n. Religious indifference. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Adiaphorous. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical. Murdock. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Adiaphorist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'adia`foros; 'a priv. + dia`foros different; dia` through + fe`rein to bear. ] 1. Indifferent or neutral. Jer. Taylor. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Incapable of doing either harm or good as a medicine. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. [ Gr. 'adiafori`a. ] Indifference. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Same as Antaphrodisiac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. (Med.) Same as Antapoplectic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Diapason. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A tuneful diapase of pleasures. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. diapasma, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;; dia` through + &unr_; to sprinkle: cf. F. diapasme. ] Powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. diapasw^n (i. e., "h dia` pasw^n chordw^n symfoni`a the concord of the first and last notes, the octave); dia` through + pasw^n, gen. pl. of pa^s all: cf. F. diapason. Cf. Panacea.] 1. (Gr. Mus.) The octave, or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale. Compare disdiapason. [1913 Webster]

2. Concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony. [1913 Webster]

The fair music that all creatures made . . .
In perfect diapason. Milton. [1913 Webster]

3. The entire compass of tones; the entire compass of tones of a voice or an instrument. [1913 Webster]

Through all the compass of the notes it ran,
The diapason closing full in man. Dryden. [1913 Webster]

4. A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason. [1913 Webster]

5. One of certain stops in the organ, so called because they extend through the scale of the instrument. They are of several kinds, as open diapason, stopped diapason, double diapason, and the like. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a leaping or oozing through, fr. &unr_; to leap through; dia` through + &unr_; to leap. ] (Med.) The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of the walls of the blood vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of northern temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales.
Syn. -- family Diapensiaceae, diapensia family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of plants, used in some classifications as coextensive with the family Diapensiaceae.
Syn. -- order Diapensiales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. dia`pente a fifth; dia` through + pe`nte five: cf. F. diapente. ] 1. (Anc. Mus.) The interval of the fifth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A composition of five ingredients. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. diaspre, diapre, diaspe, sort of figured cloth, It. diaspro jasper, diaspo figured cloth, from L. jaspis a green-colored precious stone. See Jasper. ] 1. Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fine Arts) Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A towel or napkin for wiping the hands, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let one attend him with a silver basin, . . .
Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An infant's breechcloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving. “Diapered light.” H. Van Laun. [ 1913 Webster ]

Engarlanded and diapered
With in wrought flowers. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put a diaper on (a child). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. “If you diaper on folds.” Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Diaper, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. diaphane diaphanous. See Diaphanous. ] A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures; diaper work. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. diaphaner to make transparent. See Diaphanous. ] Transparent or translucent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. diaphanéité. See Diaphanous. ] The quality of being diaphanous; transparency; pellucidness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Diaphanous. ] Having power to transmit light; transparent; diaphanous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of imitating stained glass with translucent paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; transparent + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring the transparency of the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; transparent + -scope. ] (Photog.) A dark box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, with or without a lens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; transparent + -type. ] (Photog.) A colored photograph produced by superimposing a translucent colored positive over a strong uncolored one. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to show or shine through; dia` through + &unr_; to show, and in the passive, to shine: cf. F. diaphane. See Phantom, and cf. Diaphane, Diaphanic. ] Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another cloud in the region of them, light enough to be fantastic and diaphanous. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Translucently. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. dia` through + &unr_; touch + &unr_; measure. ] (Physiol.) Relating to the measurement of the tactile sensibility of parts; as, diaphemetric compasses. Dunglison.

{ , a. [ Gr. dia` through + &unr_; sound, tone. ] Diacoustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to carry through, to throw off by perspiration; dia` through + &unr_; to carry. ] (Med.) Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration.

n. (Med.) A medicine or agent which promotes perspiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Diaphoretics differ from sudorifics; the former only increase the insensible perspiration, the latter excite the sensible discharge called sweat. Parr. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. diaphoreticus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. diaphorétique. See Diaphoresis. ] Having the power to increase perspiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. dia- + Gr. &unr_;, light. ] (Elec.) An instrument designed for transmitting pictures by telegraph. Fallows. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. diaphragma, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to fence by a partition wall; dia` through + &unr_;, &unr_;, to fence, inclose; prob. akin to L. fareire to stuff: cf. F. diaphragme. See Farce. ] 1. A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) The muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A calcareous plate which divides the cavity of certain shells into two parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Opt.) A plate with an opening, which is generally circular, used in instruments to cut off marginal portions of a beam of light, as at the focus of a telescope. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mach.) A partition in any compartment, for various purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Diaphragm pump, one in which a flexible diaphragm takes the place of a piston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. diaphragmatique. ] Pertaining to a diaphragm; as, diaphragmatic respiration; the diaphragmatic arteries and nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to diaphysis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a growing through; dia` through + &unr_; to bring forth. ] 1. (Bot.) An abnormal prolongation of the axis of inflorescence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) The shaft, or main part, of a bone, which is first ossified. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; outlet for the wind, exhalation, fr. &unr_; to blow through; dia` through + &unr_; to blow, breathe: cf. F. diapnoïque. ] (Med.) Slightly increasing an insensible perspiration; mildly diaphoretic. -- n. A gentle diaphoretic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to a diapophysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Dia-, and Apophysis. ] (Anat.) The dorsal transverse, or tubercular, process of a vertebra. See Vertebra. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. dis- (Gr. &unr_;) + diapason. ] (Anc. Mus.) An interval of two octaves, or a fifteenth; -- called also bisdiapason. Compare diapason{ 1 }. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Diaper. ] To decorate with a diaper pattern. [ 1913 Webster ]

. An adjustable diaphragm, reminiscent of the iris of the eye in its action, by which the diameter of an approximately circular opening may be controlled, as for regulating the aperture of a lens; it consists of a number of movable thin curved plates fastened at regular intervals around the inside of a ring, the positions of which are simultaneously adjusted by a single knob on the outside of the lens. It is used in cameras and microscopes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

{ , n. [ Also spelled lagnappe. ][ Etym. uncertain. ] 1. In Louisiana, a trifling present given to customers by tradesmen; a gratuity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lagniappe . . .is something thrown in, gratis, for good measure. Mark Twain. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A tip or gratuity. [ PJC ]

3. Hence: Anything obtained gratuitously or unexpectedly. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. myriapode. ] (Zool.) One of the Myriapoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; numberless + -poda. ] (Zool.) A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous tracheae, similar to those of true insects. The larvae, when first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See Centiped, Galleyworm, Milliped. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The existing Myriapoda are divided into three orders: Chilopoda, Chilognatha or Diplopoda, and Pauropoda (see these words in the Vocabulary). Large fossil species (very different from any living forms) are found in the Carboniferous formation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. peri`apton, fr. peri`aptos hung about, peria`ptein to hang about; peri` about + 'a`ptein to tie: cf. F. périapte. ] A charm worn as a protection against disease or mischief; an amulet. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now help, ye charming spells and periapts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]