disguiser, disguyser

[Eng. disguis ( e ); -er.] 1. One who or that which disguises, or conceals by a disguise. "Death's a great disguiser . " --Shakesp .: Measure for Measure, iv. 2. 2. One who puts on or wears a disguise. "You are a very dexterous disguiser ." - Pope: To Swift (Aug. 11, 1720). 3. A masquer; one who plays a part in a masque. "Sodeynly the rocke moued and recaued the disguysers, and ymediatly closed agayn." -Hall : Henry VIII . (an. 10). *dis-guiş-i-ly, *dis-gis-1-11, adv . [Mid. Eng. disgisi; -ly.] Disguisedly; in disguise. "Desparaged were i disgis li , yif i dede in this wise." William of Palerne , 485. *dis-guis-I-ne , *dis-gis-i-nes, s. [Mid. Eng. disgisi ; -ne .] Disguising. son's Tale. "For his straungenes and disgisines." -Chaucer: Par dis-guiş-ing, *des-gys-yng, *dis-gys-yng, pr . par., a. & 8. [DISGUISE, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: 1. The act of concealing with a disguise; the act of putting on or wearing a disguise. "I'll give her father notice of their disguising ."Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen of Verona, ii. 6. *2. A masque; an interlude. "And on Newres day at nyght ther was a goodly dis gysyng." The Feast of Christmas . (Leland, Collect., iv. 235.) *dis-guiş'-, *dis-gis-1, a . [O. Fr. desguisé , pa. par. of des guiser .] Disguised, masked. "In Daunces disguisi red i dight were." William of Palerne, 1,620. IMG:content-0099.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia sible objects we are disgusted with dirt; we loathe the smell of food if we have a sickly appetite; we nauseate medicine: and when applied metaphor. ically, we are disgusted with affectation; we loathe the endearments of those who are offensive; we nauseate all the enjoyments of life, after having made an intemperate use of them, and discovered their inanity." (Crabb: Eng . Synon . ) (2) For the difference between disgust and dislike , To lay in one's dish: To lay to one's charge. "The manifold examples that commonly are alledged, IMG:content-0101.png:[blocks in formation] left unperfect by notable artificers in all sciences, could not make me afraide; howbeit perchance they may be laid in my dish."-Phaer.: Virgil (1600). Obvious compound: Dish - cover . *dish-bearer, *disc he berer, *dyschberer, s. A shelf on which dishes are placed; a dre er. "A Discheberer (a Dysbynke or a Dyschberer ): discofo- rus."-Cathol. Anglicum. * dish-bench, * dishbenk, *disc he benke, *dyschbynke, s. The same as dish - bearer (q. v.). "A Dische-benke (Dyschbynke): scutellarium."-Cathol. Anglicum. *dish-board, *dy h-borde, s . A dre er. "Scutellarium: a dy hborde . " - Medulla Grammat. *dish-catch, s. A rack for dishes. "My dish- catch , cupboards, boards, and bed, And all I have when we are wed." Comical Dialogue between two Country Lovers . ( Nares .) dish-cloth, dish-clout, s. A cloth used for washing up dishes, plates, . dish-rack, s. A frame in which dishes and plates are placed to drain and dry. *dish-wash, s . Dish-water; hence, anything mean, filthy, or despicable. "Their fathers 1. One who washes up dishes; a scullery-maid. 2. A device by which dishes are cleaned by agita- tion, in some cases a isted by brushes or sponges. Among the numerous varieties may be cited the circular rack rotated in a tub with water sufficient to submerge the dishes and plates. II. Zool .: A provincial name for the pied wagtail. *dish-washings, s . pl . "But to see the fine ladies in their dishabille , A dre that's sometimes the most studied to kill." Byron: Description of Tun bridge. IMG:content-0102.png:[blocks in formation] Bot.: Equisetum hyemale . ( Turner .) dish-water, s. Water in which dishes, plates, (q. v.).] ., have been washed. IMG:content-0103.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0104.png:[blocks in formation] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of discouraging, dispiriting, or dejecting; discouragement, dejection. "Lest it give too great disheartening to your faithful friends."- Cabbala : L. R. H. to the Duke of Bucking ham . dis-heart-en-ment, s . [English dishearten; -ment.] A state or condition of being disheartened; discouragement, dejection. "Alan tries his best to stay the growth of a great dis hearten ment among the people." - M. C. Hay: Under the Will (1878), i. 73. *dis-heart-sŭm, s. [Eng. dis; heart, and suff. -sum-some.] Saddening, disheartening. dished, pa. par. or a. [DISH, v.] A. As pa.par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Lit .: Served up or placed on a dish. 2. Fig .: Frustrated, foiled, ruined, cheated. ( Slang .) To be "dished out of it ": Cheated out of it, or rather some one else contrived to obtain it; a variation of disherit . The heir is dish't out of his inheritance when his father marries again, dies, and leaves his property to his widow and her family. "Where's Brummel? Dished!"-Byron: Don Juan. II. Mach . & Vehicles : Having a central depre ion; hollowed, cup-shaped. Applied to wheels. dished-out, s. A term applied to the sunk cradling employed in vaults, coved ceilings, and domes which are formed by wooden ribs (bracketing) upon which the lath and plastering are secured. *dis-hêʻir (hsilent), v. t. [Pref. dis , and Eng. heir (q. v.).] To debar or incapacitate from inheriting. "Design'd to hew the imperial cedar down, Defraud succe ion, and disheir the crown." Dryden: Hind and Panther , iii. 704, 705. dis-hělm', v. t. [O. Fr. disheaulmer : des Lat. dis = away, apart, and O. Fr. heaulme = a helmet.] To deprive or divest of a helm or helmet. "And the Lorde of Saynt Pye strake the Lorde Clyf. forde on the helme, so that he was dishelmed ."-Berners: Froi art's Chronicle, vol. ii., ch. xlviii. *dis-herb-age ( h silent, age as Ig), v . t . [Pref. dis, and Eng. herbage (q. v.).] To deprive of herbage, to make bare or barren. *dis-herb-age-ing ( h silent, age as Ig), pr . par . & 8. [DIS HERBAGE.] A. As pr. par.: (See the verb.) B. As subst. The act of stripping of herbage; the state of being stripped of gra or herbage. IMG:content-0105.png:[blocks in formation] 1445 *dis-her-It-ěd, *dis-er-it-ide, pa . par . or a. [DISHERIT.] *dis-her-it-ing, pr . par . , a. & s. [DISHERIT.] A. & B. As pr. par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of disinheriting; disinheritance. "The disheriting of the right heyre is alwaies wont to be the beginning of ciuil wars."- Stow : Edward the Con. fe or (1066). *dis-her-it-i-son, *dis-her-it-e-son, s. [O. Fr. diserteisoun.] Disinheriting, disinheritance. "Tille alle our heirs grete dis he rites on ." Robert de Brunne , p. 290. dis-her-I-tör, 8. [English disherit; -or.] One who disinherits or shuts another out of his inheritance. *dis-hër-o, v. t. [Pref. dis , and English hero (q. v.).] Το render unheroic; to reduce from the rank of a hero. "Has done his best in an underhand, treacherous manner, to dishero him."-Carlyle: Miscell., iv. 143.