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Variegated; of divers colors. [R.] That ever wore discolored arms. Chapman.

To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion. Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove. Dryden.

Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.] Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears. Dryden.

sunder. That marriage, therefore, God himself disjoins. Milton. Never let us lay down our arms against France, till we have utterly disjoined her from the Spanish monarchy. Addison. Windmill Street consisted of disjoined houses. Pennant.

the actions of men sincerely pious. Bp. Atterbury. Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms. Milton.

execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we The business we have talked of. Shak. [The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work. Robynson (More's Utopia).

To renounce the profession or pursuit of. His arms, which he had vowed to disprofess. Spenser.

To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.

A Hindoo divinity, the consort of Siva, represented with ten arms. [Written also Durga.] Malcom.

so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel. Time has made you dote, and vainly tell Of arms imagined in your lonely cell. Dryden. He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died. South.

A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms.

The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery d…

to a test tube or other vessel. -- Dropping fire, a continued irregular discharge of firearms. -- Dropping tube, a tube for ejecting any liquid in drops.

marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald's office or college of arms.

To use in earnest. [R.] To earnest them [our arms] with men. Pastor Fido (1602).

on), that part of the moon's disk unillumined by direct sunlight, or "the old moon in the arms of the new."

To suffer an eclipse. While the laboring moon Eclipses at their charms. Milton.

The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent. Her arms to the elbows naked. R. of Gloucester.

A chair with arms to support the elbows; an armchair. Addison.

ray for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle. One in bright arms embattled full strong. Spenser. Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. Emerson.