Mhich-Connel Dhu. or M’Ilduy, a Highland chief in the army of Montrose.—­

Sir W. Scott, Legend of Montrose (time, Charles I.).

DHUL’DUL, the famous horse of Ali, son-in-law of Mahomet.

DHU’L KARNEIN ("the two-horned,”) a true believer according to the Mohammedan notion, who built the wall to prevent the incursions of Gog and Magog.—­Al Koran, xviii.

Commentators say the wall was built in this manner:  The workman dug till they found water; and having laid the foundation of stone and melted brass, they built the superstructure of large pieces of iron, between which they packed wood and coal, till the whole equalled the height of the mountains [of Armenia].  Then setting fire to the combustibles, and by the use of bellows, they made the iron red hot, and poured molten brass over to fill up the interstices.

—­Al Beidawi.

DHU’LNUN, the surname of Jonah.; so called because he was swallowed by a fish.

Remember Dhu’lnun, when he departed in wrath, and thought that we could not exercise our power over him.—­Al Koran, xxi.

DIAFOIRUS (Thomas), son of Dr. Diafoirus.  He is a young medical milksop, to whom Argan has promised his daughter Angelique in marriage.  Diafoirus pays his compliments in cut-and-dried speeches, and on one occasion, being interrupted in his remarks, says, “Madame, vous m’avez interrompu dans le milieu de ma periode, et cela m’a trouble la memoire.”  His father says, “Thomas, reservez cela pour une autre fois.”  Angelique loves Cleante (2 syl.), and Thomas Diafoirus goes to the wall.

Il n’a jamais eu l’imagination bien vive, ni ce feu d’esprit qu’on remarque dans quelques uns,....  Lorsqui’il etait petit, il n’a jamais ete ce qu’on appelle mievre et eveille; on le voyait toujours doux, paisible, et taciturne, ne disant jamais mot, et ne jouant jamais a tons ces petits jeux que l’on nomme enfantins.—­Moliere, Le Malade Imaginaire, ii.6 (1673).

DI’AMOND, one of three brothers, sons of the fairy Agape.  Though very strong, he was slain in single fight by Cambalo.  His brothers were Pri’amond and Tri’amond.—­Spenser, Faery Queen, iv. (1596).

DIAMOND JOUSTS, nine jousts instituted by Arthur, and so called because a diamond was the prize.  These nine diamonds were all won by Sir Launcelot, who presented them to the queen, but Guinevere, in a tiff, flung them into the river which ran by the palace.—­Tennyson, Idylls of the King ("Elaine").

DIAMOND SWORD, a magic sword given by the god Syren to the king of the Gold Mines.

She gave him a sword made of one entire diamond, that gave as great lustre as the sun.—­Comtesse D’Aunoy, Fairy Tales ("The Yellow Dwarf,” 1682).

DIANA, the heroine and title, a pastoral of Montemayor, imitated from the Daphnis and Chloe of Longos (fourteenth century).