Dilogies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dilogy \Dil"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Dilogies}. [L. dilogia, Gr. ?, fr. ?
     doubtful; di- = di`s- twice + ? to speak.] (Rhet.)
     An ambiguous speech; a figure in which a word is used an
     equivocal sense. [R.]
     [1913 Webster]