Disorder

[It. disordine; Fr. désordre.] Want of order or regular disposition; immethodical distribution; irregularity; disarrangement; confusion.- Turbulence; tumult; bustle; violation of decorum or quiet. - Discomposure of mind; turbulence of pa ions.-Illne ; indisposition; malady; distemper; disease. -v. a. To break the order of; to disturb, as any regular disposition or arrangement of things; to put out of method; to throw into confusion; to disarrange; to derange; to confuse. "Eve... with tears that ceas'd not flowing, And tre es all disorder'd , at his feet fell humble."- Milton . disturb the body; to produce sickne or indisposition in; as, my dinner disorders me. - To discompose; to disturb the mind. Dis'mal Swamp, an extensive mora , partly in N Carolina and partly in Virginia. Its length from N. to S. is 30 m., by 10 or 12 m. in breadth. It covers an area of about 300 square miles. Lake Drummond, in its centre, is about 6 m. in extent, and when full, 21 feet above high water on the surface. The D. S. was origi--To nally, in large proportions, covered with a thick forest of cypre , white cedar, and other timber, and portions are still overgrown with reeds; but nearly all the most valu- able timber has been cut down to furnish shingles, ship- timber, rails, . and a part of the mora has been drained and devoted to agriculture. The Dismals , as Disorderly; irregular; vicious, Disordered, p . a. loose; unrestrained in behavior. "Men so disorder'd , so debauch'd, and bold."- Shaks . runaway slaves.