Definition of dire

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Dire (superl.) Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens..

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Address :: Address (v. i.) To direct speech.
Areed :: Areed (v. t.) To counsel, advise, warn, or direct..
Before :: Before (adv.) On the fore part; in front, or in the direction of the front; -- opposed to in the rear..
Direptitious :: Direptitious (a.) Characterized by direption.
Up-train :: Up-train () A train going in the direction conventionally called up.
Diverge :: Diverge (v. i.) To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun..
Side :: Side (a.) Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark..
Al Segno :: Al segno () A direction for the performer to return and recommence from the sign /.
Lens :: Lens (n.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure..
Face :: Face (n.) Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against the front of; as, to fly in the face of danger; to the face of, directly to; from the face of, from the presence of..
Throat :: Throat (v. t.) To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending..
Parabolical :: Parabolical (a.) Generated by the revolution of a parabola, or by a line that moves on a parabola as a directing curve; as, a parabolic conoid..
Labyrinth :: Labyrinth (n.) A series of canals through which a stream of water is directed for suspending, carrying off, and depositing at different distances, the ground ore of a metal..
Devious :: Devious (a.) Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way..
Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc..
Refer :: Refer (v. t.) Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal..
Set :: Set (n.) Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current..
Undirected :: Undirected (a.) Misdirected; misled; led astray.
Aweather :: Aweather (adv.) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!.
Level :: Level (a.) Straightforward; direct; clear; open.
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