Decalcomania, Decalcomanie De·cal`co·ma"ni·a, De·cal`co·ma"nie noun [ French décalcomanie .] The art or process of transferring pictures and designs to china, glass, marble, etc., and permanently fixing them thereto.

Decaliter, Decalitre Dec"a·li`ter, Dec"a·li`tre noun [ French décalitre ; Greek de`ka ten + French litre . See Liter .] A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gallons.

Decalog Dec"a·log noun Decalogue.

Decalogist De·cal"o·gist noun One who explains the decalogue. J. Gregory.

Decalogue Dec"a·logue noun [ French décalogue , Latin decalogus , from Greek ...; de`ka ten + ... speech, ... to speak, to say. See Ten .] The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone.

Decameron De·cam"e·ron noun [ Italian decamerone , from Greek de`ka ten + ... part; though quite generally supposed to be derived from ... day: confer French décaméron .] A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian.

Decameter, Decametre Dec"a·me`ter, Dec"a·me`tre noun [ French décamètre ; Greek de`ka ten + mètre . See Meter .] A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.

Decamp De·camp" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Decamped (?; 215); present participle & verbal noun Decamping .] [ French décamper ; prefix dé- (L. dis ) + camp camp. See Camp .] 1. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly. Macaulay.

2. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly.

The fathers were ordered to decamp , and the house was once again converted into a tavern.

Goldsmith.

Decampment De·camp"ment noun [ Confer French décampement .] Departure from a camp; a marching off.

Decanal Dec"a·nal adjective [ Confer French décanal . See Dean .] Pertaining to a dean or deanery.

His rectorial as well as decanal residence.

Churton.

Decanal side , the side of the choir on which the dean's tall is placed. -- Decanal stall , the stall allotted to the dean in the choir, on the right or south side of the chancel. Shipley.

Decandria De·can"dri·a noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek de`ka ten + ..., ..., a man.] (Botany) A Linnæan class of plants characterized by having ten stamens.

Decandrian, Decandrous De·can"dri·an, De·can"drous adjective [ Confer French décandre .] (Botany) Belonging to the Decandria; having ten stamens.

Decane Dec"ane noun [ See Deca- .] (Chemistry) A liquid hydrocarbon, C ₁₀ H ₂₂ , of the paraffin series, including several isomeric modifications.

Decangular Dec·an"gu·lar adjective [ Prefix deca- + angular .] Having ten angles.

Decani De·ca"ni adjective [ Latin , lit., of the dean.] Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; -- correlative to cantoris ; as, the decanal, or decani , side.

Decant De·cant" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Decanted ; present participle & verbal noun Decanting .] [ French décanter (cf. Italian decantare ), prop., to pour off from the edge of a vessel; prefix dé- (L. de ) + Old French cant (It. canto ) edge, border, end. See Cant an edge.] To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.

Decantate De·can"tate transitive verb To decant. [ Obsolete]

Decantation De`can·ta"tion noun [ Confer French décantation .] The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.

Decanter De·cant"er noun 1. A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.

2. One who decants liquors.

Decaphyllous De·caph"yl·lous adjective [ Prefix deca- + Greek ... leaf: confer French décaphylle .] (Botany) Having ten leaves.

Decapitate De·cap"i·tate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Decapitated ; present participle & verbal noun Decapitating .] [ Late Latin decapitatus , past participle of decapitare ; Latin de- + caput head. See Chief .] 1. To cut off the head of; to behead.

2. To remove summarily from office. [ Colloq. U. S.]

Decapitation De·cap`i·ta"tion noun [ Late Latin decapitatio : confer French décapitation .] The act of beheading; beheading.

Decapod Dec"a·pod (dĕk"ȧ*pŏd) noun [ Confer French décapode .] (Zoology) A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively.

Decapoda De·cap"o·da (de*kăp"o*dȧ) noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek de`ka ten + poy`s , podo`s , foot.] 1. (Zoology) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.

» They have a carapace, covering and uniting the somites of the head and thorax and inclosing a gill chamber on each side, and usually have five (rarely six) pairs of legs. They are divided into two principal groups: Brachyura and Macrura. Some writers recognize a third (Anomura) intermediate between the others.

2. (Zoology) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera .

