Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 24
Deliquesce (v. i.) (Chem.) To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.
In very moist air crystals of strontites deliquesce. -- Black.
Deliquesce (v.) Melt away in the process of decay; "The fungi eventually deliquesced".
Deliquesce (v.) Melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air; "this type of salt deliquesces easily."
Deliquescence (n.) The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which anything deliquesces; tendency to melt.
Deliquescent (a.) Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as, deliquescent salts.
Deliquescent (a.) (Bot.) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees. -- Gray.
Deliquescent (a.) (Especially of certain salts) Becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.
Deliquiate (v. i.) To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce. -- Fourcroy.
Deliquiation (n.) The act of deliquiating.
Deliquium (n.) (Chem.) A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; a liquid condition; as, a salt falls into a deliquium. [R.]
Deliquium (n.) A sinking away; a swooning. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Deliquium (n.) A melting or maudlin mood. -- Carlyle.
Deliquium (n.) A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain [syn: faint, swoon, syncope, deliquium].
Deliracy (n.) Delirium. [Obs.]
Delirament (n.) A wandering of the mind; a crazy fancy. [Obs.] -- Heywood.
Delirancy (n.) Delirium. [Obs.] -- Gauden.
Delirant (a.) Delirious. [Obs.] -- Owen.
Delirate (v. t. & i.) To madden; to rave. [Obs.]
An infatuating and delirating spirit in it. -- Holland.
Deliration (n.) Aberration of mind; delirium. -- J. Morley.
Deliration or alienation of the understanding. -- Mede.
Deliriant (n.) (Med.) A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna).
Delirifacient (a.) (Med.) Producing, or tending to produce, delirium.
Delirifacient (n.) Any substance which tends to cause delirium.
Delirious (a.) 精神錯亂的，說胡話的；極度興奮的，狂喜的；譫妄引起的；譫妄性的 Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies. -- De*lir"i*ous*ly, adv. -- De*lir"i*ous*ness, n.
Delirious (a.) Experiencing delirium [syn: delirious, hallucinating].
Delirious (a.) Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure" [syn: delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained].
Delirium (n.) (Med.) 精神錯亂，說胡話 [U] [C]； 極度興奮，發狂 [S] A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from mania, or madness.
Delirium (n.) Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness.
The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind. -- W. Irving.
The delirium of the preceding session (of Parliament). -- Morley.
Delirium tremens. [L., trembling delirium] (Med.), A violent delirium induced by the excessive and prolonged use of intoxicating liquors.
Traumatic delirium (Med.), A variety of delirium following injury.
Syn: Insanity; frenzy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; lunacy; fury. See Insanity.
Delirium (n.) State of violent mental agitation [syn: {craze}, {delirium}, {frenzy}, {fury}, {hysteria}].
Delirium (n.) A usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations.
Delirium, () An embedding coordinate language for parallel programming, implemented on Sequent Symmetry, Cray, BBN Butterfly. ["Parallel Programming with Coordination Structures", S. Lucco et al, 18th POPL, pp.197-208 (1991)].
Delirium, () med.jur. A disease of the mind produced by inflammations, particularly in fevers, and other bodily diseases.
Delirium, () med.jur. It is also occasioned by intoxicating agents.
Delirium, () med.jur. Delirium manifests its first appearance "by a propensity of the patient to talk during sleep, and a momentary forgetfulness of his situation, and of things about him, on waking from it. And after being fully aroused, however, and his senses collected, the mind is comparatively clear and tranquil, till the next slumber, when the same scene is repeated. Gradually the mental disorder becomes more intense, and the intervals between its returns of shorter duration, until they are scarcely, or not at all perceptible. The patient lies on his back, his eyes, if open, presenting a dull and listless look, and is almost constantly talking to himself in a low, muttering tone. Regardless of persons or things around him and scarcely capable of recognizing them when aroused by his attendants, his mind retires within itself to dwell upon the scenes and events of the past, which pass before it in wild and disorderly array, while the tongue feebly records the varying impressions, in the form of disjointed, incoherent discourse, or of senseless rhapsody. In the delirium which occurs towards the end of chrome diseases, the discourse is often more coherent and continuous, though the mind is no less absorbed in its own reveries. As the disorder advances, the voice becomes more indistinct, the fingers are constantly picking at the bed-clothes, the evacuations are passed insensibly, and the patient is incapable of being aroused to any further effort of attention. In some cases, delirium is attended with a greater degree of nervous and vascular excitement, which more or less modifies the abovementioned symptoms. The eyes are open, dry, and bloodshot, intently gazing into vacancy, as if fixed on some object which is really present to the mind of the patient; the skin is hotter and dryer; and he is more restless and intractable. He talks more loudly, occasionally breaking out into cries and vociferation, and tosses about in bed, frequently endeavoring to get up, though without any particular object in view." Ray, Med. Jur. Sec. 213.
