war, and 
demolilhed the fortifications: twelve miles north-eaft of 
Louvain, and twenty-two weft of Maeftricht. Lat. 50. 
58. N. Ion. 22. 33. E. Ferro. 
DI'ET, [ [diata, low Lat. aiairce, Gr.] Food; pro- 
viftons for the mouth; victuals.—No part of diet, in any 
fealon, is fo healthful, fo natural, and fo agreeable to the 
ftomach, as good and well-ripened fruits. Temple. 
Time may come, when men 
With angels may participate; and find 
No inconvenient diet, nor too light fare, Milton. 
Food regulated by the rules of medicine, for the preven¬ 
tion or cure of any difeafe. See the article Medicine. 
• — I commend rather fome diet for certain fealons, than 
frequent ufe of phy lie ; for thole diets alter the body more, 
and trouble it lefs. Bacon. —Allowance of provilion. —For 
his diet, there was a continual diet given him by the king. 
Jeremiah. 
To DI'ET, v. a. To feed by the rules cf medicine.— 
We have lived upon expedients, of which no country 
had lefs occalion : we have dieted a healthy body into a 
cbnfumption, by plying it with phylic inftead of food. 
Swift. 
I will attend my hulband, be his nurfe, 
Diet his liekneIs ; for it is'my office. Skahefpeare. 
To give food to ; to board ; to fupply with diet: 
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