a. [ LL. allodialis, fr. allodium: cf. F. allodial. See Allodium. ] (Law) Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anything held allodially. W. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The allodial system. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds allodial land. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By allodial tenure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. amphi- + arthrodial. ] Characterized by amphiarthrosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Preceding dinner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) (a) Of or pertaining to the Arachnida. (b) Pertaining to the arachnidium. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to arthrodia. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to a basidium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + medial. ] (Geom.) Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square). [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. showing both bilateral and radial symmetry. some sea anemones are biradial. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. cardialgia, fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; heart + &unr_; pain: cf. F. cardialgie. ] (Med.) A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order which corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae.
Syn. -- Caryophyllales, order Caryophyllales, order Chenopodiales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ LL. cordialis, fr. L. cor heart: cf. F. cordial. See Heart. ] 1. Proceeding from the heart. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A rib with cordial spirits warm. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate. [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . with looks of cordial love
Hung over her enamored. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits. [ 1913 Webster ]

Behold this cordial julep here
That flames and dances in his crystal bounds. Milton.

Syn. -- Hearty; sincere; heartfelt; warm; affectionate; cheering; invigorating. See Hearty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates. [ 1913 Webster ]

Charms to my sight, and cordials to my mind. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med) Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a peppermint cordial. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Com.) Aromatized and sweetened spirit, used as a beverage; a liqueur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cordialities [ LL. cordialitas, fr. cordialis sincere: cf. F. cordialité. ] 1. Relation to the heart. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That the ancients had any respect of cordiality or reference unto the heart, will much be doubted. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sincere affection and kindness; warmth of regard; heartiness. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To make into a cordial. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To render cordial; to reconcile. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow cordial; to feel or express cordiality. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a cordial manner. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cordiality. Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Radiating to or from the same point. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. custodial, fr. L. custodia. See Custody. ] Relating to custody or guardianship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. dialis daily, fr. L. dies day. See Deity. ] 1. An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The graduated face of a timepiece, on which the time of day is shown by pointers or hands. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A miner's compass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dial bird (Zool.), an Indian bird (Copsychus saularius), allied to the European robin. The name is also given to other related species. --
Dial lock, a lock provided with one or more plates having numbers or letters upon them. These plates must be adjusted in a certain determined way before the lock can be operated. --
Dial plate, the plane or disk of a dial or timepiece on which lines and figures for indicating the time are placed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dialed r Dialled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dialing or Dialling. ] 1. To measure with a dial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hours of that true time which is dialed in heaven. Talfourd. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) To survey with a dial. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. dialecte, L. dialectus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to converse, discourse. See Dialogue. ] 1. Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

This book is writ in such a dialect
As may the minds of listless men affect.
Bunyan.
The universal dialect of the world. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the midst of this Babel of dialects there suddenly appeared a standard English language. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Charles V. ] could address his subjects from every quarter in their native dialect. Prescott.

Syn. -- Language; idiom; tongue; speech; phraseology. See Language, and Idiom. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to a dialect; dialectical; as, a dialectical variant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Dialectics. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plato placed his dialectic above all sciences. Liddell & Scott.

{ } a. [ L. dialecticus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. dialectique. See Dialect. ] 1. Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dialectical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dialecticien. ] One versed in dialectics; a logician; a reasoner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dialectica (sc. ars), Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;): cf. F. dialectique. ] That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning; the application of logical principles to discursive reasoning; the science or art of discriminating truth from error; logical discussion. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Dialectics was defined by Aristotle to be the method of arguing with probability on any given problem, and of defending a tenet without inconsistency. By Plato, it was used in the following senses: 1. Discussion by dialogue as a method of scientific investigation. 2. The method of investigating the truth by analysis. 3. The science of ideas or of the nature and laws of being -- higher metaphysics. By Kant, it was employed to signify the logic of appearances or illusions, whether these arise from accident or error, or from those necessary limitations which, according to this philosopher, originate in the constitution of the human intellect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dialect + -logy. ] That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects. Beck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in dialectics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The art of constructing dials; the science which treats of measuring time by dials. [ Written also dialling. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A method of surveying, especially in mines, in which the bearings of the courses, or the angles which they make with each other, are determined by means of the circumferentor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A maker of dials; one skilled in dialing. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; interchange, change, fr. &unr_; to interchange. ] (Rhet.) A figure by which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; change, alluding to the change and inequality of luster between the natural joints of the mineral. ] (Min.) A dark green or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene, common in certain igneous rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; crossing. ] Meeting and intersecting, as lines; not parallel; -- opposed to parallel. [ Obs. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A volatile, pungent, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H10, consisting of two allyl radicals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; belonging to discourse. ] Relating to a dialogue; dialogistical. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner or nature of a dialogue. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;: cf. F. dialogisme. See Dialogue. ] An imaginary speech or discussion between two or more; dialogue. Fulke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dialogista: cf. F. dialogiste. ] 1. A speaker in a dialogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A writer of dialogues. P. Skelton.

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to a dialogue; having the form or nature of a dialogue. -- Di*al`o*gis"tic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ From Gr. &unr_; an arguing. ] (Min.) Native carbonate of manganese; rhodochrosite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. dialogiser. ] To discourse in dialogue. Fotherby. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To express as in dialogue. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And dialogued for him what he would say. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. dialogue, L. dialogus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to converse, dia` through + &unr_; to speak: cf. F. dialogue. See Legend. ] 1. A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. F. dialoguer. ] To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]