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The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited; disinheritance. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

One who puts another out of his inheritance.

hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle. With garments rent and hair disheveled, Wringing her hands and making piteous moan. Spenser.

Disheveled. [Obs.] Dishevele, save his cap, he rode all bare. Chaucer.

Having in loose disorder; disarranged; as, disheveled hair.

As much as a dish holds when full.

Dish-shaped; concave.

Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.] Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. Pope. Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women]. Sir T. North.

In a dishonest manner.

Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [Obs.] "The hidden things of dishonesty." 2 Cor. iv. 2.

k of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach. It was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor. Ezra iv. 14. His honor rooted in dishonor stood. Tennyson.

Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.

Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation. Holmes.

One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats another indignity. Milton.

To deprive of horns; as, to dishorn cattle. "Dishorn the spirit." Shak.

To dismount. Tennyson.

To deprive of house or home. "Dishoused villagers." James White.

Ill humor. [Obs.]

One who, or that which, washes dishes.

Water in which dishes have been washed. "Suds and dishwater." Beau. & Fl.