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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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DISCOMPANY v.
To free from company; to dissociate. [R.] It she be alone now, and discompanied. B. Jonson.
DISCONSOLATE a. 3 definitions
morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. Moore. The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. Dryden.
DISCRIMINATE a. 4 definitions
Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens. Bacon.
DISCUSS v. 6 definitions
To shake; to put away; to finish. [Obs.] All regard of shame she had discussed. Spenser.
DISEMBAY v.
To clear from a bay. Sherburne.
DISENAMOR v.
To free from the captivity of love. Shelton.
DISENCHANTMENT n.
The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted. Shelton.
DISENTWINE v.
To free from being entwined or twisted. Shelley.
DISFLESH v.
To reduce the flesh or obesity of. [Obs.] Shelton.
DISH n. 10 definitions
A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table. She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Judg. v. 25.
DISHABLE v. 2 definitions
To disparage. [Obs.] She oft him blamed . . . and him dishabled quite. Spenser.
DISK n. 10 definitions
In owls, the space around the eyes. Disk engine, a form of rotary steam engine. -- Disk shell (Zoöl.), any species of Discina.
DISLIKE n. 4 definitions
implied 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.
DISLODGE v. 4 definitions
To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a place of quiet or repose; as, shells resting in the sea at a considerate depth are not dislodged by storms.
DISMAW v.
To eject from the maw; to disgorge. [R.] Shelton.
DISPOSE v. 8 definitions
To bargain; to make terms. [Obs.] She had disposed with Cæsar. Shak.
DISTAIN v.
tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry. "Distained with dirt and blood." Spenser. [She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood. Spenser. The worthiness of praise distains his worth. Shak.
DISTREAM v.
To flow. [Poetic] Yet o'er that virtuous blush distreams a tear. Shenstone.
DISTRIBUTE v. 7 definitions
To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot. She did distribute her goods to all them that were nearest of kindred. Judith xvi. 24.
DISTRINGAS n.
A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.
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