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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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DIAGONAL, a. [Gr. A corner.]
DIAGONAL, n. A right line drawn from angle to angle of a quadrilateral figure, as a square or parallelogram, and dividing it into two equal parts. It is sometimes called the diameter, and sometimes the diametral.
Joining two not adjacent angles
of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner
to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides.
Diagonal bond (Masonry), herringbone
work. See Herringbone, A right line drawn from one angle to another not adjacent, of a
figure of four or more sides, and dividing it into two
parts.
A member, in a framed
structure, running obliquely across a panel.
A diagonal cloth; a kind of cloth having
diagonal stripes, ridges, or welts made in the weaving.
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