dis luster, dislustre (dis luster)

t. [= F. délustrer = Sp. Pg. deslustrar = It.slustro slustrare, deprive of luster; as dis- priv. + luster.] To deprive of luster. And Winter suddenly, like crazy Lear, Reels back, and brings the dead May in his arms, Her budding breasts and wan dislustred front With frosty streaks and drifts of his white beard All overblown. Lowell, Under the Willows. dismadet (dis-mād'), a . [ dis- , for mis- , + made , pp . of make .] Ugly; ill-shaped. Whose hideous shapes were like to feendes of hell, Some like to houndes, some like to apes, dismayd . IMG:content-2822.png:[blocks in formation]