Webster's Dictionary 1913

3592

Dirk (2)

Dirk, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dirked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dirking.] To stab with a dirk. Sir W. Scott.

3593

Dirk (3)

Dirk, a. [See Dark, a.] Dark. Chaucer.

3594

Dirk (4)

Dirk, v. t. To darken. Spenser.

3595

Dirkness

Dirk″ness, n. Darkness. Chaucer.

3596

Dirl

Dirl (?), v. i. & t. [Cf. Drill, Thrill.] To thrill; to vibrate; to penetrate. Halliwell.

3597

Dirt

Dirt (?), n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, drīta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedrītan.] 1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever,...

3598

Dirt (2)

Dirt, v. t. To make foul of filthy; to dirty. Swift.

3599

Dirtily

Dirt″i‐ly (?), adv. In a dirty manner; foully; nastily; filthily; meanly; sordidly.

3600

Dirtiness

Dirt″i‐ness, n. The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.

3601

Dirty

Dirt″y (?), a. [Compar.Dirtier (?); superl.Dirtiest.] 1. Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty whit...

3602

Dirty (2)

Dirt″y, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dirtied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dirtying.] 1. To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.2. To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; ...

3603

Diruption

Di‐rup″tion (?), n. [L. diruptio, fr. dirumpere. See Disrupt, a.] Disruption.

3604

Dis

‖Dis (?), n. The god Pluto. Shak.

3605

Dis-

Dis– (?; 258). 1. A prefix from the Latin, whence F. dés, or sometimes dé-, dis-. The Latin dis-appears as di-before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif-before f, and either dis...

3606

Disability

Dis′a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Disabilities (�). 1. State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitn...

3607

Disable

Dis‐a″ble (?), a. Lacking ability; unable. “Our disable and unactive force.” Daniel.

3608

Disable (2)

Dis‐a″ble (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disabled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Disabling (?).] 1. To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to depr...

3609

Disablement

Dis‐a″ble‐ment (?), n. Deprivation of ability; incapacity. Bacon.

3610

Disabuse

Dis′a‐buse″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disabused (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Disabusing.] [Pref. dis- + abuse; cf. F. désabuser.] To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from...

3611

Disaccommodate

Dis′ac‐com″mo‐date (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + accommodate.] To put to inconvenience; to incommode. Bp. Warburton.

3612

Disaccommodation

Dis′ac‐com′mo‐da″tion (?), n. A state of being unaccommodated or unsuited. Sir M. Hale.

3613

Disaccord

Dis′ac‐cord″ (?), v. i. [Cf. F. désaccorder to cause discord.] To refuse to assent. Spenser.

3614

Disaccord (2)

Dis′ac‐cord″, n. Disagreement. Pop. Sci. Monthly.

3615

Disaccordant

Dis′ac‐cord″ant (?), a. Not accordant. Fabyan.

3616

Disaccustom

Dis′ac‐cus″tom (?), v. t. [Cf. F. désaccoutumer.] To destroy the force of habit in; to wean from a custom. Johnson.

3617

Disacidify

Dis′a‐cid″i‐fy (?), v. t. To free from acid.

3618

Disacknowledge

Dis′ac‐knowl″edge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disacknowledged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Disacknowledging.] To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. South.