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Meaning of DIALLAGE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Di*al"la*ge\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? interchange, change,
    fr. ? to interchange.] (Rhet.)
    A figure by which arguments are placed in various points of
    view, and then turned to one point. --Smart.
    
  2. \Di"al*lage\ (?; 277), n. [Gr. ? change, alluding to
    the change and inequality of luster between the natural
    joints of the mineral.] (Min.)
    A dark green or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene,
    common in certain igneous rocks.
    
 
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