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Disseisor, he who dijfeifeth, or purs another out of his Land i As 'Diffeifee, is he who is fo put out.

For the Difference between Diffeifor, and Intruder, and Deforceor, fee Intruder, and Deforceor.

DISSEMINATE Vacaim. See Vacuum Dijfemind- tum.

DISSENTERS, a general Denomination, of equal Import with Non-conjbrmifis.

It expreffcs certain Sects, or Parties in England, who in

Matters of Religion, Church Difcipline, and Ceremonies, dif-

■••■■■ i i ' :■'!) a Heraldry, isunderftood of the Pofition fent from, or difagree with the Church of England, and have

of an Eaele or other Bird, when it is ereft, with its Wings a Toleration by Law for the lime. See Toleration.

expanded" o'r fprcad forth. See Eagle. Such, particularly, are the Presbyterians, Independents,

DISPONDEE in the Greek, and Latin Poetry, a double Mafrapsifis, and Quakers. See Presbyterians, Inde-

Spondee; or a Foot confifling of four long Syllables 5 as fth pendents ©V

raZmtum, Mwcenates. See Spondee. DISSIMILAR Leaves, are the two firft Leaves of any

'DISPOSITION, in Rhetoric, is defined by Cicero, the Plant at its firft fhooting out of the Ground. See Leaves.

Diftribution of the Things, or Arguments invented, or found They are thus call'd, becaufe they ufually are ofdiffe-

into a proper Order • Or a clue placing, or ranging the rent Form from the common Leaves of the grown Plant.

all weigti'd in their proper Dofes, or Quantities to be employ 'd in the making a Compofition.

DISPERSION, in Dioptric'ks. Toint of Differfion is a Point from which refracted Rays begin to diverge, when their Refraction renders them divergent. Sec Divergent.

It is call'd •Point ofDifperfion, in Oppofition to the Point 6f Concourfe, which is the Point wherein converging Rays concur after Refraflion. See Concourse.

But the latter is more ufually call'd Focus, and the former Virtual Focus. See Virtual, and Focus,

out,

feveral Parts" ofa Speech/or Difcourfe: See Distribution. Thefe Dr. Grew obferves to be nothing but the very Lobes The Sifpofition is one of the grand Parts, or Divifions of of the Seed expanded, and thus advanced. See Germina-

— ,^^^„t^ TION.

hich.

Rhetoric. See Rhetoric

The Diffofltion is of the fame Neceffity in Oratory, as the marlhalling an Army, in order to a Battel ; or a beauti- ful Compofition in Architecture, Painting, (5c. Horace en- joyns it exprefsly in Poetry. Singula queeque Loctim tenant fortita decenter.

The tDifpofition, then, is the Order, or Arrangement of the Parts of an Oration : which Parts are ufually reckon'd four, viz. the Exordium, or Beginning ; the Narration ; the Confirmation ; and the 'Peroration, or Conclufion.

Tho' fome»make 'em fix : viz. the Exordium, Divifion,

being and has

TION.

Their Ufe is for Protection of the Plume ; young, and tender, is thus guarded on each Side, alfo fome Rain, and Dew gradually convey'd down to it by this means. See Plumula.

Dissimilar, in Anatomy. Authors divide the Parts of the Body into Similar, and 2)ifilmilar.

Difiimilar Parts, by fome call'd Compound, and Orga- nical, arefuch as may be divided into various Parts of diffe- rent Structure, & c. Thus the Hand is divifible into Veins, Mufcles, Bones, (5c. whofe Divifions are neither of the fame

Narration, Confirmation, Confutation, and Peroration 3 as Nature, nor Denomination. See Similar. indicated in that Popular Verie, DISSIMILITUDE, in Geometry, i5c. See Simili-

Exorfus, narro, feco, firmo, refuto, peroro. tude. • • . _

But the Divifion is more naturally referr'd to the Exor- Dissimilitude, or, a Diffimill, in Rhetoric, (5c. an Ar-

dium ; and the Confutation to the Confirmation. gument, wherein, from dijfimilar, or unlike Things, other

The Diftofmon is either Natural, or Artificial. Natu- diflimilars are deduced. ral is the Order the Parts are above rehearfed in. Artifi- Thus Cicero, Si barbarorum eft in diem vivere ; Noftra

cia'l, is, when for fome particular reafon we recede from the Concilia fempiternum tempus fpeSare debent. Catullus

Order of Nature. Sec each Part under its proper Article, furnifhes a very beautiful Argument from 'Diffimilituie :

Exordium, (5c.

Disposition, in Architecture, is the jufl placing of all the feveral Parts of an Edifice, according to their proper Order.

DISPROPORTION, a Term of Relation, implying a Want of Proportion, or Suitablencfs. See Proportion, Deformity, (5c.

DISPUTE, or DISPUTATION, in the Schools, £?c. Conteft, or Combat, either by Word or Writing, o Point of Learning, or Religion, for a Degree, Prize.