Decapodal, Decapodous De·cap"o·dal, De·cap"o·dous adjective (Zoology) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed.

Decarbonate De·car"bon·ate transitive verb To deprive of carbonic acid.

Decarbonization De·car`bon·i·za"tion noun The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon.

Decarbonize De·car"bon·ize transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Decarbonized ; present participle & verbal noun Decarbonizing .] To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood.

Decarbonized iron . See Malleable iron . -- Decarbonized steel , homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron.

Decarbonizer De·car"bon·i`zer noun He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.

Decarburization De·car`bu·ri·za"tion noun The act, process, or result of decarburizing.

Decarburize De·car"bu·rize transitive verb To deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from.

Decard De·card" transitive verb To discard. [ Obsolete]

You have cast those by, decarded them.

J. Fletcher.

Decardinalize De·car"di·nal·ize transitive verb To depose from the rank of cardinal.

Decastere Dec"a·stere noun [ Latin décastère ; Greek de`ka ten + French stère a stere.] (Metric System) A measure of capacity, equal to ten steres, or ten cubic meters.

Decastich Dec"a·stich noun [ Prefix deca- + Greek sti`chos a row, a line of writing, a verse.] A poem consisting of ten lines.

Decastyle Dec"a·style adjective [ Greek ...; de`ka ten + sty`los a column.] (Architecture) Having ten columns in front; -- said of a portico, temple, etc. -- noun A portico having ten pillars or columns in front.

Decasyllabic Dec`a·syl·lab"ic adjective [ Prefix deca- + syllabic : confer French décasyllabique , décasyllable .] Having, or consisting of, ten syllables.

Decathlon De·cath"lon noun [ See Deca- ; Pentathlon .] In the modern Olympic Games, a composite contest consisting of a 100-meter run, a broad jump, putting the shot, a running high-jump, a 400-meter run, throwing the discus, a 100-meter hurdle race, pole vaulting, throwing the javelin, and a 1500-meter run.

Decatoic Dec`a·to"ic adjective (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, decane.

Decay De·cay" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Decayed ; present participle & verbal noun Decaying .] [ Old French decaeir , dechaer , decheoir , French déchoir , to decline, fall, become less; Latin de- + cadere to fall. See Chance .] To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays ; fortunes decay ; hopes decay .

Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men decay .

Goldsmith.

Decay De·cay" transitive verb 1. To cause to decay; to impair. [ R.]

Infirmity, that decays the wise.

Shak.

2. To destroy. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Decay De·cay" noun 1. Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay .

Perhaps my God, though he be far before,
May turn, and take me by the hand, and more -
May strengthen my decays .

Herbert.

His [ Johnson's] failure was not to be ascribed to intellectual decay .

Macaulay.

Which has caused the decay of the consonants to follow somewhat different laws.

James Byrne.

2. Destruction; death. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

3. Cause of decay. [ R.]

He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers, is the decay of the whole age.

Bacon.

Syn. -- Decline; consumption. See Decline .

Decayed De·cayed" adjective Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a decayed fortune or gentleman. -- De*cay"ed*ness noun

Decayer De·cay"er noun A causer of decay. [ R.]

Decease De·cease" noun [ Middle English deses , deces , French décès , from Latin decessus departure, death, from decedere to depart, die; de- + cedere to withdraw. See Cease , Cede .] Departure, especially departure from this life; death.

His decease , which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.

Luke ix. 31.

And I, the whilst you mourn for his decease ,
Will with my mourning plaints your plaint increase.

Spenser.

Syn. -- Death; departure; dissolution; demise; release. See Death .

Decease De·cease" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Deceased ; present participle & verbal noun Deceasing .] To depart from this life; to die; to pass away.

She's dead, deceased , she's dead.

Shak.

When our summers have deceased .

Tennyson.

Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him, he so far deceases from nature.

Emerson.

Deceased De·ceased" adjective Passed away; dead; gone.

The deceased , the dead person.

Decede De·cede" intransitive verb [ Latin decedere . See Decease , noun ] To withdraw. [ Obsolete] Fuller.

Decedent De·ce"dent adjective [ Latin decedens , present participle of decedere .] Removing; departing. Ash.

Decedent De·ce"dent noun A deceased person. Bouvier.

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