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a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences. Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. Kirwan.

The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated. Specifically

A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion.

To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.

To deprive or rid of interest in, or regard for; to disengage. [Obs.]

Disinterestedness; impartiality; fairness. [Obs.] Prior.

Disinterested. [Obs.] The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. Jer. Taylor.

fish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge. The happiness of disinterested sacrifices. Channing.

In a disinterested manner; without bias or prejudice.

The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality. That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. Macaulay.

Uninteresting. [Obs.] "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.

The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth; exhumation.

To free from thralldom; to disenthrall. [Written also disinthral.]

A releasing from thralldom or slavery; disenthrallment. [Written also disinthralment.]

To disentangle. [R.] "To disintricate the question." Sir W. Hamilton.

To render unaccustomed or unfamiliar. We are hindered and disinured . . . towards the true knowledge. Milton.

The act of depriving of investiture. [Obs.] Ogilvie.

To enervate; to weaken. [R.] Sydney Smith.

To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ly, adv. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ness, n. Locke.