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Trim; neat. [Scot.] Burns. -- Dink"ly, adv.

A wether sheep between one and two years old. [Scot.]

Full of din. [Scot.] Burns.

Shak. It was by dint of passing strength That he moved the massy stone at length. Sir W. Scott.

A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander. Dirk knife, a clasp knife having a large, dirklike blade.

position in which he had been placed, he gave clear indications of future excellence. Prescott. -- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ly, adv. -- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ness, n.

Converting forest land into cleared or arable land; removal of a forest. Sir W. Scott.

To prohibit; to forbid. [Scot. Obs.] Sir W. Scott. Discharging arch (Arch.), an arch over a door, window, or other opening, to distribute the pressure of the wall above. See Illust. of Lintel. -- Discharging piece, Discharging strut (Arch.), a piece set to carry thrust or weight to a solid point of support. -- Discha…

Ungirded; loosely dressed. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

A discontented person; a malcontent. [R.] Thus was the Scotch nation full of discontents. Fuller.

her despised! Milton. The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation. Sir W. Scott.

scovery of the circulation of the blood. A brilliant career of discovery and conquest. Prescott. We speak of the "invention" of printing, the discovery of America. Trench.

, or perplexity; to clear; to extricate. To disembarrass himself of his companion. Sir W. Scott.

To divest of the or corporeal existence. Devils embodied and disembodied. Sir W. Scott.

ste of; -- often with at, with, or by. To disgust him with the world and its vanities. Prescott. Ærius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. J. H. Newman. Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. Macaulay.

The want of likelihood; improbability. Sir W. Scott.

can never lay his hands upon any one article at the moment he has occasion for it. Sir W. Scott.

dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott.

for the sake of publicity; to parade. Proudly displaying the insignia of their order. Prescott.

To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock. [Scot.]