Soles occidere £5 redire pojfunt, Nobis cum femel occidit brevis Lux, Nox ejl -berpetua una dormienda. DISSIPATION, in Phyficks, an infenfible Loft, or Con- fumption of the minute Parts of a Body ; or, properly, the Flux whereby they fly off, and are loft. See Effluvia. Thus, we don'r fay Diffipation, but Lofs of Blood, in fome fpeaking of the Blood loft at a Wound, or in any other Exer- fenfible Manner : On the contrary, we fay with Mr. Le-

cife, or even for trie mere fake of Truth, or Advantage of a mery, the Tiifflpation of the Spirits is in greater Abundance Party, or the Honour of a Triumph. than that of the folid Parts, confequently the Reparation

The Port Royalifis takcOccafion to obferve, that nothing thereof mutt be more frequent and copious, gives fo many different Lights, and Openings for difcovering DISSOLVENT, fomething that dijfolves, i. e. divides, the Truth, as Difputing. The Movements of a Mind em- and reduces a Body into its fmallett Parts. See Disso- ploy'd fingly in the Examination of any Subject, are ufually lotion.

too cool, and languid : It needs a certain Degree of Heat, Thus, Aqua Regia is the tDijfbfaeht of Gold ; Aqua to wake its Idea's? Now, by the Oppofitions in a Difpute, fortis of Silver, and other Metals ; Water, of Salts and we come to find wherein the Difficulty lies, and the Impe- Gums; Spirit of Wine, ofRefins; Spirit of Vinegar, of

Pearls, Corals, (5c.

Sea-Salt is found the proper Difjblveut ofGold : This, in almoft any Form, whether as a Fluid, or a Solid, or a Spirit, does the Bufinefs : Accordingly, this is the ftafis, or fun- damental Ingredient of Aqua Regia. See Gold, and Aqua Regia.

So Nitre is the proper ^Dijfolvent of Silver ; and has

tvs the Mind has acquired, enables it to furmount it.

DISQUISITION, an Enquiry into the Nature, Kinds, and Circumftances of any Problem, Qucftion, or Topick; in order to gain a right Notion of it, and to difcourfe clearly about it.

DISSECTION, in Anatomy, the Operation of cutting, and dividing the Parts of an Animal Body, with a Knife,

Sciffers, (5c. in order to fee, and coniidcr each of them a-part. that Effect, in whatever Form applied: and accordingly See Anatomy. is the Safis of Aquafortis. See Silver, and Aqua For-

The Ancients made 'DiffeBions of living Men; as we read tis.

Spirit of Nitre added to that of Sea-Salt, makes it dif- folve Gold the better : But Spirit of Sea-Salt added to Spirit of Nitre, difabies it from having any Effect on Sil- ver. Mr. Homberg, however, in the Memoirs of the French Dijjohttion of Silver, An Aqua Regia may

of Herophilus, and Erififtratus, and in our own Times, of Carpus, and Vcf alius.

Yet, le Gendre obferves, that the 2)iJJefiion of a human Body, even dead, was held a Sacrilege till the Time of Fran- cis 1 ; And the fame Author affures us, he has feen a Confu- tation held by the Divines of Salamanca, at the Requeft of Academy, furnifhes an Inftance of Charles V. to fettle, whether or no it were lawful, in Point made by the 'Dijjblvem of Gold.

of Confcience, to di/J'ecl a human Body, in order to learn the be compofed of Spirit of Salt, and Spirit of Nitre, only

Structure thereof. in fuch finall Quantity each, that they may float feparately

DfSSEISIN, in Law, an unlawful Difpoffeffing a Man of in a third Liquor, and not meet often enough to unite, at leaft

his Land, Tenement, or other immoveable, and incorporeal not in any Quantity. This Water may be made fo weak,

Right. as not to dijjblve Gold, but only extract a flight yellow

Hence, the AfTifes are call'd Writs of Dijfeifin, which lie Tincture from it, that fcarce rakes off any thing of the

againft SDiJ/'eifors in any Cafe : Whereof fome are term'd Weight cf the Metal : Nor will it dijjblve Silver ; as be-

httle Writs of Difjeifin, as being Vicontial, that is, fuable ing too weak: So that both Metals are fafe from it. ' But

before the Sheriff in the County Court, becaufe determinable this Aqua Regia, after it has dijfolved Gold as far as it can

bounty by him without Affife. See Assise.

jDiffeifm is of three Sorts ; viz. Simple DiJJeifin, com- mitted by Day, without Force, and Arms : and 2)iJJeifiu by Force; for which feeDEFORCEOR ; and Fresh 'DiJJbifin.

See alfo Re-disseisin, and Post-disseisin. Wrongful ploy'd in keeping thofe few Particles tDiJJ'eifin is no Defcent in Law. will not meddle with the Silver : W

do, that is, after it has extracted a ycllowilh Tincture from it, is in a Condition to dijfolve Silver. This Phjenomcnon Mr. Homberg accounts tor hence : Thar Spirit of Salt, whether alone, or joyn'd with Spirit of Nitre, being em-

of Gold diflolved ;

hich, by this means,

receiving