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Dentition.

Having the lid removed; -- said of the capsules of mosses.

To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through. [Obs.] Boyle.

Removal of whatever stops up the passages. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Deobstruent; aperient. [Obs.] Harvey.

To kiss warmly. [Obs.] -- De*os`cu*la"tion, n. [Obs.]

A robbing or embezzlement. [Obs.] Depeculation of the public treasure. Hobbes.

To strip of hair; to husk. Venner.

Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing. Dryden.

Having the quality or power of removing hair. -- n.

tly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople. Where is this viper, That would depopulate the city Shak.

The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants. The desolation and depopulation [of St.Quentin] were now complete. Motley.

One who depopulates; a dispeopler.

To deflour; to deprive of virginity. [Obs.] Bailey.

Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house. I will make Jerusalem . . . a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. Jer. ix. 11. And the silvery marish flowers that throng The desolat…

In a desolate manner.

The state of being desolate.

One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste. Mede.

The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation. Unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Dan. ix. 26.

Same as Desolater. Byron.