Didonia
(||Di*do"ni*a) n. [NL. So called in allusion to the classical story of Dido and the bull's hide.]
(Geom.) The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area.
Tait.
Didrachm
(Di"drachm Di*drach"ma) n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + a drachm.] A two-drachma piece; an
ancient Greek silver coin, worth nearly forty cents.
Didst
(Didst) the 2d pers. sing. imp. of Do.
Diducement
(Di*duce"ment) n. Diduction; separation into distinct parts. Bacon.
Diduction
(Di*duc"tion) n. [L. diductio, fr. diducere, diductum, to draw apart; di- = dis- + ducere to
lead, draw.] The act of drawing apart; separation.
Didym
(Di"dym) n. (Chem.) See Didymium.
Didymium
(Di*dym"i*um) n. [NL., fr. Gr. twin.] (Chem.) A rare metallic substance usually associated
with the metal cerium; — hence its name. It was formerly supposed to be an element, but has since
been found to consist of two simpler elementary substances, neodymium and praseodymium. See Neodymium,
and Praseodymium.
Didymous
(Did"y*mous) a. di`dymos twofold, twin.]—> (Bot.) Growing in pairs or twins.
Didynamia
(||Did`y*na"mi*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + power.] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of
plants having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.
Didynamian
(||Did`y*na"mi*an) a. Didynamous.
Didynamous
(Di*dyn"a*mous) a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Didynamia; containing four stamens
disposed in pairs of unequal length.
Die
(Die) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Died ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dying.] [OE. deyen, dien, of Scand. origin; cf.
Icel. deyja; akin to Dan. döe, Sw. dö, Goth. diwan OFries. dia to kill, OS. doian to die, OHG. touwen,
OSlav. daviti to choke, Lith. dovyti to torment. Cf. Dead, Death.]
1. To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of
action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; — said of animals and vegetables; often
with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or
hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought.
To die by the roadside of grief and hunger.
Macaulay.
She will die from want of care.
Tennyson. 2. To suffer death; to lose life.
In due time Christ died for the ungodly.
Rom. v. 6. 3. To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished.
Letting the secret die within his own breast.
Spectator.
Great deeds can not die.
Tennyson.
