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gard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience. Studious of good, man disregarded fame. Blackmore.

"a*ble*ness, n. Though everything which is compacted be in its own nature dissolvable. Cudworth. Such things as are not dissolvable by the moisture of the tongue. Sir I. Newton.

th dirt and blood." Spenser. [She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood. Spenser. The worthiness of praise distains his worth. Shak.

at prevents confusion of parts or things. The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. Cudworth.

Worthy of note or special regard. Swift.

To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist. Cudworth.

Nipplewort.

A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch. What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing 2 Kings viii. 13 (Rev. Ver. )

A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money. Shak.

r; coupled. [Let] The swan, on still St. Mary's lake, Float double, swan and shadow. Wordsworth.

Worthy of being feared; redoubtable. [Obs.]

, how plentiful, how rich a dower! Sir J. Davies. Man in his primeval dower arrayed. Wordsworth.

A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents.

Worthless; draffy. Bale.

Dreggy; waste; worthless. The dregs and draffy part. Beau. & Fl.

Filthy; worthless. [Obs.] "Drasty ryming." Chaucer.

Worthy of being dreaded.

l storm. " Dreadful gloom." Milton. For all things are less dreadful than they seem. Wordsworth.

cipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment; hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything; as, the dregs of society. We, the dregs and rubbish of mankind. Dryden.