Detrition
(De*tri"tion) n. [LL. detritio. See Detriment.] A wearing off or away.
Phonograms which by process long-continued detrition have reached a step of extreme simplicity.
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Taylor Detritus
(De*tri"tus) n. [F. détritus, fr. L. detritus, p. p. of deterere. See Detriment.]
1. (Geol.) A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as,
diluvial detritus.
For large portions, the word débris is used.
2. Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they belonged; any product of disintegration.
The mass of detritus of which modern languages are composed.
Farrar. Detrude
(De*trude") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Detruding.] [L. detrudere, detrusum;
de + trudere to thrust, push.] To thrust down or out; to push down with force. Locke.
Detruncate
(De*trun"cate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detruncated; p. pr. & vb. n. Detruncating.] [L. detruncatus,
p. p. of detruncare to cut off; de + truncare to maim, shorten, cut off. See Truncate.] To shorten by
cutting; to cut off; to lop off.
Detruncation
(De`trun*ca"tion) n. [L. detruncatio: cf. F. détroncation.] The act of lopping or cutting off,
as the head from the body.
Detrusion
(De*tru"sion) n. [L. detrusio. See Detrude.] The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward
thrust. — De*tru"sive, a.
Dette
(Dette) n. Debt. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Detteles
(Dette"les) a. Free from debt. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Detumescence
(De`tu*mes"cence) n. [L. detumescere to cease swelling; de + tumescere, tumere, to
swell.] Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen. [R.] Cudworth.
Detur
(||De"tur) n. [L. detur let it be given.] A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate
student as a prize. [Harvard Univ., U. S.]
Deturb
(De*turb") v. t. [L. deturbare.] To throw down. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Deturbate
(De*tur"bate) v. t. [LL. deturbatus, p. p. of deturbare, fr. L. deturbare to thrust down.] To
evict; to remove. [Obs.] Foxe.
Deturbation
(Det`ur*ba"tion) n. The act of deturbating. [Obs.]
Deturn
(De*turn") v. t. [Pref. de- + turn. Cf. Detour.] To turn away. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.
Deturpate
(De*tur"pate) v. t. [L. deturpare; de + turpare to make ugly, defile, turpis ugly, foul.] To
defile; to disfigure. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Deturpation
(Det`ur*pa"tion) n. A making foul. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Deuce
(Deuce) n. [F. deux two, OF. deus, fr. L. duo. See Two.]
1. (Gaming) Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.
