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The act or the process of freeing from silver; also, the condition resulting from the removal of silver.

The act or process of freeing from zinc; also, the condition resulting from the removal of zinc.

Relating to diarthrosis, or movable articulations.

The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis.

glass or telescope. "Dioptrical principles." Nichol. Dioptric curve (Geom.), a Cartesian oval. See under Cartesian.

rent, produced by stopping or removing the latter; also, a similar current produced by removal of a magnet.

The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. Addison.

Converting forest land into cleared or arable land; removal of a forest. Sir W. Scott.

The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo.

The quality of being improvable by discipline. Sir M. Hale.

Wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity. Bacon. Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience. C. J. Smith.

One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about

To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage. A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot. Bancroft.

Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or with disgrace.

The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh.

One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells.

shioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially, one fixed to its place, and not movable.

plied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova of which become attached to the skin of the back of the parent, where they develop; dorsiparous.

Mild as a dove; gentle; pure and lovable. Longfellow.

That part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. See the Note under Drawbridge. [U.S.]