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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Dirt'-eat'ing, n. p. 378(Met.) A disease (Cachexia Africana) of the nutritive functions among negroes, in which there is an irresistible desire to eat dirt. Dunglison. 2. The use of certain kinds of clay for food, existing…Dirt'i-ly, adv. p. 378In a dirty manner; foully; nastily; filthily; sordidly.Dirt'i-ness, n. p. 378The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.Dirt'y, a. p. 378Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white. 2. Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow; a dirty employment.…Dirt’y, v. t. p. 378To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands. 2. To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; — said of reputation, character, &c.Di-rŭp'tion, n. p. 378A bursting or rending asunder.Dis p. 378A prefix or inseparable preposition, from the Latin, whence Fr. des, Pr. & Sp. des and dis, It. dis. Dis denotes separation, a parting from, as in distribute, disconnect; hence it generally has the…Dis'-a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 378State of being disabled; deprivation of ability; want of competent physical or intellectual power, means, opportunity, and the like; incapacity; incompetency. Chatham refused to see him, pleading his…Dis-ā'ble, a. p. 378Lacking ability; unable. [Obs.] “Our disable and unactive force.” Daniel.Dis-ā'ble, v. t. p. 378To render unable or incapable; to make useless; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to disqualify. “Them to…Dis-ā'ble-ment, n. p. 378The act of disabling; deprivation of ability. [Obs.] Bacon.Dis/a-būse', v. t. p. 378To free from mistake; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right. “To undeceive and disabuse the people committed to his charge.” South. If men are now sufficiently…Dĭs'ac-çĕpt', v. t. p. 378To refuse. [Obs.] N. Bacon.Dĭs'ac-cŏm'mo-dāte, v. t. p. 378To put to inconvenience; to incommode. Warburton.Dĭs'ac-cŏm'mo-dā'tion, n. p. 378A state of being unaccommodated or unsuited. Hale.Dĭs'ac-côrd', v. i. p. 378To refuse to accord or assent. [Obs.] Spenser.Dĭs'ac-côrd'ant, a. p. 378Not accordant. Fabyan.Dĭs'ac-cŭs'tom, v. t. p. 378To destroy the force of habit in; to render unaccustomed. Johnson.Dĭs'a-çĭd'i-fȳ, v. t. p. 378To free from acid.Dĭs'ac-knŏwl'edġe, v. t. p. 378To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. South.Dĭs'ac-quāint', v. t. p. 378To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar. [Obs.] While my sick heart With dismal smart Is disacquainted never. Herrick.Dĭs'ac-quāint'ançe, n. p. 378Neglect or disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] South.Dĭs'a-dôrn', v. t. p. 378To deprive of ornaments. Congreve.Dĭs'ad-vȧnçe', v. t. p. 378To cause to draw back; to cause to retire. [Obs.] Spenser.Dĭs'ad-vȧnçe', v. i. p. 378To keep or fall back; to retire. [Obs.] Fletcher.Dĭs'ad-vȧn'taġe, n. p. 378Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which prevents success, or causes loss or injury. I was brought here under the disadvantage of…Dĭs'ad-vȧn'taġe, v. t. p. 378To injure the interest of; to be detrimental or prejudicial to. [Obs.] Fuller.Dĭs'ad-vȧn'taġe-a-ble, a. p. 378Injurious; disadvantageous. [Obs.] Bacon.Dĭs-ăd'van-tā'ġeoŭs, a. p. 378Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense. Even in the disadvantageous…Dĭs-ăd'van-tā'ġeoŭs-ly, adv. p. 378In a disadvantageous manner; with loss or inconvenience.Dĭs-ăd'van-tā'ġeoŭs-ness, n. p. 378Unfavorableness to success; inconvenience; loss.Dĭs'ad-vĕnt'ūre, n. p. 378Misfortune. [Obs.] Raleigh.Dĭs'ad-vĕnt'ūr-oŭs, a. p. 378Unprosperous; unfortunate. [Obs.] Spenser.Dĭs'ad-vīse', v. t. p. 378To advise against; to dissuade from. [Obs.] Boyle.Dĭs'af-fĕct', v. t. p. 378To alienate or diminish the affection of; to render less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness. They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his majesty's late army. Clarendon. 2. To…Dĭs'af-fĕct'ed-ly, adv. p. 378In a disaffected manner.Dĭs'af-fĕct'ed-ness, n. p. 378The quality of being disaffected. [Rare.] Strype.Dĭs'af-fĕc'tion, n. p. 378State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good-will; unfriendliness; disloyalty. In the making laws, princes must have regard to . . . the affections and disaffections of the…Dĭs'af-fĕc'tion-ate, a. p. 378Not well disposed; unfriendly; disaffected. [Obs.] Blount.Dĭs'af-fĩrm', v. t. p. 378To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; — said of that which has been asserted. 2. (Law.) To refuse to confirm; to annul, as a judicial decision, by a contrary judgment of a superior…Dĭs'af-fĩrm'ançe, n. p. 378The act of disaffirming; denial; negation. 2. (Law.) Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal; as, disaffirmance of judgment.Dis-ăf/fir-mā'tion, n. p. 378The act of disaffirming; negation; refutation.Dis/af-fōr'est, v. t. p. 378(Eng. Law.) To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to strip of forest laws and privileges. By charter 9 Henry III. many forests were disafforested. Blackstone. After…Dis-ăg'gre-gāte, v. t. p. 378To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts.Dis-ăg'gre-gā'tion, n. p. 378The act of disaggregating, or separating an aggregate body into its component parts; the state thus resulting.Dis/a-gree', v. i. p. 378To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be at variance. They reject the plainest sense of Scripture because it seems to disagree with what they call reason. Atterbury. 2. To…Dĭs'-a-gree'a-ble, a. p. 378Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable. This conduct was disagreeable to her natural sincerity. Browne. 2. Exciting repugnance; unpleasant; offensive; displeasing. That which…Dis'/a-gree'a-ble-ness, n. p. 378The state or quality of being disagreeable; unsuitableness; contrariety; unpleasantness; offensiveness to the senses.Dis/a-gree'a-bly, adv. p. 378In a disagreeable manner; unsuitable; offensively.Dis'a-gree'ance, n. p. 378Disagreement. [Obs.] Udal.Dis’ă-grē’ment, n. p. 378The act of disagreeing, or the state of being disagreed; dissimilitude; diversity. 2. Difference of opinion. 3. Unsuitableness; unadaptedness. 4. A falling out, or controversy; difference.…Dis'a-gre'er, n. p. 378One who disagrees. Hammond.Dis’al-lēge, v. t. p. 378To alienate the allegiance of. [Obs.] Milton.Dis'al-low', v. t. p. 378To refuse to allow, permit, authorize, or sanction; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; — said technically of accounts and charges. A living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but…Dis'al-low', v. i. p. 378To refuse permission; not to grant; not to assent. What follows, if we disallow of this? Shak.Dĭs'al-low'a-ble, a. p. 378Not allowable; not to be suffered. Raleigh.Dis'al-low'a-ble-ness, n. p. 378The state of being disallowable.Dis'al-low'ance, n. p. 378The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection. 2. (Mus.) An anomalous formation or succession of chords, as two consecutive perfect fifths in the same direction. Moore.…Dis'al-ly',, v. t. p. 378To part, as an alliance; to separate; to undo. [Obs. and rare.] Both so loosely disallied Their nuptials. Milton.Dis-ăn'a-lŏg'ic-al, a. p. 379Not analogous. [Obs.] Hale.