Delirium, () "So closely does delirium resemble mania to the casual observer, and so important is it that they should be distinguished from each other, that it may be well to indicate some of the most common and prominent features of each. In mania, the patient recognizes persons and things, and is perfectly conscious of, and remembers what is passing around him. In delirium, he can seldom distinguish one person or thing from another, and, as if fully occupied with the images that crowd upon his memory, gives no attention to those that are presented from without. In delirium, there is an entire abolition of the reasoning power; there is no attempt at reasoning at all; the ideas are all and equally insane; no single train of thought escapes the morbid influence, nor does a single operation of the mind reveal a glimpse of its natural vigor and acuteness. In mania, however false and absurd the ideas may be, we are never at a loss to discover patches of coherence, and some semblance of logical sequence in the discourse. The patient still reasons, but he reasons incorrectly. In mania, the muscular power is not perceptibly diminished, and the individual moves about with his ordinary ability. Delirium is invariably attended with great muscular debility; and the patient is confined to bed, and is capable of only a momentary effort of exertion. In mania, sensation is not necessarily impaired and, in most instances, the maniac sees, bears, and feels with all his natural acuteness. In delirium, sensation is greatly impaired, and this avenue to the understanding seems to be entirely closed. In mania, many of the bodily functions are undisturbed, and the appearance of the patient might not, at first sight, convey the impression of disease. In delirium, every function suffers, and the whole aspect of the patient is indicative of disease. Mania exists alone and independent of any other disorder, while delirium is only a symptom or attendant of some other disease. Being a symptom only, the latter maintains certain relations with the disease on which it depends; it is relieved when that is relieved, and is aggravated when that increases in severity. Mannia, though it undoubtedly tends to shorten life, is not immediately dangerous; whereas the disease on which delirium depends, speedily terminates in death, or restoration to health. Mania never occurs till after the age of puberty; delirium attacks all periods alike, from early childhood to extreme old age." Id. Sec. 216.
Delirium, () In the inquiry as to the validity of testamentary dispositions, it is of great importance, in many cases, to ascertain whether the testator labored under delirium, or whether he was of sound mind. Vide Sound mind; Unsound mind; 2 Addams, R. 441; 1 Addams, Rep. 229, 383; 1 Hagg. R. 577; 2 Hagg. R. 142; 1 Lee, Eccl. R. 130; 2 Lee, Eccl. R. 229; 1 Hag. Eccl. Rep. 256.
Delit (n.) Delight. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Delitable (a.) Delightful; delectable. [Obs.]
Delitescence (n.) Concealment; seclusion; retirement.
The delitescence of mental activities. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Delitescence (n.) (Med.) The sudden disappearance of inflammation.
Delitescency (n.) Concealment; seclusion.
Delitescent (a.) Lying hid; concealed.
Delitigate (v. i.) To chide; to rail heartily. [Obs.]
Delitigation (n.) Chiding; brawl. [Obs.]
Delivered (imp. & p. p.) of Deliver.
Delivering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deliver.
Deliver (v. t.) 投遞；傳送；運送 [（+to）]；給予（打擊等）；發動（進攻）[O]；發表；講；宣布；給……接生；生（嬰兒）；解救；解脫；釋放 [（+from）]；履行（諾言）；實現（期望）；為競選人拉（選票） To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death.
He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. -- Ezek. xxxiii. 5.
Promise was that I Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver. -- Milton.
Deliver (v. t.) To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; -- often with up or over, to or into.
Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand. -- Gen. xl. 13.
The constables have delivered her over. -- Shak.
The exalted mind All sense of woe delivers to the wind. -- Pope.
Deliver (v. t.) To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart.
Till he these words to him deliver might. -- Spenser.
Whereof the former delivers the precepts of the art, and the latter the perfection. -- Bacon.
Deliver (v. t.) To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball.
Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears. -- Sidney.
An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it. -- Sir W. Scott.
Deliver (v. t.) To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of.
She was delivered safe and soon. -- Gower.
Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones. -- Peacham.
Deliver (v. t.) To discover; to show. [Poetic]
I 'll deliver Myself your loyal servant. -- Shak.
Deliver (v. t.) To deliberate. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Deliver (v. t.) To admit; to allow to pass. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Syn: To Deliver, Give Forth, Discharge, Liberate, Pronounce, Utter.
Usage: Deliver denotes, literally, to set free. Hence the term is extensively applied to cases where a thing is made to pass from a confined state to one of greater freedom or openness. Hence it may, in certain connections, be used as synonymous with any or all of the above-mentioned words, as will be seen from the following examples: One who delivers a package gives it forth; one who delivers a cargo discharges it; one who delivers a captive liberates him; one who delivers a message or a discourse utters or pronounces it; when soldiers deliver their fire, they set it free or give it forth.
Deliver (a.) Free; nimble; sprightly; active. [Obs.]
Wonderly deliver and great of strength. -- Chaucer.
Deliver (v.) Deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" [syn: deliver, present].
