Discursory

Discursive; argumentative. Dis'cus, n. [Lat., from Gr. diskos. See DISK.] A round, flat piece of iron, copper, or stone, to be thrown in play; a quoit; a disc; the face of the sun or moon. ( Antiq .) The quoit used by the ancients was gener ally a heavy, circular piece of iron, sometimes perforated in the middle. The D. was not thrown at a mark, but the players endeavored who could throw it the farthest. The practice of throwing the D. is mentioned by Homer as being one of the sports at the funeral of Patroclus. In the Cabinet of Antiquities at Paris, a D. is preserved which contains holes for the insertion of the thumb and fingers. In the well-known statue of Discobolus throwing the D. , (Fig. 833,) one of the methods of using it may be seen. Discu ', v . a. [Lat. discutio , discus sum -dis, and quatio , to Fig . 833. shake, to beat, to DISCOBOLUS THROWING THE DISCUS. strike; Fr. discuter .] (From an ancient statue by Myron.) Diseased', p . a. Disordered; distempered; sick. Diseasʼedne , n. State of being diseased; a morbid Disedged', a . Deprived of the edge; dulled; cloyed. Disedify, v . a. To fail of edifying.