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rave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to society. Addison. Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope. The sea is silent, the sea is discreet. Longfellow.

or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions. [Satan] gently raised their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears. Milton. I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. Dryden.

To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors. Dispersed are the glories. Shak.

ts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation…

o, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. "The divine Apollo said." Shak.

of chætopod annelids in which the branchiæ are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Chætopoda.]

A jet or current of water or vapor directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; a douche bath.

A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains.

To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword. So soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou drawest, swear horrible. Shak.

pecially, one who buys and sells drugs without compounding them; also, a pharmaceutist or apothecary.

To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up.

A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other. Trial by duel (Old Law), a combat between two persons for proving a cause; trial by battel.

In America, any small chilopodous myriapod, esp. of the genus Geophilus.

Christianity by missionaries from them. Its full official title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern Church. It became estranged from the Western, or Roman, Church over the question of papal supremacy and the doctrine of the filioque, and a separation, begun in the latter part of the 9th century, became final in…

or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.

The Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus. [Obs.]

A book of the Apocrypha.

To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen. To edge her champion's sword. Dryden.

Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.

The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor. [Obs.] Boyle.