Deliver (v. i.) 投遞；送貨；傳送；履行，實現 [（+on）] Bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers."
Deliver (v.) To surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" [syn: hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, deliver, render].
Deliver (v.) Free from harm or evil [syn: rescue, deliver].
Deliver (v.) Hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there" [syn: extradite, deliver, deport].
Deliver (v.) Pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn: render, deliver, return].
Deliver (v.) Utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy".
Deliver (v.) Save from sins [syn: deliver, redeem, save].
Deliver (v.) Carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left" [syn: deliver, drive home].
Deliver (v.) Relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: surrender, cede, deliver, give up].
Deliver (v.) Throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball" [syn: deliver, pitch].
Deliver (v.) Cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!" [syn: give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have].
Deliverable (a.) 可以傳送的 Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered. -- Hale.
Deliverable (a.) Suitable for or ready for delivery.
Deliverable (n.) 可以做得到的事；（通常用複數）待送的貨物；可以運送、傳送的物品 Something that can be provided as the product of development; "under this contract the deliverables include both software and hardware."
Deliverance (n.) 釋放；解救 [U] [（+from）]；正式意見；判決 [C] The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive.
He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. -- Luke iv. 18.
One death or one deliverance we will share. -- Dryden.
Deliverance (n.) Act of bringing forth children. [Archaic] -- Shak.
Deliverance (n.) Act of speaking; utterance. [Archaic] -- Shak.
Note: In this and in the preceding sense delivery is the word more commonly used.
Deliverance (n.) The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint.
I do desire deliverance from these officers. -- Shak.
Deliverance (n.) Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly. [Scot.]
Deliverance (n.) (Metaph.) Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness.
Deliverance (n.) Recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" [syn: rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving].
Deliverer (n.) [C] 遞送者；交付者；解救者；釋放者 One who delivers or rescues; a preserver.
Deliverer (n.) One who relates or communicates.
Deliverer (n.) A teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) [syn: Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene, Jesus Christ, Christ, Savior, Saviour, Good Shepherd, Redeemer, Deliverer].
Deliverer (n.) A person who rescues you from harm or danger [syn: savior, saviour, rescuer, deliverer].
Deliverer (n.) Someone employed to make deliveries [syn: deliveryman, delivery boy, deliverer].
Deliverer (n.) A person who gives up or transfers money or goods.
Deliveress (n.) A female deliverer. [R.] -- Evelyn.
Deliverly (adv.) Actively; quickly; nimbly. [Obs.]
Swim with your bodies, And carry it sweetly and deliverly. -- Beau. & Fl.
Deliverness (n.) Nimbleness; agility. [Obs.]
Deliveries (n. pl. ) of Delivery.
Delivery (n.) The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.
Delivery (n.) The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters.
Delivery (n.) The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.
Delivery (n.) The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.
Delivery (n.) The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.
Neater limbs and freer delivery. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Delivery (n.) The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery.
Delivery (n.) The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news" [syn: delivery, bringing].
Delivery (n.) The event of giving birth; "she had a difficult delivery."
Delivery (n.) Your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" [syn: manner of speaking, speech, delivery].
Delivery (n.) The voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another [syn: delivery, livery, legal transfer].
Delivery (n.) (Baseball) The act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter [syn: pitch, delivery].
Delivery (n.) Recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" [syn: rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving].
Delivery (n.) The act of delivering a child [syn: delivery, obstetrical delivery].
Delivery, () conveyancing. The transferring of a deed from the grantor to the grantee, in such a manner as to deprive him of the right to recall it; Dev. Eq. R. 14 or the delivery may be made and accepted by an attorney. This is indispensably necessary to the validity of a deed; 9 Shepl. 569 2 Harring. 197; 16 Verm. 563; except it be the deed of a corporation, which, however, must be executed under their common seal. Watkin's Prin. Con. 300. But although, as a general rule, the delivery of a deed is essential to its perfection, it is never averred in pleading. 1 Wms. Saund. Rep. 291, note Arch. Dig. of Civ. Pl. 138.
Delivery, () As to the form, the delivery may be by words without acts; as, if the deed be lying upon a table, and the grantor says to the grantee, "take that as my deed," it will be a sufficient delivery; or it may be by acts without words, and therefore a dumb man may deliver a deed. Co. Litt. 36 a, note; 6 Sim. Rep. 31; Gresl. Eq. Ev. 120; Wood. B. 2, c. 3; 6 Miss. R. 326; 5 Shepl. 391; 11 Verm. 621; 6 Watts & S. 329; 23 Wend. 43; 3 Hill, 513; 2 Barr, 191, 193 2 Ev. Poth. 165-6.
Delivery, () A delivery may be either absolute, Is when it is delivered to the grantor himself; or it may be conditional, that is, to a third person to keep until some condition shall have been performed by the grantee, and then it is called an escrow. (q.v.) See 2 Bl. Com. 306 4 Kent. Coin. 446 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2018, et seq.; Cruise, Dig. tit. 32, c. 2, s. 87; 5 Serg. & Rawle, 523; 8 Watts, R. 1; and articles Assent; Deed.
