Dynamometer
an instrument for measuring the force used in overcoming DYNAMOMETER, an instrument for resistance and producing motion. tropical disease, not common in this country. It may be acute or chronic, or and highly dangerous. It is seated in the large intestine, the lower part of the bowel, but sometimes extends upward into the small intestine above the ileocæcal valve. Dysentery is accominto the small intestine above the ileocæcal valve. Dysentery is accomand bloody stools, containing little or no fæces. The most frequent complication and bloody stools, containing little or no fæces. The most frequent complication is with the liver and disease of the kiddry skin, furred tongue, thirst, sleeplessness, quick pulse, despondency, dry skin, furred tongue, thirst, sleepleaving the patient frequently a complete wreck. Ipecacuanha is the chief remedy, especially in the acute cases. plete wreck. Ipecacuanha is the chief remedy, especially in the acute cases.
In the scorbutic form, the Bael fruit is shooting or cutting pains. In favorable cases recovery may take place in from three to four weeks, but death somey, etc., times occurs in 10 or 12 days, or the case may extend over months or years. times occurs in 10 or 12 days, or the The action of the stomach on the food is that usually designated as digestion, and it is the derangement of this process that is usually expressed by the term dyspepsia. The sub-acute and chronic forms of gastric irritation and in- flammation are the most common forms chronic forms of gastric irritation and infood and stimulant drinks. Another of dyspepsia, and are often caused by too highly seasoned or too abundant food and stimulant drinks. Another class of dyspeptic diseases is connected with irritation of the mucous membrane of the duodenum, causing perversion of secretions and disorder of functions. A third class of dyspeptic diseases depends immediate affection of the stomach. The on the nerves connected with the digesdyspeptic symptoms independent of any immediate affection of the stomach. The the quantity of food eaten. The quality must also be considered, while good cooking is also a preservative against dyspepsia. a Linnæan genus of DYTISCUS, beetles, forming the tribe or family Dybeetles, forming the tribe or family Dytera; i.e., have all the tarsi five-jointed. Their general form is oval, the outline perfect insect are not adapted to the little broken, and the surface very perfect insect are not adapted to the extraction of air from water, and it to breathe, where it rests for a short time back downward, and with the exmust occasionally come to the surface time back downward, and with the extremity of the abdomen exposed to the air, the openings of the air tubes being in the last segment.
DYVOUR (to owe), in the old legal language of Scotland, a bankrupt who under various acts from 1606 to 1696 was until discharged compelled to wear a the a hideous and conspicuous costume. Thus an act of 1688 prescribes as the bes as Thus an act of 1688 prescribes dyvour's habit "a bonnet partly of brown and partly of a yellow color, with uppermost hose, or stockings, on his conform to a pattern delivered to the The barlegs, half brown and half yellow colored, magistrates of Edinburgh." The barmagistrates of Edinburgh." long ere the dyvour's habit was abolished by law in 1836. ished by law in 1836. DZIGGETAI, a species of wild ass, more horse-like than the others. It is probably the hemionus ("half-ass") of Herodotus and Pliny. It inhabits the into the S. of Siberia and to the borders herds. The Mongols and Tungûs hunt it eagerly on account of its flesh. It has been partly domesticated. It is also known by the names of kiang, khur, and goor.
E E, e, the fifth letter and the second vowel in the English language. It has three principal sounds, the first long, and corresponding to the sound of i in French and Italian, as in me; the second short, as in men, set; the third like a or the French è, as in there. There is also the modification caused by the short or long being followed by r, as in her and here, and the u or dropped sound of it, as in camel. E occurs in words more frequently than any other letter of the English alphabet, this being in a great measure due to the fact that it represents in many instances the Anglo- Saxon a, e, o, and u. It is pronounced with a medium opening of the mouth, the tongue being expanded to touch the upper molars, and the voice gently expirated. E is largely used as a final vowel to lengthen the preceding syllable, being itself silent; as man, mane; can, cane. Sometimes, however, it exercises no influence on the preceding vowel, as in gone, give. It is also used after and g to denote the softened sound of those letters; c followed by e being pronounced as s, and g followed by e as j. Up to the end of the 14th century the final e was in most cases pronounced, except before a vowel, or letter h; thus the first line of Chaucer's "Canterbury's Tales" was pronounced as follows: "
Whan that Aprille with his shoures swote."
When the letter e is doubled the sound is the same as that of the long single e; as in deem, seem, etc. The digraph ea is, in most cases, sounded as long e, but occasionally as short e; as in lead (the metal), tread, etc. The combination ei has two sounds: the first the same as long e, as in receive, deceive, etc.; the second that of long a, or French è, è, as in reign, feign, etc. The digraph ie has the sound of long e, as in siege, believe, E as an initial is used for East, as in charts: E. by S.-East by South. etc.
E as a symbol is used: 1. In numerals, for 250. 2. In chemistry, for the element erbium. 3. In music. (1) For the note hypate in Greek music. (2) The key-note of the Church mode, called Phrygian. (3) The note elami in the system of hexachords. (4) The third note of the diatonic scale, corresponding to mi of the Italians.