Chapter 449

Dis*for"est (?) , v. t. 1. To disafforest.

Fuller.

2. To clear or deprive of forests or trees.

Disforestation <Xpage=424>

Dis*for`es*ta"tion (?) , n. The act of clearing land of forests.

Daniel.

Disformity <Xpage=424>

Dis*form"i*ty (?) , n. [Cf. Deformity .] Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form.

Uniformity or disformity in comparing together the respective figures of bodies. S. Clarke.

Disfranchise <Xpage=424>

Dis*fran"chise (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disfranchised (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfranchising .] [Cf. Diffranchise .] To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc.

Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised . Fabyan (1509).

He was partially disfranchised so as to be made incapable of taking part in public affairs. Thirlwall.

Disfranchisement <Xpage=424>

Dis*fran"chise*ment (?) , n. The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities.

Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony. Palfrey.

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Disfriar <Xpage=425>

Dis*fri"ar (?) , v. t. To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar. [Obs.]

Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves. Fuller.

Disfrock <Xpage=425>

Dis*frock" (?) , v. t. To unfrock.

Disfurnish <Xpage=425>

Dis*fur"nish (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disfurnished (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfurnishing .] [Pref. dis- + furnish .] To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest.

I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of All merit, that can raise me higher. Massinger.

Disfurnishment <Xpage=425>

Dis*fur"nish*ment (?) , n. The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.

Daniel.

Disfurniture <Xpage=425>

Dis*fur"ni*ture (?; 135) , n. The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished. [Obs.]

Disfurniture <Xpage=425>

Dis*fur"ni*ture , v. t. To disfurnish. [R.]

East.

Disgage <Xpage=425>

Dis*gage" (?) , v. t. To free from a gage or pledge; to disengage. [Obs.]

Holland.

Disgallant <Xpage=425>

Dis*gal"lant (?) , v. t. To deprive of gallantry. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Disgarland <Xpage=425>

Dis*gar"land (?) , v. t. To strip of a garland. [Poetic] "Thy locks disgarland ."

Drummond.

Disgarnish <Xpage=425>

Dis*gar"nish (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- + garnish . See Degarnish .] To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle.

Bp. Hall.

Disgarrison <Xpage=425>

Dis*gar"ri*son (?) , v. t. To deprive of a garrison.

Hewyt.

Disgavel <Xpage=425>

Dis*gav"el (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disgaveled (?) or Disgaveled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgaveling .] [See Gavelkind .] (Eng. Law) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant; -- said of lands.

Burrill.

Disgest <Xpage=425>

Dis*gest" (?) , v. t. To digest. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Disgestion <Xpage=425>

Dis*ges"tion (?; 106) , n. Digestion. [Obs.]

Disglorify <Xpage=425>

Dis*glo"ri*fy (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disglorified (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disglorifying .] To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity. [R.]

Disglorified , blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton.

Disglory <Xpage=425>

Dis*glo"ry (?) , n. Dishonor. [Obs.]

To the disglory of God's name. Northbrooke.

Disgorge <Xpage=425>

Dis*gorge" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disgorged (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgorging .] [F. d\'82gorger , earlier desgorger ; pref. d\'82- , des- (L. dis- ) + gorge . See Gorge .]

1. To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in great quantities from a confined place.

This mountain when it rageth, . . . casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone. Hakluyt.

They loudly laughed To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught. Dryden.

2. To give up unwillingly as what one has wrongfully seized and appropriated; to make restitution of; to surrender; as, he was compelled to disgorge his ill-gotten gains .

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Dis*gorge" , v. i. To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to make restitution.

See where it flows, disgorging at seven mouths Into the sea. Milton.

Disgorgement <Xpage=425>

Dis*gorge"ment (?) , n. [Cf. F. d\'82gorgement .] The act of disgorging; a vomiting; that which is disgorged.

Bp. Hall.

Disgospel <Xpage=425>

Dis*gos"pel (?) , v. i. To be inconsistent with, or act contrary to, the precepts of the gospel; to pervert the gospel. [Obs.]

Milton.

Disgrace <Xpage=425>

Dis*grace" (?; 277) , n. [F. disgr\'83ce ; pref. dis- (L. dis- ) + gr\'83ce . See Grace .]

1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

Macduff lives in disgrace . Shak.

2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy.

To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honor to disgrace's feet? Shak.

3. That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being .

4. An act of unkindness; a disfavor. [Obs.]

The interchange continually of favors and disgraces . Bacon.

Syn. -- Disfavor; disesteem; opprobrium; reproach; discredit; disparagement; dishonor; shame; infamy; ignominy; humiliation.

