Diachylon, s. An ingredient in sticking plaster.
Diachylon (litharge or lead plaster) is made by boiling olive oil nine parts, litharge five parts, water two parts, over a slow fire, and constantly stirring, until the oil and the litharge unite, and acquire the consistence of plaster. The water must be replaced as it evaporates. Diachylon is an ingredient in sticking plaster and charges, and is useful when spread on leather, for defending a tender part from pressure.
Diapente, s. A compound powder, tonic and stomachic.
Diaphoretic, a. Sudorific, promoting perspiration. The most useful sudorifics in veterinary practice, are hot stimulants, combined with antimony and opium.
Dice, s. The plural of die.
Dice-box, s. The box from which the dice are thrown.
Dicer, s. A player at dice, a gamester.
Didapper, s. A small bird of the diver kind.
Die, v. To tinge, to colour.
Die, s. Colour, tincture, stain, hue acquired; a small cube, marked on its faces with numbers from one to six, which gamesters throw in play; hazard, chance; any cubic body.