din

n. [ AS. dyne, dyn; akin to Icel. dynr, and to AS. dynian to resound, Icel. dynja to pour down like hail or rain; cf. Skr. dhuni roaring, a torrent, dhvan to sound. Cf. Dun to ask payment. ] Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar. [ 1913 Webster ]

Think you a little din can daunt mine ears? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He knew the battle's din afar. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dust and din and steam of town. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dinned p. pr. & vb. n. Dinning. ] [ AS. dynian. See Din, n. ] 1. To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding. [ 1913 Webster ]

This hath been often dinned in my ears. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

To din into, to fix in the mind of another by frequent and noisy repetitions. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + naphthylene. ] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C20H14, obtained from naphthylene, and consisting of a doubled naphthylene radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar. dīnār, from Gr. dhna`rion, fr. L. denarius. See Denier. ] 1. A petty money of accounts of Persia; 100 dinars consituted a rial. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An ancient gold coin of the East, issued by various Islamic countries. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. the unit of currency of Yugoslavia. One dinar equals 100 paras. Abbreviated Din. [ PJC ]

n. See Diarchy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men. [ 1913 Webster ]

A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dine upon; to have to eat. [ Obs. ] “What will ye dine.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dined p. pr. & vb. n. Dining. ] [ F. dîner, OF. disner, LL. disnare, contr. fr. an assumed disjunare; dis- + an assumed junare (OF. juner) to fast, for L. jejunare, fr. jejunus fasting. See Jejune, and cf. Dinner, D&unr_;jeuner. ] To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To dine with Duke Humphrey, to go without dinner; -- a phrase common in Elizabethan literature, said to be from the practice of the poor gentry, who beguiled the dinner hour by a promenade near the tomb of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in Old Saint Paul's. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who dines. [ 1913 Webster ]