. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. or nut of which, about the size of alarge walnut, furnishes a fine solid oil known asPiney tallow, which is wholesome and edible, andalso useil for lamps. Dhotee. Dhoty, a waistcloth or loose wrap-per; a long narrow strip of cotton or gauze wornby the male Iliiidiios instead of pantaloons ; it issonieiimes ornamented with a silk border. Dhow, an Arabian coasting vessel trading be-tween the Iersian Gulf, the Hed Sea, and the pen-insula of Inilia. Dhurra, a variable Eastern measure of capacityin the Hombay presid
. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. or nut of which, about the size of alarge walnut, furnishes a fine solid oil known asPiney tallow, which is wholesome and edible, andalso useil for lamps. Dhotee. Dhoty, a waistcloth or loose wrap-per; a long narrow strip of cotton or gauze wornby the male Iliiidiios instead of pantaloons ; it issonieiimes ornamented with a silk border. Dhow, an Arabian coasting vessel trading be-tween the Iersian Gulf, the Hed Sea, and the pen-insula of Inilia. Dhurra, a variable Eastern measure of capacityin the Hombay presidency it contains 10 .seers, andis eciual to 10 lbs., 11 ounces, Ui drachms ; oeea-gionally it is 12 to 1:5 seers. In some jiarts ofGuzerat the dhurra, or dhiirree, is only 12 lbs., 8ounces, J drachms, and in Malwa it is but 3 lbs.,12 ounces. Dhurra, Dourah, a species of Holms, the prin-cipal grain crop of Egypt after wheat, which islargely used there by the laboring classes for food,and also forms the currency of Nubia. Varietiesof this grain are grown in niatiy parts of Fig. 128. — EliUATORI^^L DUL Diachylon-Plaster, a medicinal adhesiveplaster used as a strapping, the basis of which islithtirgo and olive oil. Diagram, a rough delineation ; an explanatorysketch or drawing. Dial, or Sun-Dial, an instrument for register-ing time by the suns rays falling upon an ,or gnomon, whose shadow marks the progress ofthe hours. There are a variety of />., horiztmlal,oblique, or vertical, and also depending on theiraspect with reference to the sun. In the construction of a D. the object is to find the sunsdistance from the uieiidian by means of the shadow. Whenthis is known, the hour also is known, provided we supposethe suns apparent motion to be uniform, tind that it moves ina circle parallel to the eijuator during the whole day. In pointof fact, neither of thece conditions is fulfilled, but tile errorarising from this is of small amount. Although D. havemany differen
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