DISCALCEATION
DISCALCEATION, noun The act of pulling off the shoes or sandals.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DISCANDY
DISCANDY, verb intransitive [dis and candy.] To melt; to dissolve.
DISCARD
DISCARD, verb transitive1. To throw out of the hand such cards as are useless.2. To dismiss from service or employment, or from society; to cast off; as, to discard spies and in...
DISCARDED
DISCARDED, participle passive Thrown out; dismissed from service; rejected.
DISCARDING
DISCARDING, participle present tense Throwing out; dismissing from employment; rejecting.
DISCARNATE
DISCARNATE, adjective [dia and Latin, flesh.] Stripped of flesh.
DISCASE
DISCASE, verb transitive [dis and case.] To take off a covering from; to strip; to undress.
DISCEPTATOR
DISCEPTATOR, noun [Latin] One who arbitrates or decides. [Not used.]
DISCERN
DISCERN, verb transitive s as z. [Latin, to separate or distinguish, Gr.]1. To separate by the eye, or by the understanding. Hence,2. To distinguish; to see the difference betwe...
DISCERNED
DISCERNED, participle passive Distinguished; seen; discovered.
DISCERNER
DISCERNER, noun1. One who sees, discovers or distinguishes; an observer.2. One who knows and judges; one who has the power of distinguishing.He was a great observer and discerne...
DISCERNIBLE
DISCERNIBLE, adjective That may be seen distinctly; discoverable by the eye or the understanding; distinguishable. A star is discernible by the eye; the identity or difference o...
DISCERNIBLENESS
DISCERNIBLENESS, noun Visibleness.
DISCERNIBLY
DISCERNIBLY, adverb In a manner to be discerned, seen or discovered; visibly.
DISCERNING
DISCERNING, participle present tense1. Distinguishing; seeing; discovering; knowing; judging.2.adjective Having power to discern; capable of seeing, discriminating, knowing and ...
DISCERNINGLY
DISCERNINGLY, adverb With discernment; acutely; with judgment; skillfully.
DISCERNMENT
DISCERNMENT, noun The act of discerning; also, the power or faculty of the mind, by which it distinguishes one thing from another, as truth from falsehood, virtue from vice; acu...
DISCERP
DISCERP, verb transitive [Latin] To tear in pieces; to separate. [Not used.]
DISCERPIBILITY
DISCERPIBILITY, noun Capability or liableness to be torn asunder or disunited.
DISCERPIBLE
DISCERPIBLE, adjective [Latin, to seize, to tear. In some dictionaries it is written discerptible, on the authority of Glanville and More; and error indeed, but of little conseq...
DISCERPTION
DISCERPTION, noun The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts.
DISCESSION
DISCESSION, noun [Latin] Departure. [Not used.]
DISCHARGE
DISCHARGE, verb transitive1. To unload, as a ship; to take out, as a cargo; applied both to the ship and the loading. We say, to discharge a ship; but more generally, to dischar...
DISCHARGED
DISCHARGED, participle passive Unloaded; let off; shot; thrown out; dismissed from service; paid; released; acquitted; freed from debt or penalty; liberated; performed; executed.
DISCHARGER
DISCHARGER, noun1. He that discharges in any manner.2. One who fires a gun.3. In electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden phial, jar, etc., by opening a communication...
DISCHARGING
DISCHARGING, participle passive Unlading; letting fly; shooting; throwing out; emiting; dismissing from service; paying; releasing from debt, obligation or claim; acquitting; li...
DISCHURCH
DISCHURCH, verb transitive To deprive of the rank of a church.