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Derangement of the mind; madness. Atterbury.

Separation into parts or classes; arrangement of anything into parts; disposition; classification.

To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest. Preparing to disturb With all-cofounding war the realms above. Cowper. The bellow's noise disturbed his quiet rest. Spenser. The utmost which the discontented colonies could do, was to disturb authority.…

An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current.

places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room.

To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky. [Slang]

ely. The domain of authentic history. E. Everett. The domain over which the poetic spirit ranges. J. C. Shairp.

be repeated an indefinite number of times. Derived from an entertainment using dominoes arranged in a row, each standing on edge and therefore easily knocked over; when the first is made to fall against the next, it starts a sequence which ends when all have fallen. For amusement, people have arranged such sequences in…

Next door to, near to; bordering on. A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult. L'Estrange. -- Out of doors, or Without doors, and, colloquially, Out doors, out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost. His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors. Locke. -- To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's do…

A village composed of Arab tents arranged in streets.

One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person. L'Estrange.

An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct. W. H. Wollaston.

in all directions except one. Dovetail molding (Arch.), a molding of any convex section arranged in a sort of zigzag, like a series of dovetails. -- Dovetail saw (Carp.), a saw used in dovetailing.

asleep; to be drowsy. If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him. L'Estrange.

To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.

4. He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which brought him a very great draught. L'Estrange.

along Drew him through dirt and mire without remorse. Spenser. He hastened to draw the stranger into a private room. Sir W. Scott. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats James ii. 6. The arrow is now drawn to the head. Atterbury.

To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks.

Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.

Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something; as: