Diner-Out of the First Water, the Rev. Sidney Smith; so called by the Quarterly Review (1769-1845).
Dingle (Old Dick of the), friend of Hobbie Elliott of the Heugh-foot farm.—Sir W. Scott, The Black Dwarf (time, Anne).
Dingwall (Davie), the attorney at Wolfe's Hope village.—Sir W. Scott, Bride of Lammermoor (time William III.).
Dinias and Dercyllis (The Wanderings, Adventures, and Loves of), an old Greek novel, the basis of the romance of Antonius Diog'enês in twenty-four books and entitled Incredible Things beyond Thule [Ta HuperThoulen Apista], a store-house from which subsequent writers have borrowed largely. The work is not extant, but Photius gives an outline of its contents.
Dinmont (Dandy, i.e. Andrew), an eccentric and humorous store farmer at Charlie's Hope. He is called "The fighting Dinmont of Liddesdale."
Ailie Dinmont, wife of Dandy Dinmont.—Sir W. Scott, Guy Mannering (time George II.).
This novel has been dramatized by Daniel Terry.
Dinner Bell. Burke was so called from his custom of speaking so long as to interfere with the dinner of the members (1729-1797).
Diocle'tian, the king and father of Erastus, who was placed under the charge of the "seven wise masters" (Italian version).