DYE, verb transitive [Latin tingo, for tigo.]
To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to; applied particularly to cloth or the materials of cloth, as wool, cotton, silk and linen; also to hats, leather, etc. It usually expresses more or a deeper color than tinge.
DY'ED, participle passive Stained; colored.
DY'EING, participle present tense Staining; giving a new and permanent color.
DY'EING, noun The art or practice of giving new and permanent colors; the art of coloring cloth, hats, etc.
DY'ER, noun One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like.
DY'ING, participle present tense [from die.] Losing life; perishing; expiring; fading away; languishing.
1. adjective Mortal; destined to death; as dying bodies.
DYNAM'ETER, noun [Gr. strength, and to measure.]
An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes.
DYNAMET'RICAL, adjective Pertaining to a dynameter.
DYNAM'ICAL, adjective [Gr. power.] Pertaining to strength or power.
DYNAMICS, noun [Gr., power.] That branch of mechanical philosophy which treats of the force of moving bodies; the science of moving powers, and the effect of moving bodies acting on each other and producing motion.
DYNAMOM'ETER, noun [See Dynameter.] An instrument for measuring the relative strength of men and other animals.
DY'NAST, noun [See Dynasty.] a ruler; a governor; a prince; a government.
DYNAST'IC, adjective Relating to a dynasty or line of kings.
DY'NASTY, noun [Gr. power, sovereignty; a lord or chief; to be able or strong, to prevail.]
Government; sovereignty; or rather a race or succession of kings of the same line or family, who govern a particular country; as the dynastics of Egypt or Persia.
The obligation of treaties and contracts is allowed to survive the change of dynasties.
DYS'CRASY, adjective [Gr. evil, and habit.] In medicine, an ill habit or state of the humors; distemperature of the juices.
DYSENTER'IC, adjective Pertaining to dysentery; accompanied with dysentery; proceeding from dysentery.
1. Afflicted with dysentery; as a dysenteric patient.
DYS'ENTERY, noun [Latin dysenteria; Gr. bad; intestines.]
A flux in which the stools consist chiefly of blood and mucus or other morbid matter, accompanied with griping of the bowels, and followed by tenesmus.
DYS'ODILE, noun A species of coal of a greenish or yellowish gray color, in masses composed of thin layers. When burning, it emits a very fetid odor.
DYS'OREXY, noun [Gr. bad, and appetite.] A bad or depraved appetite; a want of appetite.
DYSPEP'SY, noun [Gr. bad, and to concoct.] Bad digestion; indigestion, or difficulty of digestion.
DYSPEP'TIC, adjective Afflicted with indigestion; as a dyspeptic person.
1. Pertaining to or consisting in dyspepsy; as a dyspeptic complaint.
DYS'PHONY, noun [Gr. bad, hard; and voice.] A difficulty of speaking, occasioned by an ill disposition of the organs of speech.
DYSPNOE'A, noun A difficulty of breathing.
DYS'URY, noun [Gr. urine.] Difficulty in discharging the urine, attended with pain and a sensation of heat.