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To alienate from allegiance. [Obs. & R.] Milton.

refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge. To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God. 1 Pet. ii. 4. That the edicts of Cæsar we may at all times disallow, but the statutes of God for no reason we may…

Not allowable; not to be suffered. Raleigh. -- Dis`al*low"a*ble*ness, n.

The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection.

To part, as an alliance; to sunder. [R.] "Disallied their nuptials." Milton.

arge. Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley.

The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion. Darwin.

sposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops in two lines.

e back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral.

Same as Dorsal, n.

On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad.

A dealer in salted or dried meats, pickles, sauces, etc., and in the materials used in pickling, salting, and preserving various kinds of food Hence drysalters usually sell a number of saline substances and miscellaneous drugs. Brande & C.

The articles kept by a drysalter; also, the business of a drysalter.

Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.

To make a vassal of. [Obs.]

Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia.

The uniting or allying one's self with anything; maintenance; adoption; as, the espousal of a quarrel. The open espousal of his cause. Lord Orford.

Exposure. Swift.

Extrorse.

Ointment for the eye.