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To separate; to disunite. [R.] Bp. Hurd.

Capability or liableness to be discerped. [R.] Wollaston.

Capable of being discerped. [R.]

The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts. Bp. Hall.

Tending to separate or disunite parts. Encys. Dict.

Departure. [Obs.]

of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, in electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, or electrical battery, by making a connection between the two surfaces; a discharging rod.

Disheveled. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church. Bp. Hall.

To divide; to cleave in two. [Obs.] Spenser.

Bearing disks.

Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; - - said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral.

Discoid.

A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle.

Ungirded; loosely dressed. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

To part; to divide. [Obs.] Boyle.

to believe in the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in doctrine; as, the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our Savior. The disciples, or The twelve disciples, the twelve selected companions of Jesus; -- also called the apostles. -- Disciples of Christ. See Christian, n., 3, and Campbellite.…

The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts. Jer. Taylor.

A female disciple. [Obs.]