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One who demands.

A woman who demands.

Peninsula. [Obs.] Knolles.

A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person, and for that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by the high almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it was forfeited as a deodand.

A Linnæan class of plants having two stamens.

Diandrous.

Of or pertaining to the class Diandria; having two stamens.

To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army. They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling. Knolles.

The act of disbanding.

To melt; to dissolve; to thaw. [Obs.]

To strip of a garland. [Poetic] "Thy locks disgarland." Drummond.

To spread out; to expand. [Obs.] Bailey.

To slander. [Obs.] Legend of Dido.

Slanderous. [Obs.]

A kind of peppergrass (Lepidium latifolium).

Doing. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

A Linnæan class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen.

Of or pertaining to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.

Having two hands.

eal, delightful country such as in sometimes pictured in dreams; region of fancies; fairyland. [He] builds a bridge from dreamland for his lay. Lowell.