dis corbina

[Lat. discus =a disc, and orb is =an orb, a circle.] Zool : One of the Rotal inæ , having a turbinoid spire, with vesicular chambers, opening one into the other by slit-like apertures. The shell is occasionally coarsely, sometimes finely, and occasionally partially porous. They are both fo il and recent. ( Griffith & Henfrey.) discord, *des-cord, *dis-corde, *dys-corde, 8. [O. Fr. descord; Fr. discorde ; Sp., Port. & Ital. discord i a , from Lat. discord i a , from discors = discordant: dis =away, apart, and cor (gen it. cord is )= the heart.] "Take but degree away, untune that string, And hark what discord follows." II. Technically : Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida , i. 3. 1. Mus .: A discord is a combination of notes which produces a certain restle craving in the mind for some further combination upon which it can rest with satisfaction. Discords comprise such chords as contain notes which are next to each other in alphabetical order, and such as have augmented or diminished intervals, with the exception in the latter case of the chord of the sixth and third on the second note of any key. The changed combination which must follow them, in order to relieve the sense of pain they produce, is called the resolution. [HARMONY, RESOLUTION.) (C. H. H. Parry , in Grove's Musical Dict .) 2. Fine Arts: A term applied to paintings when there is a disagreement of the parts or coloring; when the objects appear foreign to each other, and have an unpleasing and unnatural effect. ( Weale .) (1) Crabb thus discriminates between discord and strife : "Where there is strife there must be discord, but there may be discord without strife : discord consists most in the feeling; strife consists most in the outward action. Discord evinces itself in various ways: by looks, words, or actions; strife displays itself in words or acts of violence. Discord is fatal to the happine of families; strife is the greatest enemy to peace between neighbors. Dis cord arose between the godde es on the apple being thrown into the a embly; Homer commences his poem with the strife that took place between Agamemnon and Achilles. Discord may arise from mere difference of opinion; strife is in general occasioned by some matter of personal interest: discord in the councils of a nation is the almost certain forerunner of its ruin; the common principles of politene forbid strife among persons of good breeding." ( Crabb : Eng . Synon . ) (2) For the difference between discord and dis sensi on , see DISSENSION. *dis-cord', *des-cord-en, *dis-cord-en, *dyscord-yn, v. i. [Fr. disc order ; O. Fr. des corder ; Prov. descordar ; Sp. & Port. discordar ; Ital. dis cord are, from Lat. disc or do , from discors =discordant.] 1. To disagree, to differ; not to be in concord or agreement. "The Scott is and the Pictes discord eth in maneres."Trevis a, v. 229. 2. To make a discord, to jar, to be discordant. "Sounds do disturb and alter the one the other; sometimes the one drowning the other, and making it not heard; sometimes the one jarring and discording with the other, and making a confusion." -Bacon . "Dyscordyn yn sownde or syngynge. Di ono, deliro." IMG:content-0053.png:[blocks in formation] manner; in discord or disagreement. "If they be discordantly tuned, though each of them struck apart would yield a pleasing sound, yet being struck together they make a harsh and troublesome noise. -Boyle : On Colors; Works , i. 741.