Delegate – Demise
Delegate
a person appointed and sent by another or by others, with powers to transact business as his or their representative. The title was given to members of the first Continental Congress in America, 1774. Representatives from United States territories are so designated.
Delilah
a woman of the Philistines, to reveal to her the secret of his great strength, and when she learned that it lay in his long and thick hair, cut off his locks while he was asleep and then treacherously delivered the helpless man hands of his enemies. which certain very soluble salts and other
Deliquescence
the property , the property bodies possess of absorbing moisture from the atmosphere. This property is made use of in drying salts, etc., the substance being placed over another substance which absorbs water from the air, as sulphuric acid, chloride of calcium, quicklime, etc., in an air-tight vessel called a sel called a desiccator.
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Della Cruscans
a coterie of in Florence, who printed inferior sentimental poetry and prose in 1785. Removing to England, their work was published lished chiefly in the "World" and "Oracle." Mrs. Piozzi, Boswell, Merry, Holcroft, Mrs. H. Cowley, and Mrs. 1 DELLA ROBBIA Robinson, were the leaders. They took the name from the Accademia Della Crusca in Florence.
Delphin Classics
a collection of the Latin classic authors made for the dauphin (Lat. ad usum Delphini), son of Louis XIV., under the editorship of Bossuet and Huet, with notes and interpretations. A similar series based on these was published in London.
Demagogue
a ringleader of a DEMAND AND SUPPLY a factious orator; a party leader; teacher of sedition. In its original acceptation, this word was considered an honorable designation; but it is now almost invariably used in a bad sense.
Dementia
in common parlance, and even in legal language, a word synonymous with insanity. Medically it is applied to those cases of unsound mind which are characterized by a total loss of the faculty of thought, or by such an imbecility of intellect that the ideas are extremely incoherent.
DEMETRIUS
De Mille
WILLIAM CHURCHILL, an American playwright, born in Wash- N. C., in 1878. He soldiers, he surrendered himself at length the American Academy of Dramatic Arts ington, N. C., in 1878. He studied at to son-in-law, who exiled him Pella, in Syria, where he died 283 в. C.
Demi-Bastion
in fortification, differs from a bastion in having only one flank instead of two and no curtain.
Demi-Lune
in fortification, practically the same as a ravelin. a
Demi-Relief
or DEMI-RILIEVO (demäi-ril-i-ä'võ), a term applied to sculpture projecting moderately from the face of a wall; half raised, as if cut in two, and half only fixed to the plane.
Mezzo-rilievo is a degree between alto and basso-rilievo.
Demise
(a laying down), in law a grant by lease; is applied to an estate either in fee-simple, fee-tail, or for a term of life or years. As applied to the crown of England, demise signifies its transmission to the next heir on being laid down by the sovereign at death.