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Day Lily

the popular name for a genus of lilies (Hemerocallis), a native of temperate Asia and eastern Europe, two species of which (H. flava and H. fulva) are grown in gardens. They have long radical leaves, and a branched few-flowered scape, with large, handsome blossoms, the segments of which are united into a tube.

D'Azeglio

See AZEGLIO.

DEACON [Lat. diaconus, all from Gr. diakonos (as subst.) (1) a servant, a waiting man; (2) a minister of the and pianos. The city contains the Speers Memorial Hospital, and other public buildings. Pop. (1910) 6,979; Church, especially a deacon, a deacon- (1920) 7,646.

Deaconess

a female deacon in the early Christian Church. The term is sometimes applied to a sister of mercy, or those ladies who live in community and follow the rule of the Lutheran deaconesses. Deaconesses existed in the 1st century. The office has been revived in the United States, in Germany, and to a certain extent in England.

Dead-Men's Fingers

a popular name for the Alcyonium, a genus of polypes, the typical one of the family alcyonidæ. It contains many well-known species, such as A. digitatum, or seafinger, and A. glomeratum.

Dead-Nettle

the common name of the species of plants of the genus Lamium, natural order Labiatæ, from the resemblance of their leaves to those of the nettle, though they have no stinging property. There are several species found in Great Britain (and now also in North America), as the white dead- DEAD SEA

Dead Sea

the usual name, dating from the time of Jerome, for a most re-

Dead Sea

the usual name, dating from the time of Jerome, for a most remarkable lake in the S. E. of Palestine, called in the Old Testament The Salt DEAF AND DUMB It is vain, therefore, to suppose that the 'cities of the plain' were beneath the present sea." the county-seat of Lawrence co.

Death-Tick

a beetle of the genus Anobium, an inmate of human dwellings, which makes a ticking sound. The most common form of this very prevalent superstition is the belief that when the death-tick is heard some member of the household will die within 12 months.

Deborah

a Hebrew seer or proph- DEBOT tribes from the oppression of Jabin and secured a peace of 40 years' duration.

The triumphal ode (Judges v) attributed to her is a remarkable specimen of Hebrew poetry.

Debruised

in heraldry, an epithet applied to a bend or other ordinary placed over some animal, in such a manner as to appear to restrain its freedom of action.

Decagon

a plane geometrical figure of 10 sides. When the sides are equal, the figure is called a regular decagon.

Decimal Arithmetic

the common system of arithmetic, in which the figures represent a different value, progressing or decreasing by tens; the value increasing tenfold for each place nearer to the left hand, and decreasing tenfold for each place nearer the right hand. Also that part of the science of numerical calculation which treats of decimal fractions.