a. Somewhat bad; inferior. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards. “Bardish impostures.” Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Same as Beetrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blandished p. pr. & vb. n. Blandishing. ] [ OE. blaundisen, F. blandir, fr. L. blandiri, fr. blandus mild, flattering. ] 1. To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to caress; to cajole. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make agreeable and enticing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mustering all her wiles,
With blandished parleys. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who uses blandishments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. blandissement. ] The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cowering low with blandishment. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brandished p. pr. & vb. n. Brandishing. ] [ OE. braundisen, F. brandir, fr. brand a sword, fr. OHG. brant brand. See Brand, n. ] 1. To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The quivering lance which he brandished bright. Drake. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc. “Brandishes of the fan.” Tailer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who brandishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a brigand or freebooter; robberlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rather broad; moderately broad. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a cad; lowbred and presuming. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cut cavendish, the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child. “Childish innocence.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Puerile; trifling; weak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is rather childish than innocent. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Childish, as applied to persons who are grown up, is in a disparaging sense; as, a childish temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish. Hawthorne.

-- Clod"dish*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. Somewhat cold; cool; chilly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a compote{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

a. Cowardly. [ Obs. ] “A base and a cowardish mind.” Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lips put on a deadish paleness. A. Stafford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. disc, L. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr. di`skos quoit, fr. dikei^n to throw. Cf. Dais, Desk, Disc, Discus. ] 1. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table. [ 1913 Webster ]

She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Judg. v. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food, especially prepared food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. “A dish fit for the gods.” Shak.

Home-home dishes that drive one from home. Hood. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A hollow place, as in a field. Ogilvie. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mining) (a) A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured. (b) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. anything with a discoid and concave shape, like that of a dish. [ PJC ]

7. an electronic device with a concave reflecting surface which focuses reflected radio waves to or from a point, used as a receiving or transmitting antenna; also called dish antenna. The dish is often shaped as a paraboloid so as to achieve a high sensitivity and enable reception of weak signals when used as a receiving antenna, or to focus transmitted signals into a narrow beam when used as a transmitting antenna.
Syn. -- dish aerial, dish antenna, saucer. [ PJC ]

8. a very attractive woman or young lady, especaially one sexually attractive; -- sometimes considered offensive and sexist; as, the departmental secretary is quite a dish. [ slang ]
Syn. -- smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish. [ WordNet 1.5 + PJC ]

9. a favorite activity, or an activity at which one excels. [ slang ]
Syn. -- cup of tea, bag. [ WordNet 1.5 + PJC ]

10. the quantity that a dish will hold, or a dish filled with some material.
Syn. -- dishful. [ WordNet 1.5 + PJC ]

satellite dish a dish antenna used to receive signals from or to transmit signals to a satellite which transmits or receives radio signals. In most common usage, it refers to small dish antennas used to receive television programs broadcast from geostationary satellites. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dished p. pr. & vb. n. Dishing. ] 1. To put in a dish, ready for the table. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. to talk about (a person) in a disparaging manner; to gossip about (a person); as, the secretaries spent their break time dishing the newest employee. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

To dish out. 1. To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table. 2. (Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood. 2. to dispense freely; -- also used figuratively; as, to dish out punishment; to dish out abuse or insult. --
To dish up, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Disability. ] To disqualify. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Deshabille. ] An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille. [ 1913 Webster ]

They breakfast in dishabille. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- + habit to inhabit. ] To dislodge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Those sleeping stones . . . from their fixed beds of lime
Had been dishabited. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Rendered uninhabited. “Dishabited towns.” R. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To render unaccustomed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To disable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To disparage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She oft him blamed . . . and him dishabled quite. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make unholy; to profane. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor can the unholiness of the priest dishallow the altar. T. Adams. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unharmonious; discordant. [ Obs. ] Hallywell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of harmony; discord; incongruity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A disharmony in the different impulses that constitute it [ our nature ]. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To leave; to quit; to cease to haunt. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cloth used for washing dishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dishcloth. [ Obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dishearten. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disheartened p. pr. & vb. n. Disheartening. ] [ Pref. dis- + hearten. ] To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened. Macaulay.

Syn. -- To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter; terrify. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. made less hopeful or enthusiastic; as, their lack of interest disheartened the instructor. [ Narrower terms: pessimistic (vs. optimistic) ]
Syn. -- demoralized, discouraged. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Causing loss of hope or enthusiasm.
Syn. -- demoralizing, demoralising, dispiriting. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Disherit. ] To disinherit. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- + helm helmet. ] To deprive of the helmet. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lying stark,
Dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Disherit. ] The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinherison. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disherited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheriting. ] [ F. déshériter; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + hériter to inherit. See Inherit, and cf. Dusheir, Disinherit. ] To disinherit; to cut off, or detain, from the possession or enjoyment of an inheritance. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. desheritance. ] The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited; disinheritance. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One who puts another out of his inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disheveled r Dishevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheveling or Dishevelling. ] [ OF. descheveler, F. décheveler, LL. discapillare; dis- + L. capillus the hair of the head. See Capillary. ] 1. To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle. [ 1913 Webster ]

With garments rent and hair disheveled,
Wringing her hands and making piteous moan. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To spread loosely or disorderly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. [ R. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. Disheveled. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Dishevele, save his cap, he rode all bare. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. ; .
Syn. -- disheveled, ungroomed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Hanging in loose disorder; disarranged; in disarray; not made neat; -- used especially of hair or clothing; as, disheveled hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the hair in loose disorder. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dancing maidens are disheveled Mænads. J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ]