||Di"es ju*rid"i*cus (?); pl. Dies juridici (#). [L.] (Law) A court day.
||Di"es non" (?). [L. dies non juridicus.] (Law) A day on which courts are not held, as Sunday or any legal holiday.
Die"stock` (?), n. A stock to hold the dies used for cutting screws.
Di"et (?), n. [F. diète, L. diaeta, fr. Gr. &?; manner of living.] 1. Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare. "No inconvenient diet." Milton.
2. A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed.
To fast like one that takes diet.
Shak.
Diet kitchen, a kitchen in which diet is prepared for invalids; a charitable establishment that provides proper food for the sick poor.
Di"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dieted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dieting.] 1. To cause to take food; to feed. [R.] Shak.
2. To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of.
She diets him with fasting every day.
Spenser.