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Decalogue
(Dec"a*logue) n. [F. décalogue, L. decalogus, fr. Gr. de`ka ten + speech, to speak, to say. See Ten.] The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone.

Decameron
(De*cam"e*ron) n. [It. decamerone, fr. Gr. de`ka ten + part; though quite generally supposed to be derived from day: cf. F. décaméron.] A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; — written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian.

Decameter
(Dec"a*me`ter, Dec"a*me`tre) n. [F. décamètre; Gr. de`ka ten + mètre. See Meter.] A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.

Decamp
(De*camp") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decamped (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Decamping.] [F. décamper; pref. dé- (L. dis) + camp camp. See Camp.]

1. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly. Macaulay.

2. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; — generally used disparagingly.

The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house was once again converted into a tavern.

Goldsmith.

Decampment
(De*camp"ment) n. [Cf. F. décampement.] Departure from a camp; a marching off.

Decanal
(Dec"a*nal) a. [Cf. F. décanal. See Dean.] Pertaining to a dean or deanery.

His rectorial as well as decanal residence.

Churton.

Decanal side, the side of the choir on which the dean's tall is placed. — Decanal stall, the stall allotted to the dean in the choir, on the right or south side of the chancel. Shipley.

Decandria
(||De*can"dri*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + a man.] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants characterized by having ten stamens.

Decandrian
(De*can"dri*an De*can"drous) a. [Cf. F. décandre.] (Bot.) Belonging to the Decandria; having ten stamens.

Decane
(Dec"ane) n. [See Deca-.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C₁₀H₂₂, of the paraffin series, including several isomeric modifications.

Decangular
(Dec*an"gu*lar) a. [Pref. deca- + angular.] Having ten angles.

Decani
(||De*ca"ni) a. [L., lit., of the dean.] Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; — correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side.

Decant
(De*cant") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Decanting.] [F. décanter (cf. It. decantare), prop., to pour off from the edge of a vessel; pref. dé- (L. de) + OF. cant (It. canto) edge, border, end. See Cant an edge.] To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.

Decantate
(De*can"tate) v. t. To decant. [Obs.]

Decantation
(De`can*ta"tion) n. [Cf. F. décantation.] The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.

Decanter
(De*cant"er) n.

1. A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.