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A subdivision of a department. [France]

Advisement; observation; deliberation. [Obs.]

substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively. Basement membrane (Anat.), a delicate membrane composed of a single layer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon which, in many organs, the epithelioid cells are disposed.

f a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process.

Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down.

ixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window. A casement of the great chamber window. Shak.

Having a casement or casements.

ine; punishment. Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars, On equal terms to give him chastesement! Shak. I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31.

The act of debasing or the state of being debased. Milton.

An accidental blowing off of, or other serious damage to, the breechblock of a gun; also, a removal of the breechblock for the purpose of disabling the gun.

A despising. [R.] Holland.

See Disfranchise, Disfranchisement.

The act of disbursing or paying out. The disbursement of the public moneys. U. S. Statutes.

Uneasiness; inconvenience. [Obs.] Bacon.

chartered immunities. Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony. Palfrey.

Disguise. [R.] Spenser.

Disposal. [Obs.] Goodwin.

Diversion; amusement; recreation. [R.]

A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play. Smart.

relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation. In need of every kind of relief and easement. Burke.