Diest, a town and fortress of Belgium, in the province of Brabant, on the river Demer, 37 miles S.E. of Antwerp by rail, with manufactures of woollen goods, beer, and gin. Pop. 7599.
Diest
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 806
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