Delivery, () The formula, "I deliver this as my act and deed," which means the actual delivery of the deed by the grantor into the hands or for the use of the grantee, is incongruous, not to say absurd, when applied to deeds which cannot in their nature be delivered to any person; as deeds of revocation, appointment, &c., under a power where uses to unborn children and the like, if in fact such instruments, though sealed, can be properly called deeds, i. e. writings sealed and delivered. Ritson's Practical Points, 146.
Delivery, () contracts. The transmitting the possession of a thing from one person into the power and possession of another.
Delivery, () Originally, delivery was a clear and unequivocal act of giving possession, accomplished by placing the subject to be transferred in the hands of the buyer or his avowed agent, or in their respective warehouses, vessels, carts, and the like. This delivery was properly considered as the true badge of transferred property, as importing full evidence of consent to transfer; preventing the appearance of possession in the transferrer from continuing the credit of property unduly; and avoiding uncertainty and risk in the title of the acquirer.
Delivery, () The complicated transactions of modern trade, however, render impossible a strict adherence to this simple rule. It often happens that the purchaser of a commodity cannot take immediate possession and receive the delivery. The bulk of the goods; their peculiar situation, as when they are deposited in public custody for duties, or in the hands of a manufacturer for the purpose of having some operation of his art performed upon them, to fit them for the market the distance they are from the house; the frequency of bargains concluded by correspondence between distant countries, and many other obstructions, frequently render it impracticable to give or to receive actual delivery. In these and such like cases, something short of actual delivery has been considered sufficient to transfer the property.
Delivery, () In sales, gifts, and other contracts, where the party intends to transfer the property, the delivery must be made with the intent to enable the receiver to obtain dominion over it. 3 Serg. & Rawle, 20; 4 Rawle, 260; 5 Serg. & Rawle, 275 9 John. 337. The delivery may be actual, by putting the thing sold in the hands or possession of the purchaser; or it may be symbolical, as where a man buys goods which are in a room, the receipt of the keys will be sufficient. 1 Yeates, 529; 5 Johns. R. 335; 1 East, R. 192.; 3 Bos. & Pull. 233; 10 Mass. 308; 6 Watts & Serg. 94. As to what will amount to a delivery of goods and merchandise, vide 1 Holt, 18; 4 Mass. 661; 8 Mass. 287; 14 Johns. R. 167; 15 Johns. R. 849; 1 Taunt. R. 318 H. Black. R. 316, 504; 1 New R. 69; 6 East, R. 614.
Delivery, () There is sometimes considerable difficulty in ascertaining the particular period when the property in the goods sold passes from the vendor to the vendee; and what facts amount to an actual delivery of the goods. Certain rules have been established, and the difficulty is to apply the facts of the case.
Delivery, () Where goods are sold, if nothing remains to be done on the part of the seller as between him and the buyer, before the article is to be deliver-ed, the property has passed. East, R. 614; 4 Mass. 661; 8 Mass. 287 14 Johns. 167; 15 Johns. 349; 1 Holt's R. 18; 3 Eng. C. L. r. 9.
Delivery, () Where a chattel is made to order, the property therein is not vested in the quasi vendee, until finished and delivered, though he has paid for it. 1 Taunt. 318.
Delivery, () The criterion to determine whether there has been a delivery on a sale, is to consider whether the vendor still retains, in that character, a right over. the property. 2 H. Blackst, R. 316.
Delivery, () Where a part of the goods sold by an entire contract, has been taken possession of by the vendee, that shall be deemed a taking possession of the whole. 2 H. Bl. R. 504; 1 New Rep. 69. Such partial delivery is not a delivery of the whole, so as to vest in the vendee the entire property in the whole, where some act, other than the payment of the price, is necessary to be performed in order to vest the property. 6 East, R. 614.
Delivery, () Where goods are sent by order to a carrier the carrier receives them as the vendee's agent. Cowp. 294; 3 Bos. & Pull. 582; 2 N. R. 119.
Delivery, () A delivery may be made in a very slight manner; as where one buys goods which are in a room, the receipt of the key is sufficient. 1 Yeates, 529; 5 Johns. 335; 1 East, R. 192. See, also, 3. B. & P. 233 7 East, Rep. 558; 1 Camp. 235.
Delivery, () The vendor. of bulky articles is not bound to, deliver them, unless he stipulated to do so; be must give notice to the buyer that he is ready to deliver them. 5 Serg. & Rawle, 19; 12. Mass. 300; 4 Shepl. Rep. 49; and see 3 Johns. 399; 13 Johns. 294; 19 Johns. 218; 1 Dall. 171.
Delivery, () A sale of bricks in a brickyard, accompanied with a lease of the yard until the bricks should be sold and removed, was held to be valid against the creditors of the vendor, without an actual removal. 10 Mass. 308.
