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Displeasure. [R.] South.

phrase at, or in, the disposal of. The sole and absolute disposal of him an his concerns. South.

e are not disqualified by their engagements in trade from being received in high society. Southey.

e of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution. The dissolution of the compound. South.

Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepfrom or to. "Anything dissonant to truth." South. What can be dissonant from reason and nature than that a man, naturally inclined to clemency, should show himself unkind and inhuman Hakewill.

ll asunder; to become separated. The joints of the body politic do separate and disunite. South.

of the tongue in the only . . . remedy. Addison. Church discipline then fell into disuse. Southey.

nge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. South.

. They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare diversity, rise into a contrariety. South.

Relating to divinity or theology. Church history and other divine learning. South.

A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War. [U.S.]

dogging him from place to place, till they even extort an answer to their rude requests. South.

pressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal. With screwed face and doleful whine. South. Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. Milton.

ue, though differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries.

litical theory current in the 1960's, according to which the conversion of one country in South Asia to communism will start a sequential process causing all Asian countries to convert to Communism. The apparent assumption was that an Asian country with a Western orientation was as politically unstable as a domino stan…

fter donation there an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given. South.

A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo Donax), used for fishing rods, etc.

A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of the ecliptic; -- called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish.

. I dare undertake that as fulsome a dose as you give him, he shall readily take it down. South.

ryden. He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died. South.