DERAIN
\dɪɹˈe͡ɪn], \dɪɹˈeɪn], \d_ɪ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_n]\
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By Noah Webster.
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de-r[=a]n', v.t. to prove: to justify: to win by fighting: to prepare for battle: to arrange in order of battle.--Also DERAIGN', DARRAIN', DARRAYNE'. [O. Fr. derainier, desraisnier--Late L. deration[=a]re, to vindicate--L. de or dis, and ration[=a]re, to discourse; ratio, reason.]
By Thomas Davidson
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).