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faculty. [Obs.] Difficult, strange, and harsh to the discourses of natural reason. South. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused. Shak.

The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.

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 tilt at all I meet. Pope. The sea is silent, the sea is discreet. Longfellow.

Observing distinctions; making differences; discriminating. "Discriminative censure." J. Foster. "Discriminative Providence." Dr. H. More.

to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. Burrill.

The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment. This glut of leisure and disemployment. Jer. Taylor.

Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant. -- Dis`en*ga"ged*ness, n.

Freedom from engrossing occupation; leisure. Disengagement is absolutely necessary to enjoyment. Bp. Butler.

The state of not being in favor; a being under the displeasure of some one; state of unacceptableness; as, to be in disfavor at court.

Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral ta…

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

rated, or reduced to fragments or powder. Argillo-calcite is readily disintegrable by exposure. Kirwan.

in, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences. Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. Kirwan.

Disinterested. [Obs.] The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. Jer. Taylor.

on to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; disfavor; -- the opposite of liking or fondness. God's grace . . . gives him continual dislike to sin. Hammond. The hint malevolent, the look oblique, The obvious satire, or implied dislike. Hannah More. We have spoken of th…

To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common. The Gentiles were made to be God's people when the Jews' inclosure was disparked. Jer. Taylor.

Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To discover; to descry. [Obs.] And from his seat took pleasure to display The city so adorned with towers. Chapman.

Displeasure; discontent; annoyance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To give displeasure or offense. [Obs.]