Delivery, () Where goods were contracted to be sold upon condition that the vendee should give security for the price, and they are delivered without security being given, but with the declaration on the part of the vendor that the transaction should not be deemed a sale, until the security should be furnished; it was held that the goods remained the property of the vendor, notwithstanding the delivery. But it seems that in such cases the goods would be liable for the debts of, the vendee's creditors, originating after the delivery; and that the vendee may, for a bona fide consideration, sell the goods while in his possession. 4 Mass. 405.
Delivery, () Where goods are sold to be paid for on delivery, if, on delivery, the vendee refuses to pay for them, the property is not divested from the vendor. 13 Johns. 434; 1 Yeates, 529.
Delivery, () If the vendor rely on the promises of the vendee to perform the conditions of the sale, and deliver the goods accordingly, the right of property. is changed; but where, performance and delivery are understood to be simultaneous, possession, obtained by artifice, will not vest a title in the vendee. 3 Serg. & Rawle, 20.
Delivery, () Where, on the sale of a chattel, the purchase money is paid, the property is vested in the vendee, and if he permit it to remain in the custody of the vendor, he cannot call upon the latter for any subsequent loss or deterioration not arising from negligence. 2 Johns. 13; 2 Caines, R. 38 3 Jolins. 394.
Delivery, () In order to make a good donatio mortis causa, it is requisite that there should be a delivery of the subject to or for the donee, where such delivery can be made. 3 Binn. R. 370; 1 Miles, Rep. 109, 110; 2 Ves. Jr. 120; 9 Ves. Jr. 1.
Delivery, () The delivery of the key of the place where bulky goods are deposited, is, however, a sufficient delivery of such goods. 2 Ves. Sen. 445. Vide 3 P. Wms. 357; 2 Bro. C. C. 612; 4 Barn. & A. 1; 3 Barn. & C. 45 Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t. See Sale; Stoppage in transitu; Tender; and Domat, Lois Civiles, Liv. 1, tit. 2, s. 2 Harr. Dig. Sale, II. 3.
Delivery, () child-birth, med. jur. The act of a woman giving birth to her offspring.
Delivery, () It is frequently of great importance to ascertain whether or not a delivery has taken place, and the time when it took place. Delivery may be considered with regard, 1. To pretended delivery. 2. To concealed delivery and, 3. To the usual signs of delivery.
Delivery, () In pretended delivery, the female declares herself to be a mother, without being so in reality; an act always prompted by folly or fraud.
Delivery, () Pretended delivery may present itself in three points of view, 1. When the female who feigns has never been pregnant. When thoroughly investigated, this may always be detected. There are signs which must be present, and cannot be feigned. An enlargement of the orifice of the uterus, and a tumefaction of the organs of generation, should always be present, and if absent, are conclusive against the' fact. Annales d'Hygiene, tome ii. p. 227. 2. When the pretended pregnancy and delivery have been preceded by one or more deliveries. In this case, attention should be given to the following circumstances: the mystery, if any, which has been affected with regard to the situation of the female; her age; that of her husband and particularly whether aged or decrepit. 3. When the woman has been actually delivered, and substitutes a living for a dead child. But little evidence can be obtained on this subject from a physical examination.
Delivery, () Concealed delivery generally takes place when the woman either has destroyed her offspring, or it was born dead. In suspected cases, the following circumstances should be attended to: 1. The proofs of pregnancy which arise in consequence of the examination of the mother. When she has been pregnant, and has been delivered, the usual signs of delivery, mentioned below, will be present. A careful investigation as to the woman's appearance, before and since the delivery, will have some weight, though such evidence is not always to be relied upon, as such appearances are not unfrequently deceptive. 2. The proofs of recent delivery. 3. The connexion between the supposed state of parturition, and the state of the child that is found; for if the age of the child do not correspond to that time, it will be a strong circumstance in favor of the mother's innocence. A redness of the shin and an attachment of the umbilical cord to the navel, indicate a recent birth. Whether the child was living at its birth, belongs to the subject of infanticide. (q.v.)
Delivery, () The usual signs of delivery are very well collected in Beck's excellent treatise on Medical Jurisprudence, and are here extracted: If the female be examined within three or four days after the occurrence of delivery, the following circumstances will generally be observed: greater or less weakness, a slight paleness of the face, the eye a little sunken, and surrounded by a purplish or dark brown colored ring, and a whiteness of the skin, like a person convalescing from disease. The belly is soft, the skin of the abdomen is lax, lies in folds, and is traversed in various directions by shining reddish and whitish lines, which especially extend from the groins and pubis to the naval. These lines have sometimes been termed linecae albicantes, and are particularly observed near the umbilical region, where the abdomen has experienced the greatest distention. The breasts become tumid and hard, and on pressure emit a fluid, which at first is serous, and afterwards gradually becomes whiter; and the presence of this secretion is generally accompanied with a full pulse and soft skin, covered with a moisture of a peculiar and somewhat acid odor. The areolae round the nipples are dark colored. The external genital organs and vagina are dilated and tumefied throughout the whole of their extent, from the pressure of the foetus. The uterus may be felt through the abdominal parietes, voluminous, firm, and globular, and rising nearly as high as the umbilicus. Its orifice is soft and tumid, and dilated so as to admit two or more fingers. The fourchette; or anterior margin of the perinaeum, is sometimes torn, or it is lax, and appears to have suffered considerable distention. A discharge (termed the lochial) commences from the uterus, which is distinguished from the menses by its pale color, its peculiar and well-known smell, and its duration. The lochia are at first of a red color, and gradually become lighter until they cease.
Delivery, () These signs may generally be relied upon as indicating the state of pregnancy, yet it requires much experience in order not to be deceived by appearances.
Delivery, () The lochial discharge might be mistaken for menstruation, or fluor albus, were it not for its peculiar smell; and this it has been found impossible, by any artifice, to destroy.
Delivery, () Relaxation of the soft parts arises as frequently from menstruation as from delivery; but in these cases the os uteri and vagina are not so much tumefied, nor is there that tenderness and swelling. The parts are found pale and flabby, when all signs of contusion disappear, after delivery; and this circumstance does not follow menstruation.
Delivery, () The presence of milk, though a usual sign of delivery, is not always to be relied upon, for this secretion may take place independent of pregnancy.
Delivery, () The wrinkles and relaxations of the abdomen which follow delivery, may be the consequence of dropsy, or of lankness following great obesity. This state of the parts is also seldom striking after the birth of the first child, as they shortly resume their natural state. Vide, generally, 1 Beck's Med. Jur. c. 7, p. 206; 1 Chit. Med. Jur. 411; Ryan's Med. Jur. ch. 10, p. 133; 1 Briand, Med. Leg. lere partie, c. 5.
Delivery (n.) (Letters, Etc.) (B1) [ C or U ] 運送；遞送，投遞 The act of taking goods, letters, parcels, etc. to people's houses or places of work.
// We get two deliveries of mail (= it is delivered twice) a day.
// You can pay for the carpet on delivery (= when it is delivered).
// We expect to take delivery of (= receive) our new car next week.
// A delivery van.
Delivery (n.) (Giving) [ S ] 演講風格，演說方式 The way in which someone speaks in public.
// The actor's delivery.
Delivery (n.) (Giving) [ C or U ] （板球、棒球等運動中的）投球 In some sports, such as cricket or baseball, the act of throwing the ball towards the person with the bat, in order for that person to try to hit the ball.
// That was a good delivery from Thompson.
// The pitcher is famous for the speed of his delivery.
Delivery (n.) (Birth) [ C ] 分娩 A birth.
Dell (n.) A small, retired valley; a ravine.
In dells and dales, concealed from human sight. -- Tickell.
Dell (n.) A young woman; a wench. [Obs.]
Sweet doxies and dells. -- B. Jonson.
Dell (n.) A small wooded hollow [syn: dell, dingle].
Dell, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
Population (2000): 251
Housing Units (2000): 121
Land area (2000): 0.888456 sq. miles (2.301091 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.888456 sq. miles (2.301091 sq. km)
FIPS code: 18160
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 35.856818 N, 90.040113 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 72426
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Dell
Della Crusca () A shortened form of Accademia della Crusca, an academy in Florence, Italy, founded in the 16th century, especially for conserving the purity of the Italian language.
Note: The Accademia della Crusca (literally, academy of the bran or chaff) was so called in allusion to its chief object of bolting or purifying the national language.
The Dellacruscan School, A name given in satire to a class of affected English writers, most of whom lived in Florence, about a. d. 1785.
Deloo (n.) (Zool.) The duykerbok.
Duykerbok (n.) (Zool.) A small South African antelope ({Cephalous mergens); -- called also impoon, and deloo.
Deloul (n.) (Zool.) A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also herire, and maharik.
Delph (n.) Delftware.
Five nothings in five plates of delph. -- Swift.
Delph (n.) (Hydraul. Engin.) The drain on the land side of a sea embankment. -- Knight.
Delphian (a.) Delphic.
Delphian (a.) Of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi; "Delphic oracle" [syn: Delphic, Delphian].
Delphic (a.) (Gr. Antiq.) 特爾斐的；阿波羅神廟的，神喻的；意思曖昧的；隱晦的 Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.
Delphic (a.) Ambiguous; mysterious. "If he is silent or delphic." -- New York Times. Delphin
Delphic (a.) Of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi; "Delphic oracle" [syn: Delphic, Delphian].
Delphic (a.) Obscurely prophetic; "Delphic pronouncements"; "an oracular message" [syn: Delphic, oracular].
Compare: Ambiguous
Ambiguous (a.) 含糊不清的；引起歧義的 Open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning.