Disgrace <Xpage=425>

Dis*grace" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disgraced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgracing (?) .] [Cf. F. disgracier . See Disgrace , n. ]

1. To put out favor; to dismiss with dishonor.

Flatterers of the disgraced minister. Macaulay.

Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed. J. Morley.

2. To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation.

Shall heap with honors him they now disgrace . Pope.

His ignorance disgraced him. Johnson.

3. To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile.

The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace . Spenser.

Syn. -- To degrade; humble; humiliate; abase; disparage; defame; dishonor; debase.

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Dis*grace"ful (?) , a. Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man . -- Dis*grace"ful*fy , adv. -- Dis*grace"ful*ness , n.

The Senate have cast you forth disgracefully . B. Jonson.

Disgracer <Xpage=425>

Dis*gra"cer (?) , n. One who disgraces.

Disgracious <Xpage=425>

Dis*gra"cious (?) , a. [Cf. F. disgracieux .] Wanting grace; unpleasing; disagreeable.

Shak.

Disgracive <Xpage=425>

Dis*gra"cive (?) , a. Disgracing. [Obs.]

Feltham.

Disgradation <Xpage=425>

Dis`gra*da"tion (?) , n. (Scots Law) Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.

Disgrade <Xpage=425>

Dis*grade" (?) , v. t. To degrade. [Obs.]

Foxe.

Disgraduate <Xpage=425>

Dis*grad"u*ate (?; 135) , v. t. To degrade; to reduce in rank. [Obs.]

Tyndale.

Disgregate <Xpage=425>

Dis"gre*gate (?) , v. t. [L. disgregare ; dis- + gregare to collect, fr. grex , gregis , flock or herd.] To disperse; to scatter; -- opposite of congregate . [Obs.]

Disgregation <Xpage=425>

Dis`gre*ga"tion (?) , n. (Physiol.) The process of separation, or the condition of being separate, as of the molecules of a body.

Disgruntle <Xpage=425>

Dis*grun"tle (?) , v. t. To dissatisfy; to disaffect; to anger. [Colloq.]

Disguise <Xpage=425>

Dis*guise" (?; 232) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disguised (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disguising .] [OE. desguisen , disgisen , degisen , OF. desguisier , F. d\'82guiser ; pref. des- (L. dis- ) + guise . See Guise .]

1. To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive.

Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner. Macaulay.

2. To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloak by a false show; to mask; as, to disguise anger; to disguise one's sentiments, character, or intentions.

All God's angels come to us disguised . Lowell.

3. To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.

I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker or five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship. Spectator.

Syn. -- To conceal; hide; mask; dissemble; dissimulate; feign; pretend; secrete. See Conceal .

Disguise <Xpage=425>

Dis*guise" , n. 1. A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties .

There is no passion steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises , than pride. Addison.

2. Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show.

That eye which glances through all disguises . D. Webster.

3. Change of manner by drink; intoxication.

Shak.

4. A masque or masquerade. [Obs.]

Disguise was the old English word for a masque. B. Jonson.

Disguisedfy <Xpage=425>

Dis*guis"ed*fy (?) , adv. In disguise.

Disguisedness <Xpage=425>

Dis*guis"ed*ness , n. The state of being disguised.

Disguisement <Xpage=425>

Dis*guise"ment (?) , n. Disguise. [R.]

Spenser.

Disguiser <Xpage=425>

Dis*guis"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, disguises.

Shak.

2. One who wears a disguise; an actor in a masquerade; a masker. [Obs.]

E. Hall.

Disguising <Xpage=425>

Dis*guis"ing , n. A masque or masquerade. [Obs.]

Disgust <Xpage=425>

Dis*gust" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disgusted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgusting .] [OF. desgouster , F. d\'82go\'96ter ; pref. des- (L. dis- ) + gouster to taste, F. go\'96ter , fr. L. gustare , fr. gustus taste. See Gust to taste.] To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with at , with , or by .

To disgust him with the world and its vanities. Prescott.

\'92rius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. J. H. Newman.

Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. Macaulay.

Disgust <Xpage=425>

Dis*gust" , n. [Cf. OF. desgoust , F. d\'82go\'96t . See Disgust , v. t. ] Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust .

The manner of doing is more consequence than the thing done, and upon that depends the satisfaction or disgust wherewith it is received. Locke.

In a vulgar hack writer such oddities would have excited only disgust . Macaulay.

Syn. -- Nausea; loathing; aversion; distaste; dislike; disinclination; abomination. See Dislike .

