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Dividivi

the very astringent husks of Cæsalpinia coriaria, imported from South America, in the form of dark brown rolls containing a few flat seeds.

The outer rind of the husks contains a large quantity of tannin, together with ready-formed gallic acid. Dividivi is used in tanning.

Division

in military matters, a portion of an army consisting of two or more brigades, composed of the various arms of the service, and commanded by a general officer. In the navy, a select number of ships in a fleet or squadron of men-of-war.

Division of Labor

in economics, a theory based on the principle that industry can be best carried on when each man has a special work to do. Constant practice in doing the same thing leads to a perfection which could otherwise be attained.

Dix

DOROTHEA LYNDE, an Amerstatesman and soldier; born in Boscawen,

Dixon Entrance

a strait on the W. coast of North America, separating Queen Charlotte Islands from the Prince of Wales Archipelago, and so dividing Britsh territory from a part of Alaska.

Dobereiner's Lamp

a contrilight, invented by Professor Dobereiner, vance for producing an instantaneous of Jena, in 1824. The light is produced of hydrogen gas upon recently-prepared spongy platinum, when the metal instantly becomes red hot, and then sets fire to the gas. territory forming part of the kingdom of

Dock

a name applied to different plants of the genus Rumex, belonging to the rhubarb family. These are large herbaceous plants, with stout roots, and bearing panicles of small greenish flowers. flow The roots of some of them are used medicinally as astringents.

Docket

or DOCQUET, in law, a term variously used, as for a summary of a larger writing; a small piece of paper or parchment containing the heads of a writing; an alphabetical list of cases in a court, or a catalogue of the names of the parties who have suits depending in a court.

Doe

JOHN, and RICHARD ROE, two fictitious personages of the English law who formerly appeared in a suit of ejectment. This fictitious form of procedure was abolished in 1852. In the United States John Doe and Jane Doe

Dogbane

an American plant found from Canada to the Carolinas, belonging to the natural order of Apocyпacex.

The whole plant is milky; the root is intensely bitter and nauseous, and is employed in the United States instead of ipecacuanha. Another species yields a useful fiber, and is known as Canada or Indian hemp.

Dog Lichen

the popular name of a plant, Peltidea canina, common on damp ground, stones, and trunks of trees. It was formerly supposed to be a specific for hydrophobia. It is also known as ash-colored ground liverwort .

Dogmatics

a systematic arrangement of the articles of Christian faith DOG ROSE (dogmas), or the branch of theology that deals with them. The first attempt to furnish a complete and coherent system of Christian dogmas was made by Origen in the 3d century.