dis mettled (tled as teld)

[Pref. dis, and Eng. mettled (q. v.).] Deprived of mettle or spirit, degenerate. "Gray customs, which our dead dis mettled sloth Gave up, to surfeit the undaring north." Llewellyn: Verses, pref. to Gregory's Post huma (1650). *dis-min-Is-ter, v . t . [Pref. dis , and Eng. minister (q. v.).] To free or change from the habits of a minister. IMG:content-0123.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To reject, to refuse. "They would feel bound to dismi his claim."- London Daily Telegraph. *4. To lay aside, to cast off or away, to get rid of. (Of material things.) "Before he came in sight the crafty god His wings dismi ed , but still retained his rod." Dryden: Ovid; Metamorphoses i. 5. To get rid of, to cast off or away. (Of immaterial things.) "Dismi their cares when they dismi their flock, Machines themselves, and governed by a clock." Cowper. Tirocinium , 624, 625. *6. To take off, to remove. "Dismi her fetters." -Mrs. Behn: The Young King (1683), p. 53. *7. To leave off, to discontinue. "Dismi your vows, your feigned tears." Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis, 425. II. Law : To refuse or reject; to discharge from further consideration. "Their lordships yesterday dismi ed the appeal with costs." London Daily Telegraph. Crabb thus discriminates between to dismi , to discharge, and to discard : "The idea of removing to a distance is included in all these terms, but with various collateral circumstances. Dismi is the general term; discharge and discard are modes of dismi ing : dismi is applicable to persons of IMG:content-0124.png:[blocks in formation] higher orders; discharge , on the other hand, is confined to those in a subordinate station. A clerk is dismi ed ; a menial servant is discharged : an officer is dismi ed ; a soldier is discharged . Neither dismi nor discharge defines the motive of the action; they are used indifferently for that which is voluntary, or the contrary: discard , on the contrary, always marks a dismi al that is not agreeable to the party discarded . A person may request to be dismi ed or discharged , but never to be dis For the difference between to dismember and to disjoint , see DISJOINT. dis-měm-bered, pa. par. or a. [DISMEMBER.] A. As pa. par.: (See the verb.) B. As adjective: 1. Ord. Lang.: Torn in pieces, broken up into its constituent parts. 2. Her.: An epithet applied to birds which have neither feet nor legs, and to animals whose members are separated. dis-mem-ber-Ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [DISMEMBER.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. The act of tearing in pieces, severing, or breaking up; dismemberment. "There were formerly some offenses which occasioned a mutilation or dismembering by cutting off the hand or ears."-Black stone: Comment ., bk. iv., ch. 28.