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or dress. Pope. Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops. Bp. Burnet. We deduct from the computation of our years that part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy. Norris.

Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc.

To deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defense; as, to degarnish a city or fort. [R.] Washington.

The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing.

To disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which have been mobilized.

delay in acting or deciding. The same causes of demurral existed which prevented British troops from assisting in the expulsion of the French from Rome. Southey.

To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle.

To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.

al measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops.

Filled with desire; eager. [R.] The desireful troops. Godfrey (1594).

n a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately. She fell desperately in love with him. Addison.

That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service. Troops . . . widely scattered in little detachments. Bancroft.

To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.

ority; to impose; as, to dictate the terms of a treaty; a general dictates orders to his troops. Whatsoever is dictated to us by God must be believed. Watts.

tt. -- Direct fire (Mil.), fire, the direction of which is perpendicular to the line of troops or to the parapet aimed at. -- Direct process (Metal.), one which yields metal in working condition by a single process from the ore. Knight. -- Direct tax, a tax assessed directly on lands, etc., and polls, distinguished…

Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion. Disrank the troops, set all in disarray. Daniel.

Disconsolate. [Obs.] A poor, disconsolated, drooping creature. Sterne.

on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops.

To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.

Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.