‘Ambiguous phrases.’
Ambiguous (a.) Not clear or decided.
‘The election result was ambiguous.’
Compare: Mysterious
Mysterious (a.) 神祕的；不可思議的；詭祕的 Difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify.
‘His colleague had vanished in mysterious circumstances.’
‘A mysterious benefactor provided the money.’
Mysterious (a.) (Of a location) Having an atmosphere of strangeness or secrecy.
‘A dark, mysterious, windowless building.’
Mysterious (a.) (Of a person) Deliberately enigmatic.
‘She was mysterious about herself but said plenty about her husband.’
Delphin (a.) Alt. of Delphine.
Delphine (a.) Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for the use of the dauphin (in usum Delphini).
Delphin (n.) (Chem.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.
Delphine (a.) Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.
Delphinic (n.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic.
Delphinic acid. (Chem.) See Valeric acid, under Valeric. [Obs.]
Delphinic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria).
Delphinine (n.) (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder.
Delphinoid (a.) (Zool.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin.
Delphinoidea (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.
Delphinus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin, 1.
Delphinus (n.) (Astron.) The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.
Delphinus (n.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere near Pegasus and Aquila.
Delphinus (n.) Type genus of the Delphinidae [syn: Delphinus, genus Delphinus].
Deltas (n. pl. ) of Delta.
Delta (n.) The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet ([Delta] [delta]), corresponding to D. Hence, an object having the shape of the capital [Delta].
Delta (n.) A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (/), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi.
Delta (n.) (Elec.) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, esp. in a three-phase system; -- often used attributively, as delta winding, delta connection (which see), etc.
Delta (n.) A low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water; "the Mississippi River delta"; "the Nile delta".
Delta (n.) An object shaped like an equilateral triangle.
Delta (n.) The 4th letter of the Greek alphabet.
Delta, () Developing European Learning through Technology Advance.
Delta (n.) [Techspeak] A quantitative change, especially a small or incremental one (this use is general in physics and engineering). ? I just doubled the speed of my program! ? What was the delta on program size? About 30 percent.? (He doubled the speed of his program, but increased its size by only 30 percent.)
Delta (n.) [Unix] A diff, especially a diff stored under the set of version-control tools called SCCS (Source Code Control System) or RCS (Revision Control System).
Delta (n.) A small quantity, but not as small as epsilon. The jargon usage of delta and epsilon stems from the traditional use of these letters in mathematics for very small numerical quantities, particularly in ?epsilon-delta? proofs in limit theory (as in the differential calculus).
The term delta is often used, once epsilon has been mentioned, to mean a quantity that is slightly bigger than epsilon but still very small. ?
The cost isn't epsilon, but it's delta? means that the cost isn't totally negligible, but it is nevertheless very small. Common constructions include within delta of ?, within epsilon of ?: that is, ? close to ? and ? even closer to ?.
Delta, () An expression-based language developed by J.C. Cleaveland in 1978.
Delta, () A string-processing language with single-character commands from Tandem Computers.
Delta, () A language for system specification of simulation execution.
["System Description and the DELTA Language", E. Holback-Hansen et al, DELTA Proj Rep 4, Norweg Comput Ctr, Feb 1977].
Delta, () A COBOL generating language produced by Delta Software ">Entwicklung GmbH. (2000-08-02)
Delta within delta of, () A quantitative change, especially a small or incremental one (this use is general in physics and engineering). "I just doubled the speed of my program!" "What was the delta on program size?" "About 30 percent." (He doubled the speed of his program, but increased its size by only 30 percent.)
Delta within delta of, () [Unix] A diff, especially a diff stored under the set of version-control tools called SCCS (Source Code Control System) or RCS (Revision Control System). See change management.
