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DISHEIR v.
To disinherit. [Obs.] Dryden.
DISHELM v.
To deprive of the helmet. [Poetic] Lying stark, Dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale. Tennyson.
DISHERISON n.
The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinhersion. Bp. Hall.
DISHERIT v.
To disinherit; to cut off, or detain, from the possession or enjoyment of an inheritance. [Obs.] Spenser.
DISHERITANCE n.
The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited; disinheritance. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
DISHERITOR n.
One who puts another out of his inheritance.
DISHEVEL v. 3 definitions
ir) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle. With garments rent and hair disheveled, Wringing her hands and making piteous moan. Spenser.
DISHEVELE p.
Disheveled. [Obs.] Dishevele, save his cap, he rode all bare. Chaucer.
DISHEVELED a. 2 definitions
Having in loose disorder; disarranged; as, disheveled hair.
DISHWASHER n. 2 definitions
One who, or that which, washes dishes.
DISSHEATHE v.
To become unsheathed. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
DISTINGUISHED a. 2 definitions
Marked; special. The most distinguished politeness. Mad. D' Arblay.
DISTINGUISHEDLY adv.
In a distinguished manner. [R.] Swift.
DISTINGUISHER n. 2 definitions
One who, or that which, distinguishes or separates one thing from another by marks of diversity. Sir T. Browne.
EAR-SHELL n.
A flattened marine univalve shell of the genus Haliotis; -- called also sea-ear. See Abalone.
EGGSHELL n. 2 definitions
The shell or exterior covering of an egg. Also used figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell.
EMBELLISHER n.
One who embellishes.
EMPERISHED a.
Perished; decayed. [Obs.] I deem thy brain emperished be. Spenser.
ENSHELTER v.
To shelter. [Obs.]
ESTABLISHED SUIT n.
A plain suit in which a player (or side) could, except for trumping, take tricks with all his remaining cards.
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