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Ditcher
(Ditch"er) n. One who digs ditches.

Dite
(Dite) v. t. [See Dight.] To prepare for action or use; to make ready; to dight. [Obs.]

His hideous club aloft he dites.

Spenser.

Diterebene
(Di*ter"e*bene) n. [Pref. di- + terebene.] (Chem.) See Colophene.

Dithecal
(Di*the"cal Di*the"cous) a. [Pref. di- + theca.] (Bot.) Having two thecæ, cells, or compartments.

Ditheism
(Di"the*ism) n. [Pref. di- + theism: cf. F. dithéisme.] The doctrine of those who maintain the existence of two gods or of two original principles one good and one evil; dualism.

Ditheist
(Di"the*ist), n. One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist. Cudworth.

Ditheistic
(Di`the*is"tic Di`the*is"tic*al) a. Pertaining to ditheism; dualistic.

Dithionic
(Di`thi*on"ic) a. [Pref. di- + -thionic.] (Chem.) Containing two equivalents of sulphur; as, dithionic acid.

Dithionic acid (Chem.), an unstable substance, H₂S₂O₆, known only in its solutions, and in certain well-defined salts.

Dithyramb
(Dith"y*ramb) n. [L. dithyrambus, Gr. a kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus; also, a name of Bacchus; of unknown origin: cf. F. dithyrambe.] A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain. Bentley.

Dithyrambic
(Dith`y*ram"bic) a. [L. dithyrambicus, Gr. : cf. F. dithyrambique.] Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous. "Dithyrambic sallies." Longfellow. — n. A dithyrambic poem; a dithyramb.

Dithyrambus
(Dith`y*ram"bus) n. [L.] See Dithyramb.

Dition
(Di"tion) n. [L. ditio, dicio: cf. F. dition.] Dominion; rule. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Ditionary
(Di"tion*a*ry) a. Under rule; subject; tributary. [Obs.] Chapman.

Ditionary
(Di"tion*a*ry), n. A subject; a tributary. [Obs.] Eden.

Ditokous
(Di"to*kous) a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + a bringing forth, offspring.] (Zoöl.) (a) Having two kinds of young, as certain annelids. (b) Producing only two eggs for a clutch, as certain birds do.

Ditolyl
(Di*tol"yl) n. [Pref. di- + tolyl.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C₁₄H₁₄, consisting of two radicals or residues of toluene.

Ditone
(Di"tone`) n. [Gr. of two tones; di- = di`s- twice + tone.] (Mus.) The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone).

Ditrichotomous
(Di`tri*chot"o*mous) a. [Pref. di- + trichotomous.]

1. Divided into twos or threes.

2. (Bot.) Dividing into double or treble ramifications; — said of a leaf or stem. [R.] Loudon.

Ditrochean
(Di`tro*che"an) a. (Pros.) Containing two trochees.