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right out of the church. Though in a quo warranto, at 
tire fuit of the king, againft a bifhop or others for fran¬ 
chises and liberties; if the bifhop, &g. difclaims them, 
this (hall bind the fucceflors. Co. Lit. 102. If a man be 
vouched becaufe of a reverfion on a leafe made by him- 
felf, he cannot difclaim ; but an heir may difclaim, being 
vouched upon a leafe made by his anceitor. 2 Danv. 569. 
A perfon may difclaim in the principal, and not in the in¬ 
cident ; as he that is vouched becaufe of a reverfion, can¬ 
not difclaim in the reverfion, Saving the Seigniory. 40 
Edw. III. 27. It the lord difclaims his Seigniory in a 
court of record, it is extinft, and the tenant (hall hold of 
the lord next paramount to the lord disclaiming. Lit. 
fed. 146. It is Said not to be neceflary, that the writ of 
right fur difclaimer fhould be brought againft the perfon 
that difclaims; for if it be only againft him that is found 
tenant of the land, though he be a Stranger, it is not ma¬ 
terial. 6 Danv. 570. By plea of non-tenure, nothing is 
difowned but the freehold, which may be good where the 
tenant hath the reverfion in fee, and not the freehold ; 
but when Such tenant difclaims, or pleads non-tenure 
and difclaims, the demandant (hall have the whole, as 
the whole is disclaimed. By 21 Jac. 1. c. 16. in all ac¬ 
tions of trefpafs quare claufum frcgit, wherein the defend¬ 
ant (hall difclaim any title to the land, and the trefpafs 
be by negligence or involuntary, the defendant (hail be 
admitted to plead a difclaimer, a-nd that the trefpafs was 
by negligence, or involuntary, and a tender of Sufficient 
amends before the aftion brought ; and if the ifiTue be 
found for the defendant, or the plaintiff be nonfuited, the 
plaintiff (hall be barred from the Said adlion, and all Suits 
concerning the fame. 
Befides thefe disclaimers by tenants of lands, there are 
disclaimers in divers other cafes : for there is a difclaimer 
of blood, where a perfon denies himfelf to be of the blood 
or kindred of another, in his plea. And a difclaimer of 
goods, as well as lands; as if a man difclaimeth goods, 
on arraignment of felony, when he (hall lofe them, though 
he be cleared. Stand/. P.C. 1S6. In chancery, if a de¬ 
fendant by his anfwer renounces the having any intereft 
in the thing in queftion, this is likewife a difclaimer. 
And there is a deed of difclaimer of executorftiip of a 
will, &c. where an executor refufes, and throws up the 
fame. 
7 c DISCLO'SE, v. a. \_dfdudo , Lat.] To uncover; 
to produce from a (late of latitancy to open view.—The 
Shells being broken, ftruck off, and gone, the (tone in¬ 
cluded in them is thereby difclofed and Set at liberty. 
Woodward. —To hatch; to open.—It is reported by the 
ancients, that the oftrich layeth her eggs under land, 
where the heat of the fun difclofeth them. Bacon. —To re¬ 
veal ; to tell; to impart what is fecret.—There may be 
a reconciliation, except for upbraiding, or pride, or dif- 
clofing of Secrets, or a treacherous wound ; for from thefe 
things every friend will depart. Ecclus. 
If I difclofe my paffion, 
Our friendship's at an end ; if l conceal it, 
The world will call me falfe. Addifon. 
To unfaften. A latinifm : 
Full oft about her wa-fte (lie it enclos’d ; 
And it as oft was from about her wafte difclos'd. Spenjer. 
DISCLO'SER, f. One that reveals or difcovers. 
DISCLOSURE,/. Difcovery ; production into view. 
—.The producing of cold is a thing very worthy the in- 
quifition, both for the ule and difclofure of caufes. Bacon. 
—Aft of revealing any thing Secret.—-After fo happy a 
marriage between the king and her daughter, (he was, 
upon a fudden mutability and difclofure of the king’s mind, 
Severely handled. Bacon. 