Delta within delta of, () A small quantity, but not as small as epsilon. The jargon usage of delta and epsilon stems from the traditional use of these letters in mathematics for very small numerical quantities, particularly in "epsilon-delta" proofs in limit theory (as in the differential calculus). The term delta is often used, once epsilon has been mentioned, to mean a quantity that is slightly bigger than epsilon but still very small. "The cost isn't epsilon, but it's delta" means that the cost isn't totally negligible, but it is nevertheless very small. Common constructions include "within delta of ---", "within epsilon of ---": that is, "close to" and "even closer to". [{Jargon File] (2000-08-02)
Delta -- U.S. County in Michigan
Population (2000): 38520
Housing Units (2000): 19223
Land area (2000): 1170.025159 sq. miles (3030.351121 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 821.558454 sq. miles (2127.826538 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1991.583613 sq. miles (5158.177659 sq. km)
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 45.877369 N, 86.946619 W
Headwords:
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Delta, MI
Delta County
Delta County, MI
Delta -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 5327
Housing Units (2000): 2410
Land area (2000): 277.075228 sq. miles (717.621515 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.841580 sq. miles (2.179681 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 277.916808 sq. miles (719.801196 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.388817 N, 95.710045 W
Headwords:
Delta
Delta, TX
Delta County
Delta County, TX
Delta -- U.S. County in Colorado
Population (2000): 27834
Housing Units (2000): 12374
Land area (2000): 1142.106394 sq. miles (2958.041854 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 6.416581 sq. miles (16.618868 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1148.522975 sq. miles (2974.660722 sq. km)
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 38.814325 N, 107.911736 W
Headwords:
Delta
Delta,
CO
Delta County
Delta County, CO
Delta, CO -- U.S. city in Colorado
Population (2000): 6400
Housing Units (2000): 2749
Land area (2000): 5.318651 sq. miles (13.775241 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.201126 sq. miles (0.520914 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.519777 sq. miles (14.296155 sq. km)
FIPS code: 19850
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 38.740879 N, 108.063423 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 81416
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Headwords:
Delta, CO
Delta
Delta, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 2930
Housing Units (2000): 1193
Land area (2000): 2.600604 sq. miles (6.735532 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.600604 sq. miles (6.735532 sq. km)
FIPS code: 21616
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 41.575090 N, 84.002477 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 43515
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Headwords:
Delta, OH
Delta
Delta, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 741
Housing Units (2000): 324
Land area (2000): 0.266230 sq. miles (0.689533 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.266230 sq. miles (0.689533 sq. km)
FIPS code: 18800
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 39.727207 N, 76.325668 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 17314
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Headwords:
Delta, PA
Delta
Delta, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 410
Housing Units (2000): 191
Land area (2000): 0.998534 sq. miles (2.586190 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.998534 sq. miles (2.586190 sq. km)
FIPS code: 19855
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.324112 N, 92.329481 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 52550
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Headwords:
Delta, IA
Delta
Delta, LA -- U.S. village in Louisiana
Population (2000): 239
Housing Units (2000): 111
Land area (2000): 2.978267 sq. miles (7.713676 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.145765 sq. miles (0.377530 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.124032 sq. miles (8.091206 sq. km)
FIPS code: 20330
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 32.321342 N, 90.936544 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Delta, LA
Delta
Delta, UT -- U.S. city in Utah
Population (2000): 3209
Housing Units (2000): 1106
Land area (2000): 3.151247 sq. miles (8.161691 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.151247 sq. miles (8.161691 sq. km)
FIPS code: 18910
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 39.353145 N, 112.573656 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 84624
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Headwords:
Delta, UT
Delta
Delta, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 517
Housing Units (2000): 222
Land area (2000): 0.440008 sq. miles (1.139616 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.440008 sq. miles (1.139616 sq. km)
FIPS code: 19072
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 37.197371 N, 89.738757 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 63744
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Delta, MO
Delta
Deltafication (n.) The formation of a delta or of deltas. [R.]
Deltaic (a.) Relating to, or like, a delta.
Delthyris (n.) (Zool.) A name formerly given to certain Silurian brachiopod shells of the genus Spirifer.
Delthyris limestone (Geol.), One of the divisions of the Upper Silurian rocks in New York.
Deltic (a.) Deltaic.
Deltidium (n.) (Zool.) The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells.
Deltohedron (n.) (Crystallog.) A solid bounded by twelve quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the isometric system, allied to the tetrahedron.
Deltoid (a.) Shaped like the Greek / (delta); delta-shaped; triangular.
Deltoid leaf (Bot.), A leaf in the form of a triangle with the stem inserted at the middle of the base.
Deltoid muscle (Anat.), A large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint, which serves to raise the arm directly upward.
Deltoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the deltoid muscle.
Deltoid (n.) The deltoid muscle.
Deltoid (a.) Triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex.
Deltoid (n.) A large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm [syn: deltoid, deltoid muscle, musculus deltoideus].
Deludable (a.) Capable of being deluded; liable to be imposed on; gullible. -- Sir T. Browne.
Deluded (imp. & p. p.) of Delude
Deluding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Delude
Delude (v. t.) To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of.
To delude the nation by an airy phantom. -- Burke.
Delude (v. t.) To frustrate or disappoint.
It deludes thy search. -- Dryden.
Syn: To mislead; deceive; beguile; cajole; cheat; dupe. See Deceive.
Delude (v.) Be false to; be dishonest with [syn: deceive, lead on, delude, cozen].
Delude (v.) [ T ] 欺騙，矇騙 To make someone believe something that is not true.
// He's deluding himself if he thinks he's going to be promoted this year.
Deluder (n.) One who deludes; a deceiver; an impostor.
Deluge (n.) A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (-- Gen. vii.).
Deluge (n.) Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction. "The deluge of summer." -- Lowell.
A fiery deluge fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed. -- Milton.
As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [London] street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial ground, which has still survived in the deluge. -- F. Harrison.
After me the deluge. (Apr['e]s moi le d['e]luge.) -- Madame de Pompadour.
Deluged (imp. & p. p.) of Deluge.
Deluging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deluge.