DIVULSIVE
Di*vul"sive, a.
Defn: Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting.
DIXIE
Dix"ie, n.
Defn: A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United
States, esp. during the Civil War. [U.S.]
DIZEN Diz"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dizened; p. pr. & vb. n. Dizening.] Etym: [Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and allied to dizzy: but cf. also OE. dysyn (Palsgrave) to put tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it. Cf. Distaff.]
1. To dress; to attire. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
2. To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out.
Like a tragedy queen, he has dizened her out. Goldsmith.
To-morrow when the masks shall fall That dizen Nature's carnival.
Emerson.
DIZZ
Dizz, v. t. Etym: [See Dizzy.]
Defn: To make dizzy; to astonish; to puzzle. [Obs.] Gayton.
DIZZARD
Diz"zard, n. Etym: [See Dizzy, and cf. Disard.]