Delibes
LEON (de-leb), a French ; composer born in St. Germain du Val, Feb. 21, 1836; entered the Paris Conser vatoire in 1848, and in 1855 produced an operetta , "Two Bags of Charcoal." At the Grand Opera, his music for the ballet The " Fountain" (1866) met with great success . The ballet-music for "Coppélia" (1870 ), is his finest work. He wrote music for a third ballet and for three comic operas. "The King Said So" (1873), became very popular. In 1880 stone wall 5½ miles long, strengthened he was appointed professor in the Conservatoire. He died Jan. 16, 1891. beloved of Samson. She persuaded him
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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. DELIQUESCENCE the which certain very soluble salts and other , 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 desiccator.
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Delirium
increased ideation ranging from simple confusion of thought to fixed delusion, accompanied by incoherence, restlessness, and frequently combined with some amount of unconsciousness, deepening at times into coma. It often occurs in the course of general specific diseases, in pneumonia, erysipelas, gout, acute mania, alcoholic poisoning as delirium tremens, and as a consequence of nervous exhaustion from mental overwork. DE LISLE. See LECONTE DE LISLE.
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Delirium Tremens
de-lir'i-um tre'menz, a wandering of the mind due to prolonged intoxication. The victim of alcoholic beverages, opium, belladonna, cocaine, and other drugs is overtaken by an ungovernable trembling of the body, loss of appetite, and wakefulness, and is subject to illusions of the senses, such as seeing darting, hissing serpents and hearing terrifying noises when there are none. Rest, quiet, sleep, and a restored appetite are depended on to effect a cure; but the victim is frequently but a quaking shadow of his former self, will and energy quite gone. It is properly an alcoholic derangement of the nervous system.
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Deliver
This term applies to the withdrawal of a pattern from the sand. It is said to deliver ill or well according to the condition of the mould it has been the means of forming. See PATTERN; DRAFT.
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Delivery
in law (1) the delivery a of deed, or the handing of it over to the grantee, which is expressed in the attestation , "sealed and delivered," is one of the requisites to a good deed. A deed takes effect only from this deli if the lelivery date be false or impossible, the de- ; for livery ascertains the time of it. A delivery may be either absolute, that is, to the grantee himself or to a third person to hold till some conditions be performed on the part of the grantee. In certain cases as wills, bonds made a parent in favor of his children, or deeds by in which the grantee has himself an interest , or where there is a mutual obligation between the parties, delivery is not required. See DEED. (2) An expression peculiar to England, also called jail delivery, a term applied to the Sessions at the Old Bailey, London, or the Assizes, when the jail is delivered or cleared of the prisoners .
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Della Cruscans
a coterie of English poetasters resident for some time in Florence, who printed inferior sentimental poetry and prose in 1785. Removing to England, their work was published chiefly in the "World" and "Oracle ." Mrs. Piozzi, Boswell, Merry, Cobb, Holcroft, Mrs. H. Cowley, and Mrs. Robinson, were the leaders. They took the name from the Accademia Della Crusca in Florence.
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Della Robbia
LUCA, an Italian sculptor; born in 1400, in Florence, died in 1482. He was distinguished for his work both in marble and bronze, and also for his reliefs in terra-cotta coated with enamel, a kind of work named after him. Other members of the family, distinguished themselves in the same line, especially ANDREA (1435-1525), nephew and pupil of Luca. famous
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Delorme
MARION, a French woman; born Oct. 31, 1613, in or near the town of Blois. She went early in life to Paris, where her great beauty and brilliant wit soon gathered a group of wealthy and high-born lovers round her. Cardinal Richelieu revenged himself for her contempt by causing her to be separated from the ill-fated young Cinq-Mars, rs, her love for whom was the one ennobling passion of her life. Among her lovers were, in succession, the Duke of Buckingham, Saint-Evremond, the Duc de Brissac, the Chevalier de Grammont, and Emery, the Superintendent of Finance. During the first disturbances of the Frondeurs, her house was the rallying-point of the chiefs of that party, and in consequence Mazarin was about to fling her into prison, when she suddenly died in 1650.
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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.
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Delphinide
one of the families into which the order Cetacea is divided. It comprises such forms as the true dolphins, the fresh-water dolphins of the Ganges and Amazon, the porpoises, the beluga, the orca, and, according to some authors, the narwhal. The members of this group possess considerable diversity in outward form, in skeletal characters, and dentition; and, with the exception of the narwhal they agree in having numerous conical teeth in both jaws. The delphinidæ are found fossil in deposits of Miocene and later date.
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Delphinium
or LARKSPURS, a genus of plants belonging to the natural order Ranunculaceæ. They are widely spread over the northern temperate zone. They are erect, branching, annual or perennial shrubs, with blue or violet, rarely white, racemose flowers; calyx deciduous, petal-like, and irregular. D. staphisagria, staves-acre, has seeds which are irritant and narcotic, and yield the alkaloid delphinia. D. Consolida is a simple astringent.
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