discord (diskord)

[ or war. And so trowed the Jewes for to have Pes when Crist was ded; For the i seyd that he made Discord and Strif amonges hem. Mandeville , Travels, p. 11. All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction which thou canst not see; All discord , harmony not understood. Pope, E ay on Man, i. 291. Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire. Burke . 2. In music: ( a ) The combination of two tones that are inharmonious with each other, or inconclusive in combined effect; a di onance. Discord is due partly to beats, partly to difficulty in identifying pitch. A. Daniell, Prin. of Physics, p. 425. (b) The interval between two such tones; any interval not a unison, octave, perfect fifth, perfect fourth, major or minor third, or major or minor sixth. In medieval music all but the first three of the above intervals were at first regarded as discords. (c) Either of the two tones forming such an interval. (d) A chord containing such intervals. See di onance. Why rushed the discords in, but that harmony should be prized? Browning, Abt Vogler. Hence-3. Any confused noise; a mingling or clashing of sounds; a harsh clang or uproar. Arms on armour clashing bray'd Horrible discord. Milton, P. L., vi. 209. Apple of discord. See apple. =Syn. 1. Discordance, di ension, rupture, clashing, jarring. discord (dis-kôrd'), v. i. [ Sounds do disturb and alter the one the other,... the one jarring and discording with the other, and making a confusion. Bacon . discord ablet (dis-kôr'da-bl), a. [ME., What discord able cause hath to rent, and vnioined the byndyng or the aliaunce of thynges: that is to sain, the coniunccions of God and of man? Chaucer , Boëthius, v. discordance, discordancy (dis-kôr'dans, -dan according to the second definition. Stokes . discontinuously (dis-kon-tin'u-us-li), adv . In a discontinuous manner; with discontinuity. The figure-discs must be driven discontinuously . Sir E. Beckett , Clocks and Watches, p. 144. phorus, des cor dance, F. discordance = Sp. Pg. discord an cia = It. discordanza, scordanza. IMG:content-2773.png:[blocks in formation] War, with discordant Notes and jarring Noise, The Harmony of Peace destroys. noise. Boyle , Works, I. 741. discordant ne (dis-kôr'dant-nes), n. Discor dance. [Rare.] discord edt (dis-kôr'ded), a. [ Discorded friends at on'd, men and their wives. Middle ton , Anything for a Quiet Life, v. 2. -- discordfult (dis-kôrd'fül), a. [ discord + -ful, 1.] Quarrelsome; contentious. But Bland am our, full of vainglorious spright, And rather stird by his discord full Dame, Upon them gladly would have prov'd his might. Spenser, F. Q., IV. iv. 3. discord oust (dis'kôr-dus), a. [ Cf. OF. descordieus , discordieux , discord ios us , discord i a , discord.] Discordant; di onant. Then crept in pride, and peevish covetise, And men grew greedie, disc or do us , and nice. Bp. Hall , Satires, iii. 1. discorporate (dis-kôr pō-rāt), a. [ dis- priv. + corporate, a.] 1. Divested of the body; disembodied. [Rare.] Instead of the seven corporate selfish spirits, we have the four and twenty millions of discorporate selfish. Carlyle, Misc., III. 198. 21. Deprived of corporate privileges. discorporate (dis-kôr pō-rat), v. t. To deprive of corporate privileges.