DIAPER, a kind of cloth on which are formed various figures, and which is chiefly used for table-linen.
DIAPHANOUS (διαφανής, I shew through) an appellation given to all transparent bodies, or such as transmit the rays of light; as glass, &c.
DIAPHONICS (διαφωνία, the voice), the doctrine of refracted sounds.
DIAPHORESIS (διαφόρησης), in Rhetoric, is used to express hesitation or uncertainty in the speaker.
DIAPHORETICS (διαφορέω, I carry through), such medicines as promote perspiration.