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to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate. Johnson.

the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men. A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men. Sir W. Scott.

A genus of large extinct Devonian ganoid fishes. In some parts of Ohio remains of the Dinichthys are abundant, indicating animals twenty feet in length.

A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.

One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks.

To destroy the force of habit in; to wean from a custom. Johnson.

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…

One who discommends; a dispraiser. Johnson.

To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. Bacon.

Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts. "Discontinuity of surface." Boyle.

tinguishing; distinctive; characteristic. That peculiar and discriminative form of life. Johnson.

mation. Shall heap with honors him they now disgrace. Pope. His ignorance disgraced him. Johnson.

Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness. [Obs.] Johnson.

To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.

Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. -- Dis*joint"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*joint"ed*ness, n.

with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish. Every nation dislikes an impost. Johnson.

Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition. He is undutiful to him other actions, and lives in open disobedience. Tillotson.

Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts. This disobedient spirit in the colonies. Burke. Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. 1 Kings xiii. 26.

rn to be supported by others, and dispensed from all necessity of providing for himself. Johnson.

The act of leaping or starting asunder. Johnson.