Defn: Like or pertaining to the genus Didus, or the dodo.
DIDO
Di"do, n.; pl. Didos (.
Defn: A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper. To cut a dido, to play a trick; to cut a caper; — perhaps so called from the trick of Dido, who having bought so much land as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it into thin strips long enough to inclose a spot for a citadel.
DIDONIA Di*do"ni*a, n. Etym: [NL. So called in allusion to the classical story of Dido and the bull's hide.] (Geom.)
Defn: The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area. Tait.
DIDRACHM; DIDRACHMA
Di"drachm, Di*drach"ma, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth nearly forty cents.
DIDST
Didst
Defn: , the 2d pers. sing. imp. of Do.
DIDUCEMENT
Di*duce"ment, n.