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To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off. Shak.

A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured.

Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed. He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in poverty! Ecclus. x. 31. To find ourselves dishonorable graves. Shak. -- Dis*hon"or*a*ble*ness, n. -- Dis*hon"or*a*bly, adv.

c officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.

One who dispatches.

To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.

One who digs ditches.

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

To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.

A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.

t one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc. Wretches divested of every moral feeling. Goldsmith. The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals. Earle.

That divines; for divining. Divining rod, a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked branches, used by those who pretend to discover water or metals under ground.

er. We do you to wit [i. e., We make you to know] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia. 2 Cor. viii. 1.

rse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers. Chesterfield.

genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root. is nourished by the plant that supports it.

bar to the action. Stephen. -- Double point (Geom.), a point of a curve at which two branches cross each other. Conjugate or isolated points of a curve are called double points, since they possess most of the properties of double points (see Conjugate). They are also called acnodes, and those points where the branches…

Gentleness and sweetness of manner; agreeableness. Chesterfield.

A move, as at chess or checkers. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures, and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings of any kind.

An under-garment worn on the lower limbs. Chest of drawers. See under Chest.