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1,508 words match “BACON”

DIOCESENER n.
One who belongs to a diocese. [Obs.] Bacon.
DISABLEMENT n.
Deprivation of ability; incapacity. Bacon.
DISADVANTAGEABLE a.
Injurious; disadvantageous. [Obs.] Bacon.
DISCERN v.
To make cognizance. [Obs.] Bacon.
DISCHARGE v.
e water pipe discharges freely. The cloud, if it were oily or fatty, would not discharge. Bacon.
DISCIPLINE n.
ether physical, mental, or moral. 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.
DISCLOSE v.
to hatch. The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them. Bacon.
DISCOMMODITY n.
Disadvantage; inconvenience. Bacon.
DISCOMPOSE v.
To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace. [Obs.] Bacon.
DISCONTENTMENT n.
The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude. Bacon.
DISCONTINUE v.
To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. Bacon.
DISCONVENIENCE n.
Unsuitableness; incongruity. [Obs.] Bacon.
DISCORD n. 2 definitions
ding resolution into a concord. For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds mBacon. Apple of discord. See under Apple.
DISCOUNTENANCER n.
One who discountenances; one who disfavors. Bacon.
DISCOVER v.
rince. Shak. Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. Bacon. We will discover ourselves unto them. 1 Sam. xiv. 8. Discover not a secret to another. Prov. xxv. 9.
DISCRIMINATE a.
Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens. Bacon.
DISEASEFUL a.
Causing uneasiness. [Obs.] Disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people. Bacon.
DISEASEMENT n.
Uneasiness; inconvenience. [Obs.] Bacon.
DISFAVORER n.
One who disfavors. Bacon.
DISGEST v.
To digest. [Obs.] Bacon.
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