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To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit. [Obs.] The one discording with the other. Bacon.

Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious. The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce. Motley.

To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash. How would one look from his majestic brow . . . Discountenance her despised! Milton. The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation. Sir W. Scott.

rror or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious. It is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to society. Addison. Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too discreet To run amuck, and ti…

To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark. And, making fast their moorings, disembarked. Cowper.

A cloth used for washing dishes.

Water in which dishes have been washed. "Suds and dishwater." Beau. & Fl.

n; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.

Sudden display; flash; glitter. [R.] A smile . . . breaks out with the brightest distriction. Collier.

To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.

To strip; to divest; to undress. Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear. Crashaw.

g on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.

A cloak of a peculiar fashion worn by women.

Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion.

time (Mil.). Same as Double-quick. -- Double window, a window having two sets of glazed sashes with an air space between them.

Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.

with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States) with sulphate of potash, and in France (as in Dr. Dover's original prescription) with nitrate and sulphate of potash and licorice. It is an anodyne diaphoretic.

t noon we were abreast of Dover, and about three came to an anchor in the Downs, and went ashore at Deal. Cook (First Voyage).

Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt. 'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. Dryden. - Down"cast`ly, adv. -- Down"cast`ness, n.

To beat or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.