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arately; into or in different pieces or places. I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder. Zech. xi. 10. As wide asunder as pole and pole. Froude.

Sunk into a chamfer; as, a countersunk bolt.

To separate; to sunder; to destroy. [R.] Chapman.

Not uniform. [Obs.]

The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul.

An advocate of disunion, specifically, of disunion of the United States.

To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.

One who, or that which, disjoins or causes disunion.

A state of separation or disunion; want of unity. Dr. H. More.

The dhole.

. The fourth Sunday of Lent; -- so named from the Latin word Lætare (rejoice), the first word in the antiphone of the introit sung that day in the Roman Catholic service.

The sun shining at midnight in the arctic or antarctic summer.

To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.

One who misunderstands. Sir T. More.

Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel. "Misunderstandings among friends." Swift.

The Sunday next before Easter; -- so called in commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewed palm branches in the way.

A viceroy or governor-general, the highest provincial official in China, with civil and military authority over one or more provinces.

The board or department of foreign affairs in the Chinese government. See Yamen.

The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset.

Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals.