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Aft of unkindnefs. CbJ'olete. —To fuch bondage he was 
for fo many courfes tied by her, wliofe difgraccs to him 
were graced by her excellence. Sidney. —Caufe of fhame : 
And is it not a foul difgrace. 
To lofe the boltfprit of thy face ? Baynard. 
To DISGRA'CE, v. a. To bring a reproach upon ; to 
di (honour ; as an agent.—Men’s paflions will carry them 
far in mifreprefenting an opinion which they have a mind 
to difgrace. Burnet. —To bring to fhame, as a caufe : as, 
his ignorance difgraced him. To put out of favour : as, 
the vunijfcr was difgraced. 
DISGRA'CEFUL, ad). Shameful; ignominious; re¬ 
proachful ; procuring fhame.—Matters mult correct their 
fervants with gentlenefs, prudence, and mercy ; not with 
upbraiding and difgraccful language, but with fuch only 
as may exprefs and reprove the fault, and amend the 
perfon. Taylor. 
DISGR A'CEFULLY, adv. In difgrace; with indig¬ 
nity ; ignominioufly : 
The fenate have caft you forth 
Difgraccfnlly, to be the common tale 
Oi the whole city. Ben Jonfon. 
DISGRA'CEFULNESS, f. Ignominy. 
DISGRA'CER, f. One that expofes to fhame ; one 
that caufes ignominy.— I have given good advice to thofe 
infamous difgracers of the fex and calling. Swift. 
DISGRA'CIOUS, adj. Unpleafing: 
I do fufpeft I have done fome offence, 
That feems difgracious in the city’s eye. Shahefpcare. 
To DISGRA'DE, v. a. [from the Lat. dc, from, and 
gradus, a flep.] To degrade, to put out of office. 
DISGRA'DING, J. a law term. The adt of degrad¬ 
ing; a degradation. 
DISGREGA'TION, f. [from the Lat. de, from, and 
S rex > the flock.] Theaft of feparating from the flock. Cole. 
To DISGUISE, v. a. [ deguifer , Fr.] To conceal by an 
unufual drefs : 
Difguis’d he came ; but thofe his children dear 
Their parent foon difcern’d through his difguife. Milt. 
To hide by a counterfeit appearance ; to cloak by a falfe 
fhew ; as, he dij'guis'd his anger. To disfigure ; to change 
the form : 
They faw the faces, which too well they knew, 
I hough then difguis’d in death, and fmear’d all o’er 
With filth obfcene, and dropping putrid gore. Dryden. 
To deform by liquor: a low term. —I have juft left the 
right worfhipful, and his myrmidons, about a fneaker of 
five gallons : the whole magiftracy was pretty well dif- 
guifed before I gave them the flip. Addijcn. 
DISGUI'SE, f. A drefs contrived to conceal the per¬ 
fon that wears it: 
Since 1 in Arcite cannot Arcite find, 
T lie world may fearch in vain with all their eyes, 
But never penetrate through this difguife. Dryden. 
A falfe appearance ; counterfeit fhew : 
Hence guilty joys, diftaftes, furmifes, 
Falfe oaths, falfe tears, deceits, difgidfes. Pope. 
Diforder by drink : 
You fee we’ve burnt our cheeks ; and mine own tongue 
Splits what it fpeaks : the wild difguife hath almoft 
Antickt us. Shahefpeare. 
DISGUI'SEMENT, f. Drefsofconcealment. — Under 
that dfguifement I fhould find opportunity to reveal myfelf 
to the owner of my heart. Sidney. 
DISGUI'SER, f. One that puts on a difguife. —I hope 
he is grown more difengaged from his intentnefs on his 
own affairs, which is quite the reverfe to you, unlefs you 
are a very dexterous difgmfer. Swift. —One that conceals 
another by a difguife; one that disfigures.—Death’s a 
great dfguifer, Shahefpeare , 
D I S 
DISGU'ST, f. Idegout, Fr.] Averfion of the palate 
from any thing. Ill humour; malevolence; offence 
conceived.—The manner of doing is of more confequence. 
than the thing done, and upon that depends the fatisfac- 
tion or difgujl wherewith it is received. Locke. 
Thence dark difgujl and hatred, winding wiles. 
Coward deceit, and ruffian violence. Thovfon. 
To DISGU'ST, v.a. [_degouter, Fr. degufo, Lat.] To 
raife averfion in the ftomach ; to diftafte. To ftrike witli 
diflike; to offend. It is varioufly conftrufted with at or 
with. —If a man were difgvjlcd at marriage, he would ne¬ 
ver recommend it to his friend. Atterbury _Thofe unen¬ 
larged fouls are difgvjled with the wonders which the mi- 
crofcope has difcovered. IVatts. —To produce averfion : 
with from. —What difgufis me from having to do with an- 
fwer-jobbers, is, that they have no confcience. Swift. 
DISGUST'FUL, adj. Naufeous; that which caufes 
averfion.—I have finifhed the mod difgujlful talk that ever 
I undertook. Swift. 
DISH, f. [bipc, Sax. dyfc, Erfe; difcus, Lat.] A broad 
wide veirel, in which food is ferved up at the table : 
Of thefe he murders one ; he boils the flefh, 
And lays the mangled morfels in a dfh. Dryden. 
A deep hollow veffel for liquid food : 
Who would rob a hermit of his weeds, 
His few books, or his beads, or maple difi ; 
Or do his grey hairs any violence ? Milton. 
The meat ferved in a dilh ; any particular kind of food. 
—I have here a dijh of doves, that I would beftow upon 
your worfliip. Shakcfpeare. 
’Tis not the meat, but ’tis the appetite. 
Makes eating a delight; 
And if I like one dfh 
More than another, that a pheafant is. Suckling. 
A kind of meafure among the tinners.—They meafure 
block-tin by the difi, which containeth a gallon. Carew . 
—Once a fafliionable term for a cup of tea, coffee, or cho¬ 
colate. — Firft ferv’d, though in a dfh of coffee. Shenflone. 
To DISH, v.a- To ferve in a dilh ; to fend up to table ; 
For confpiracy, 
I know not how it taftes, though it be difh'd 
For me to try. Shahefpeare. 
DISH-CLOUT, f. The cloth with which the maids 
rub their dilhes.—A difh-dout of Jaquenetta’s he wears 
next his heart for a favour. Shakejpeare. 
DISH-WASHER, f. The trivial name of a bird. See 
Mergus. 
DISHABIL'LE, adj. \_defhabille, Fr. ] Undreffed; loofe- 
ly or negligently drefled.—Queens are not to be too neg¬ 
ligently dreffed or dfiabille. Dryden. 
DISHABIL'LE, f. Undrefs; loofe drefs.—A woman, 
who would preferve a lover’s refpeft to her perfon, will 
be careful of her appearance before him when in dijhabille. 
Clariffa. 
To DISHA'BIT, v.a. [A word found only in Shake- 
fpeare.] To throw out of place; to drive from their ha- 
bitatioa: 
But for our approach thofe fleeping ftones, 
By the compulfion of their ordinance, 
By this time from their fixed beds of lime 
Had been dfhabited, and wide havock made. Shakefpeare. 
DISHAR'MONY, f. Contrariety to harmony. 
To DISHEAR'TEN, v. a. To difcourage ; todejeft; 
to terrify ; to deprefs.—To difieartcn with fearful fen- 
tences, as though falvation could hardly be hoped for, is 
not confonant with Chriftian charity. Hooker. 
Be not difhearten’d then, nor cloud thofe looks 
That wont to be more cheerful and ferene. Milton. 
DISHE'RISON, f. The aft of debarring from inheri¬ 
tance. 
To DISHE'RIT, v.a. To cut off from hereditary fuc- 
ceifion ; 
