n. A giver of alms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The giving of alms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely and irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way. Moxon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Perverse; untractable; contrary; difficult to deal with.
Syn. -- balky, contrarious. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

She was none of your crossgrained, termagant, scolding jades. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a tall tufted perennial tropical American grass (Paspalum dilatatum) naturalized as pasture and forage grass in the southern U.S.
Syn. -- paspalum, Paspalum dilatatum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To free from a gage or pledge; to disengage. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of gallantry. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To strip of a garland. [ Poetic ] “Thy locks disgarland.” Drummond. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- + garnish. See Degarnish. ] To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of a garrison. Hewyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disgaveled r Disgaveled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgaveling. ] [ See Gavelkind. ] (Eng. Law) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant; -- said of lands. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To digest. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Digestion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disglorified p. pr. & vb. n. Disglorifying. ] To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dishonor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To the disglory of God's name. Northbrooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disgorged p. pr. & vb. n. Disgorging. ] [ F. dégorger, earlier desgorger; pref. dé-, des- (L. dis-) + gorge. See Gorge. ] 1. To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in great quantities from a confined place. [ 1913 Webster ]

This mountain when it rageth, . . . casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

They loudly laughed
To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give up unwillingly as what one has wrongfully seized and appropriated; to make restitution of; to surrender; as, he was compelled to disgorge his ill-gotten gains. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to make restitution. [ 1913 Webster ]

See where it flows, disgorging at seven mouths
Into the sea. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dégorgement. ] The act of disgorging; a vomiting; that which is disgorged. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be inconsistent with, or act contrary to, the precepts of the gospel; to pervert the gospel. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. disgrâce; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + grâce. See Grace. ] 1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Macduff lives in disgrace. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy. [ 1913 Webster ]

To tumble down thy husband and thyself
From top of honor to disgrace's feet? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An act of unkindness; a disfavor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The interchange continually of favors and disgraces. Bacon.

Syn. -- Disfavor; disesteem; opprobrium; reproach; discredit; disparagement; dishonor; shame; infamy; ignominy; humiliation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disgraced p. pr. & vb. n. Disgracing ] [ Cf. F. disgracier. See Disgrace, n. ] 1. To put out of favor; to dismiss with dishonor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flatterers of the disgraced minister. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed. J. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall heap with honors him they now disgrace. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

His ignorance disgraced him. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile. [ 1913 Webster ]

The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace. Spenser.

Syn. -- To degrade; humble; humiliate; abase; disparage; defame; dishonor; debase. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. suffering shame or dishonor.
Syn. -- discredited, dishonored, shamed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man. -- Dis*grace"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*grace"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Senate have cast you forth disgracefully. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disgraces. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. disgracieux. ] Wanting grace; unpleasing; disagreeable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disgracing. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Scots Law) Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To degrade. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To degrade; to reduce in rank. [ Obs. ] Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. disgregare; dis- + gregare to collect, fr. grex, gregis, flock or herd. ] To disperse; to scatter; -- opposite of congregate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) The process of separation, or the condition of being separate, as of the molecules of a body. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dissatisfy; to disaffect; to anger. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disguised p. pr. & vb. n. Disguising. ] [ OE. desguisen, disgisen, degisen, OF. desguisier, F. déguiser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + guise. See Guise. ] 1. To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloak by a false show; to mask; as, to disguise anger; to disguise one's sentiments, character, or intentions. [ 1913 Webster ]

All God's angels come to us disguised. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker of five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship. Spectator.

Syn. -- To conceal; hide; mask; dissemble; dissimulate; feign; pretend; secrete. See Conceal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no passion which steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises, than pride. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show. [ 1913 Webster ]

That eye which glances through all disguises. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Change of manner by drink; intoxication. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A masque or masquerade. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Disguise was the old English word for a masque. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In disguise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being disguised. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disguise. [ R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, disguises. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who wears a disguise; an actor in a masquerade; a masker. [ Obs. ] E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A masque or masquerade. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disgusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgusting. ] [ OF. desgouster, F. dégoûter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + gouster to taste, F. goûter, fr. L. gustare, fr. gustus taste. See Gust to taste. ] To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by. [ 1913 Webster ]

To disgust him with the world and its vanities. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ærius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. desgoust, F. dégoût. See Disgust, v. t. ] Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust. [ 1913 Webster ]

The manner of doing is more consequence than the thing done, and upon that depends the satisfaction or disgust wherewith it is received. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a vulgar hack writer such oddities would have excited only disgust. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Nausea; loathing; aversion; distaste; dislike; disinclination; abomination. See Dislike. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having a strong distaste from surfeit.
Syn. -- fed up(predicate), sick of(predicate), tired of(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Provoking disgust; offensive to the taste; exciting aversion; disgusting. [ 1913 Webster ]

That horrible and disgustful situation. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being disgustful. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting. -- Dis*gust"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Not procreating or breeding freely; as, one race may be dysgenesic with respect to another. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Pref. dys- + genesis. ] (Biol.) A condition of not generating or breeding freely; infertility; a form of homogenesis in which the hybrids are sterile among themselves, but are fertile with members of either parent race. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to dysgenics.
Syn. -- cacogenic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
Syn. -- cacogenics. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. OF. esgart regard, F. égard. See Guard. ] Guard. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl.