Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . ersy ; variance or disagreement ;obstacle; perplexity; distress: objection.— Difficult,a. Hard to make, do, or perform; beset with diffi-culty ; not easily wrought upon ; not compliant;painful; austere; rigid.—Difficultly, adv. Diffident, dif ft-dent, a. Wanting confidence inothers, or in ones self; distrustful: timid; bashful;reserved. — Dif fidently, adw.—Dif fidence, -dens, of being,
Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . ersy ; variance or disagreement ;obstacle; perplexity; distress: objection.— Difficult,a. Hard to make, do, or perform; beset with diffi-culty ; not easily wrought upon ; not compliant;painful; austere; rigid.—Difficultly, adv. Diffident, dif ft-dent, a. Wanting confidence inothers, or in ones self; distrustful: timid; bashful;reserved. — Dif fidently, adw.—Dif fidence, -dens, of being, etc. Diffuse, dif-fuz, v. t. [-fused (-fuzdO, -fusing.] Topour out and spread, as a fluid; to send out. or ex-tend, in all directions; to expand, disseminate,spend, publish, proclaim. — DifEuser, n.—Diffus-edly, adv. In a diffused manner; dispersedlv. —DiffuBednesB, n. — Diffusible, -zT-bl, a. Capable ofbeing, etc.—DifEusibility, w.—Diffusion, -zhun, of, or state of being,etc.; dissemination; spread;propagation: dispersion.— Diffuse, -fus, a. Pouredout; widely spread; not restrained, esp. as to style;copious; prolix. Dig, dig, V. t. [dug or (obs.) digged (digd), dig-. GIJTG.] To turn and throw up, as the earth ; toloosen or remove with a spade, etc.; to delve; tohollow out, as a well; form, as a ditch; excavate. —V. i. To work with a spade, etc., do servile work,delve. Digamma, di-gamma, n. A letter (F) of the Greekalphabet, which early fell into disuse, pron., prob.,like E. w. Digest, di-jest, v. f. To arrange methodically; worko^•e^ and classify ; to prepare in the stomach forconversion into blood, turn into chyme, — said offood; to think over, reilect upon. {Chem.) To softenbj heat and moisture. (Med.) To suppurate, —v. undergo digestion; be prepared by heat, suppu-rate.— Digest, ?i. Thing digested; esp. that whichis worked over, classified, and arranged; compen-dium; abridgment; pandect; a collection of Romanlaws. — Digestion, -
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