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Depopulation; destruction of population. [R.] Chapman.

To rend asunder; to tear to pieces. Sir T. Browne.

The act of rending asunder. Arbuthnot.

The state of being disconsolate. [Obs.] Barrow.

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced.

Capable of being displaced.

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place. Unnecessary displacement of funds. A. Hamilton. The displacement of the sun by parallax. Whewell.

Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

One that displaces.

A beautiful variety of Brussels pillow lace made originally in Belgium and resembling Honiton guipure. It is worked with fine thread in large sprays, usually of the primrose pattern, with much raised work.

A fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus marmoratus) of California; -- used as food.

To put into place or position; to fix on an emplacement.

A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure.

To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle. Ropes of pearl her neck and breast enlace. P. Fletcher.

The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding as with a lace.

See Interlace.

The candlefish. [Written also oulachan, oolacan, and ulikon.] See Candlefish.

Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted to deceive; misleading; delusive; as, fallacious arguments or reasoning. -- Fal*la"cious*ly, adv. -Fal*la"cious*ness, n.

sleads the eye or the mind; deception. Winning by conquest what the first man lost, By fallacy surprised. Milton.

Pertaining to reeds and canes; having a stalk like a reed; as, ferulaceous plants.