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The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation. "Vast ejection of ashes." Eustace. "The ejection of a word." Johnson.

Made of elder. [Obs.] He would discharge us as boys do eldern guns. Marston.

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty. Eliminate my spirit, give it range Through provinces of thought yet unexplored. Young.

To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river. [R.]

The mouth of a river, or place where its waters are discharged. [R.]

An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.

Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church.

Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. -- n.

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light. Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emit His fatal arrows. Prior.

A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.

nd decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor.

e of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern. The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth. Eccl. xi. 3.

An involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine.

An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.

A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory. Coxe. -- a.

To remove; to eject; to void; o discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.

That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means. Quincy.

To deprive of authority or office; to depose; to discharge. [Obs.] Exauthorated for their unworthiness. Jer. Taylor.

Capable of being discharged by spitting. [Obs.] Swift.