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Discordance; disagreement of parts. [Obs.] Boyle.

ical interruption of the proceedings in pleading in an action, which follows where a defendant does not answer the whole of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to take judgment for the part unanswered. Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill.

ht the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years. Daniel. They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it. Holder.

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

That may produce discord; disagreeing; discordant. [R.] Halliwell.

The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety. There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, men and women. Sir T. Elyot. There is no real discrepancy between these two genealogies. G. S. Faber.

Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different. The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship. Cudworth.

Hazardous; dangerous. [Obs.] Harvey.

The act of clearing land of forests. Daniel.

Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form. Uniformity or disformity in comparing together the respective figures of bodies. S. Clarke.

The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished. Daniel.

Unharmonious; discordant. [Obs.] Hallywell.

Having the hair in loose disorder. The dancing maidens are disheveled Mænads. J. A. Symonds.

To render insecure; to put in danger. [Obs.] Fanshawe.

ied dislike. Hannah More. We have spoken of the dislike of these excellent women for Sheridan and Fox. J. Morley. His dislike of a particular kind of sensational stories. A. W. Ward.

Any sending away; dismissal; riddance. To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts. Milton.

ll members of the House who held commissions, should be dispensed from parliamentary attendance. Macaulay. He appeared to think himself born to be supported by others, and dispensed from all necessity of providing for himself. Johnson.

To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others. He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor. Ps. cxii. 9.

company . . . that most of therm never met again. Sir P. Sidney. States disserved, discordant, belligerent. D. Webster.

No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different. Our life and manners be dissident from theirs. Robynson (More's Utopia).