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To disembark. Pope.

To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops.

The act of disembarking.

Disembarkation. [R.]

To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade. It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation. South.

The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.

Embarkation. [R.] Middleton.

See Embark.

The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; -- called also ironwood.

n the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.

. See Sassy bark.

saceous shrub (Neillia, or Spiræa, opulifolia), common in the Northern United States. The bark separates into many thin layers, whence the name.

The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chilians instead of soap. Also called soap bark.

To put, or go, on board a vessel again; to embark again.

A putting, or going, on board a vessel again.

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The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlæum Guineense, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and also medicinally; -- called also mancona bark.

A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark. See Hickory.

A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut.

To deprive of the bark; to decorticate; to strip; as, to unbark a tree. Bacon.