Disgustful <Xpage=425>

Dis*gust"ful (?) , a. Provoking disgust; offensive to the taste; exciting aversion; disgusting.

That horrible and disgustful situation. Burke.

Disgustfulness <Xpage=425>

Dis*gust"ful*ness , n. The state of being disgustful.

Disgusting <Xpage=425>

Dis*gust"ing , a. That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting. -- Dis*gust"ing*ly , adv.

Dish <Xpage=425>

Dish (?) , n. [AS. disc , L. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr. <?/ quoit, fr. <?/ to throw. Cf. Dais , Desk , Disc , Discus .]

1. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

She brought forth butter in a lordly dish . Judg. v. 25.

2. The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish ; a warm dish ; a delicious dish . "A dish fit for the gods."

Shak.

Home-home dishes that drive one from home. Hood.

3. The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel .

4. A hollow place, as in a field.

Ogilvie.

5. (Mining) (a) A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured. (b) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.

Dish <Xpage=425>

Dish , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dished (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dishing .]

1. To put in a dish, ready for the table.

2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes .

3. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [Low]

To dish out . 1. To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table. 2. (Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood. -- To dish up , to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table.

Dishabilitate <Xpage=425>

Dis`ha*bil"i*tate (?) , v. t. [Cf. Disability .] To disqualify. [R.]

Dishabille <Xpage=425>

Dis`ha*bille" (?) , n. [See Deshabille .] An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille.

They breakfast in dishabille . Smollett.

Dishabit <Xpage=425>

Dis*hab"it (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- + habit to inhabit.] To dislodge. [Obs.]

Those sleeping stones . . . from their fixed beds of lime Had been dishabited . Shak.

Dishabited <Xpage=425>

Dis*hab"it*ed , p. a. Rendered uninhabited. " Dishabited towns."

R. Carew.

Dishabituate <Xpage=425>

Dis`ha*bit"u*ate (?; 135) , v. t. To render unaccustomed.

Dishable <Xpage=425>

Dis*ha"ble (?) , v. t. 1. To disable. [Obs.]

2. To disparage. [Obs.]

She oft him blamed . . . and him dishabled quite. Spenser.

Dishallow <Xpage=425>

Dis*hal"low (?) , v. t. To make unholy; to profane.

Tennyson.

Nor can the unholiness of the priest dishallow the altar. T. Adams.

Disharmonious <Xpage=425>

Dis`har*mo"ni*ous (?) , a. Unharmonious; discordant. [Obs.]

Hallywell.

Disharmony <Xpage=425>

Dis*har"mo*ny (?) , n. Want of harmony; discord; incongruity. [R.]

A disharmony in the different impulses that constitute it [our nature]. Coleridge.

Dishaunt <Xpage=425>

Dis*haunt" (?) , v. t. To leave; to quit; to cease to haunt.

Halliwell.

Dishcloth <Xpage=425>

Dish"cloth` (?; 115) , n. A cloth used for washing dishes.

Dishclout <Xpage=425>

Dish"clout` (?) , n. A dishcloth. [Obsolescent]

Disheart <Xpage=425>

Dis*heart" (?) , v. t. To dishearten. [Obs.]

Dishearten <Xpage=425>

Dis*heart"en (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disheartened (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheartening .] [Pref. dis- + hearten .] To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.

Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened . Macaulay.

Syn. -- To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter; terrify.

Disheartenment <Xpage=425>

Dis*heart"en*ment (?) , n. Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.

Disheir <Xpage=425>

Dis*heir" (?) , v. t. [Cf. Disherit .] To disinherit. [Obs.]

Dryden.

Dishelm <Xpage=425>

Dis*helm" (?) , v. t. [Pref. dis- + helm helmet.] To deprive of the helmet. [Poetic]

Lying stark, Dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale. Tennyson.

Disherison <Xpage=425>

Dis*her"i*son (?) , n. [See Disherit .] The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinhersion.

Bp. Hall.

Disherit <Xpage=425>

Dis*her"it (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disherited ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheriting .] [F. d\'82sh\'82riter ; pref. d\'82s- (L. dis- ) + h\'82riter to inherit. See Inherit , and cf. Dusheir , Disinherit .] To disinherit; to cut off, or detain, from the possession or enjoyment of an inheritance. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Disheritance <Xpage=425>

Dis*her"it*ance (?) , n. [Cf. OF. desheritance .] The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited; disinheritance. [Obs.]

Beau. & Fl.

Disheritor <Xpage=425>

Dis*her"it*or (?) , n. (Law) One who puts another out of his inheritance.

Dishevel <Xpage=425>