dishabille (disabel)

[Also deshabille; Her Dishabille , or Flame-colour Gown call'd Indian, and Slippers of the same. Wycherley, Gentleman Dancing-Master, v. Two or three ladies, in an easy dishabille , were introduced.. Goldsmith, Vicar, xix. dish a bitt (dis-hab'it), v. t. [ deshabiter , F. déshabiter = Sp. Pg. deshabitar , desert a place, = It. disa bit are , depopulate, dis priv. + habit are , dwell in, inhabit: see dis- and habit , v .] To drive from a habitation; dislodge. Those sleeping stones from their fixed beds of lime Had been dishabited. Shak., K. John, ii. 1. dis habituate (dis-ha-bit'u-āt), v. t.; pret. and pp. dis habituated, ppr. dis habituating. [ He had lived at Geneva so long that he had... be come dis habituated to the American tone. H. James, Jr., Daisy Miller. dish ablet, v. t. [Same as disable ; dis- priv. + hable for cablel, able , v., q. v.] 1. To disable.2. To disparage. She oft him blam'd For suffering such abuse as knighthood sham'd, And him dishabled quyte. Spenser, F. Q., II. v. 21. dishallow (dis-hal'ō), v. t. [ dis -priv. + hal- low, v.] To make unholy; desecrate; profane. Ye that so dishallow the holy sleep, Your sleep is death. Tennyson, Pelleas and Ettarre. But once a year, on the eve of All-Souls, Through these arches dishallowed the organ rolls. Lowell, The Black Preacher. disharmonic (dis-här-mon'ik), a . [= F. dés- harm on i que = It. disarmonico (ef. G. disharmo- nisch , > Dan. Sw. disharmonisk ); as dis- priv. + harmonic.] Not harmonic; anharmonic. An- throp . Inst . Jour . , XVII. 160. disharmonious (dis-här-mō'ni-us), a . [ dis- priv . + harmonious .] Inharmonious; diseor- dant; incongruous. The ego [according to Preu ] is composed of painful and disharmonious sensations. G. S. Hall , German Culture, p. 45. disharmonize (dis-här'mō-niz), r. t .; pret. and pp. disharmonized , ppr. disharmonizing . [= F. désharmoniser = Pg. des harm on izar , deprive of harmony, = It. disarmonizzare , want harmony; as dis- priv. + harmonize .] To deprive of harmony; render inharmonious. Differences which disharmonize and retard and cripple the general work in hand. Penn. School Jour., XXXII. 381. disharmony (dis-här'mō-ni), n.; pl. disharmo nies (-niz). [F. désharmonie = Sp. desarmo nía = Pg. des harm on i a = It. disarm on i a = G. dish arm onie = Dan. Sw. dish arm on i; as dis priv. + harmony.] Want of harmony; discord; incongruity. A disharmony in the different impulses that constitute it [our nature]. Cole ridge . The more disharmonies [according to Preu ], the more organisms; hence, at first all matter was organized, and at last none will be. G. S. Hall , German Culture, p. 46. dish-catch (dish'kach), n. A rack for dishes. [Local.] My dish-catch , cupboard, boards, and bed, And all I have when we are wed. Comical Dialogue between two Country Lovers . dish-cloth (dish'kloth), n. A cloth used for washing dishes. dish-clout (dish'klout), n. A dish-cloth. Those same hanging cheeks, That look like frozen dish - clouts set on end! IMG:content-2799.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-2801.png:[blocks in formation] disheartt (dis-härt'), v. t. [ Car. Have I not seen the Britons Bond, What? Car. Dis hearted. Run, run, Bonduc a. Fletcher , Bonduc a, i. 1. dishearten (dis-här'tn), v. t. [ Be not utterly disheartened; we have yet a small relick of hope left. B. Jonson, Epicæne, v. 1.