Chapter Dickens to Direct of D by Soule's Synonymes

Dictionary, n.

1. Lexicon, vocabulary, glossary, word-book.

2. Encyclopædia, cyclopædia, alphabetical summary (in any department of knowledge).

Dictum, n. (L. pl. Dicta.)

1. Saying, assertion, affirmation.

2. (Law.) (a) Extra-judicial opinion; (b) award, arbitrament, decision (of an arbitrator).

Didactic, Didactical, a. Preceptive.

Didactics, n. pl. Science and art of teaching, pædeutics, pedagogy.

Didapper, n. Dab-chick, dob-chick (Podiceps minor).

Diddle, v. n.

1. Totter.

2. Trifle, dawdle, waste time.

Die, v. n.

1. Expire, decease, depart, leave the world, draw the last breath, cease to exist, give up the ghost, pay the debt of nature, take one’s last sleep, shuffle off this mortal coil, go the way of all flesh, go to one’s last home, be numbered with the dead, cross the Styx, cross the Stygian ferry.

2. Wither, perish, decay, decline, fade, fade out, lose life.

3. Cease, vanish, disappear, come to nothing, come to an end, be lost, be heard of no more.

4. Sink, faint, fall.

5. Gradually cease, become fainter and fainter, subside, gradually disappear.

Die, n.

1. Cube (for gaming).

2. Dado, cube of a pedestal.