1. The act of disbursing or paying out.
The disbursement of the public moneys.
U. S. Statutes. 2. That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual disbursements exceed the income.
Disburser
(Dis*burs"er) n. One who disburses money.
Disburthen
(Dis*bur"then) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disburthened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disburthening.] [Cf.
Disburden.] To disburden; to relieve of a load. [Archaic]
Disc
(Disc) n. [See Disk, Dish.] A flat round plate; (Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as,
a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc. Same as Disk.
Discage
(Dis*cage") v. t. To uncage. [R.] Tennyson.
Discal
(Disc"al) a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a disk; as, discal cells.
Discalceate
(Dis*cal"ce*ate) v. t. [L. discalceatus unshod; dis- + calceus shoe.] To pull off shoes or
sandals from. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Discalceated
(Dis*cal"ce*at`ed) a. Deprived off shoes or sandals; unshod; discalced.
Discalceation
(Dis*cal`ce*a"tion) n. The act of pulling off the shoes or sandals. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Discalced
(Dis*calced") a. Unshod; barefooted; — in distinction from calced. "The foundation of houses
of discalced friars." Cardinal Manning's St. Teresa.
Discamp
(Dis*camp") v. t. [See Decamp.] To drive from a camp. [Obs.] Holland.
Discandy
(Dis*can"dy) v. i. To melt; to dissolve; to thaw. [Obs.]
Discant
(Dis"cant) n. See Descant, n.
Discapacitate
(Dis*ca*pac"i*tate) v. t. To deprive of capacity; to incapacitate. [R.]
Discard
(Dis*card") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Discarding.]
1. (Card Playing) To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).
2. To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to
discharge; to turn away.
They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to discard
them.
Swift. 3. To put or thrust away; to reject.
A man discards the follies of boyhood.
I. Taylor. Syn. — To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier.
Discard
(Dis*card"), v. i. (Card Playing) To make a discard.
Discard
(Dis*card"), n. (Card Playing) The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.
Discardure
(Dis*car"dure) n. Rejection; dismissal. [R.] Hayter.
