Chapter Dermoneural to Descrier of D by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Dermoneural to Descrier

Dermoneural
(Der`mo*neu"ral) a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and neural structures; as, the dermoneural spines or dorsal fin rays of fishes. Owen.

Dermopathic
(Der`mo*path"ic) a. (Med.) Dermatopathic.

Dermophyte
(Der"mo*phyte) n. A dermatophyte.

Dermoptera
(||Der*mop"te*ra) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. skin + wing.]

1. (Zoöl.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs

2. (Zoöl.) A group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the colugo (Galeopithecus) is the type. See Colugo.

3. (Zoöl.) An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera.

[Written also Dermaptera, and Dermatoptera.]

Dermopteran
(Der*mop"ter*an) n. (Zoöl.) An insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight, as the earwig.

Dermopteri
(||Der*mop"te*ri) n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) Same as Dermopterygii.

Dermopterygii
(||Der*mop`te*ryg"i*i) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. skin + wing, fin, dim. of wing.] (Zoöl.) A group of fishlike animals including the Marsipobranchiata and Leptocardia.

Dermoskeleton
(Der`mo*skel"e*ton) n. [Derm + skeleton.] (Anat.) See Exoskeleton.

Dermostosis
(||Der`mos*to"sis) n. [NL., from Gr. skin + bone.] (Physiol.) Ossification of the dermis.

Dern
(Dern) n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A gatepost or doorpost. [Local Eng.] C. Kingsley.

Dern
(Dern), a. [See Dearn, a.]

1. Hidden; concealed; secret. [Obs.] "Ye must be full dern." Chaucer.

2. Solitary; sad. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Derne
(Derne) v. t. & i. [AS. dyrnan to hide. See Dern, a., Dearn, a.] To hide; to skulk. [Scot.]

He at length escaped them by derning himself in a foxearth.

H. Miller.

Dernful
(Dern"ful) a. Secret; hence, lonely; sad; mournful. [Obs.] "Dernful noise." Spenser.

Dernier
(||Der`nier") a. [F., from OF. darrein, derrain. See Darrein.] Last; final.

Dernier ressort[F.], last resort or expedient.

Dernly
(Dern"ly) adv. Secretly; grievously; mournfully. [Obs.] Spenser.

Derogant
(Der"o*gant) a. [L. derogans, p. pr.] Derogatory. [R.] T. Adams.

Derogate
(Der"o*gate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derogated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Derogating ] [L. derogatus, p. p. of derogare to derogate; de- + rogare to ask, to ask the people about a law. See Rogation.]