DISCLU'SION,/. [dfelufus, Lat.] Emiffion..—Judge 
what a ridiculous thing it were, that the continued (ha- 
dow of the earth ffiould be broken by fudden miraculous 
eruptions and difclvfions of light, to prevent the art of 
the lanthorn-maker. More „ 
1) I s 
DISCOI'DAL, adj. [from 5 b rr.oc, a dife, and Gr 
a fliape. ] Having the form of a dife. 
DISCOI'DES, /. In anatomy, the cryftalline humour 
of the eye. In botany, a plant producing a flower in the 
form of the difeus of the ancients. 
DISCOLORA'TION, f 'lire afl of changing the 
colour; the aft of ftaining. Change of colour; (lain; 
die.—In a depravation of the humours from a found 
date to what the phyficians call by a general name of a 
cacochymy, Spots and difcolorations of the (kin are livns of 
weak fibres. Arbuthnot. 
To DISLO'LOUR, v. a. [decoloro, Lat.] To change from 
the natural hue ; to (lain.—Have a care left Some beloved 
notion, or fome darling Science, fo prevail over your 
mind as to difcolour all your ideas. Watts. 
Sufpicions, and fantaftical furmife, 
And jealoufy, with jaundice in her eyes, 
Difcolouring all (lie view’d. Dryden. 
DISCO'LOURED, adj. [from dfcolorius, Lat.] Va¬ 
riegated.—And deck thy ftatues in difcolour'd flowers. 
Ben Jonfon. 
To DISCOM'FIT, v. a. [defconfire, Fr. fconfggere, T.tal. 
as if from difconfgere, Lat.] To defeat ; to conquer; to 
vanquiflt; to overpower; to Subdue ; to beat; to over¬ 
throw.—Joftiua difcomfited Antalek and his people with 
the edge of the fword. Exodus. 
He, fugitive, declin’d fuperior ftrength ; 
Dijcomfited, purfued, in the fad chace 
Ten thoufand ignominious fall. Philips „ 
DISCOM'FIT,/. Defeat; rout; overthrow: 
Flyyoumuft: incurable difeomft 
Reigns in the hearts of all ourprefent party. Shakefpcare. 
DISCOM'FITURE, /. Defeat; lofs of battle ; rout; 
ruin; overthrow..— Behold, every man’s Sword was 
againft his fellow, and there was a very great difcomfture . 
1 Sam. 
Sad tidings bring I to you out of France, 
Of lofs, of (laughter, and difcomfture. Shahcfpcare. 
DISCOM'FORT,/ Uneafinefs; Sorrow; melancholy; 
gloom: 
Difcomfort guides my tongue, 
And bids me Speak of nothing but deSpair. Shakcfpeare. 
7 o DISCOM'FORT, v. a. To grieve ; to Sadden ; to 
dejeft.—Her champion went away dijeomforted as much as 
difcomfited. Sidney. 
His funeral (hall not be in our camp, 
Left it difcomfort us. Shakefpcare. 
DISCOM'FORTABLE, adj. That is melancholy and 
refufes comfort: 
Difcomfortable coufin, know’ft thou not 
That when the Searching eye of Heav’n is hid 
Behind the globe, it lights the lower world ? Shahefpeare , 
That caufes fadnefs.—What! did that help poor Dorus, 
whofe eyes could carry unto him no other news but dif¬ 
comfortable ? Sidney. 
To DISCOMME'ND, v. a. To blame ; to cenfure ; to 
mention with disapprobation.—Abfolutely we cannot dij- 
commend, we cannot absolutely approve, either willingnefs 
to live, or forwardnefs to die. Hooker. 
Now you will all be wits; and he, I pray, 
And you, that difeommend it, mend the play. Denham. 
DISCOMMEN'DABLE, adj. Blameable; cenfura- 
ble ; deferving blame.—Pulillanimity is, according to 
Ariltotle’s morality, a vice very difcommendable. Aylffe. 
DISCOMMEN'DABLENESS,/. BlameableneSs; lia- 
blenefs to cenfure. 
DISCOMMENDA'TION,/ Blame; reproach; een- 
fure.—Tully afligns three motions, whereby, without 
any difeommendatiqn, a man might be drawn to become an 
acculer of others. Aylffe, 
DISCOM- 
