Atterbury.
10. A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.
Setting them [factions] at distance, or at least distrust amongst themselves.
Bacon.
On the part of Heaven,
Now alienated, distance and distaste.
Milton.
11. Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor.
12. (Mus.) The interval between two notes; as, the distance of a fourth or seventh.
Angular distance, the distance made at the eye by lines drawn from the eye to two objects. -- Lunar distance. See under Lunar. -- North polar distance (Astron.), the distance on the heavens of a heavenly body from the north pole. It is the complement of the declination. -- Zenith distance (Astron.), the arc on the heavens from a heavenly body to the zenith of the observer. It is the complement of the altitude. -- To keep one's distance, to stand aloof; to refrain from familiarity.
If a man makes me keep my distance, the comfort is he keeps his at the same time.
Swift.
Dis"tance (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distancing (?).] 1. To place at a distance or remotely.
I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles distanced thence.
Fuller.
2. To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.
His peculiar art of distancing an object to aggrandize his space.
H. Miller.
3. To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.
He distanced the most skillful of his contemporaries.
Milner.
Dis"tan*cy (?), n. Distance. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Dis"tant (?), a. [F., fr. L. distans, -antis, p. pr. of distare to stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See Stand.] 1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.
One board had two tenons, equally distant.
Ex. xxxvi. 22.
Diana's temple is not distant far.
Shak.
2. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.
The success of these distant enterprises.
Prescott.
3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.
He passed me with a distant bow.
Goldsmith.
4. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.
Some distant knowledge.
Shak.
A distant glimpse.
W. Irving.
5. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.
Syn. -- Separate; far; remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight; faint; indirect; indistinct.
Dis*tan"tial (?), a. Distant. [Obs.]
More distantial from the eye.
W. Montagu.
Dis"tant*ly (?), adv. At a distance; remotely; with reserve.
Dis*taste" (?), n. 1. Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish. Bacon.
2. Discomfort; uneasiness.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
Bacon.
3. Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.
On the part of Heaven,
Now alienated, distance and distaste.
Milton.
Syn. -- Disrelish; disinclination; dislike; aversion; displeasure; dissatisfaction; disgust.
Dis*taste", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distasting.] 1. Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike.
Although my will distaste what it elected.
Shak.
2. To offend; to disgust; to displease. [Obs.]
He thought in no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them.
Sir J. Davies.
3. To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful. Drayton.
Dis*taste" (?), v. i. To be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable. [Obs.]
Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons,
Which at the are scarce found to distaste.
Shak.
Dis*taste"ful (?), a. 1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome.
2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth.
Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions.
Milton.
3. Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive. "Distasteful looks." Shak.
Syn. -- Nauseous; unsavory; unpalatable; offensive; displeasing; dissatisfactory; disgusting.
- Dis*taste"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*taste"ful*ness, n.
Dis*taste"ive (?), a. Tending to excite distaste. [Obs.] -- n. That which excites distaste or aversion. [Obs.] Whitlock.
Dis*tas"ture (?; 135), n. Something which excites distaste or disgust. [Obs.] Speed.
Dis*tem"per (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distempered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distempering.] [OF. destemprer, destremper, to distemper, F. détremper to soak, soften, slake (lime); pref. des- (L. dis-) + OF. temprer, tremper, F. tremper, L. temperare to mingle in due proportion. See Temper, and cf. Destemprer.] 1. To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of. [Obs.]
When . . . the humors in his body ben distempered.
Chaucer.
2. To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease. Shak.
The imagination, when completely distempered, is the most incurable of all disordered faculties.
Buckminster.
3. To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant. "Distempered spirits." Coleridge.
4. To intoxicate. [R.]
The courtiers reeling,
And the duke himself, I dare not say distempered,
But kind, and in his tottering chair carousing.
Massinger.
5. (Paint.) To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size. [R.]
Dis*tem"per, n. [See Distemper, v. t., and cf. Destemprer.] 1. An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts. Bacon.
This meaning and most of the following are to be referred to the Galenical doctrine of the four "humors" in man. See Humor. According to the old physicians, these humors, when unduly tempered, produce a disordered state of body and mind.
2. Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold. [Obs.]
Those countries . . . under the tropic, were of a distemper uninhabitable.
Sir W. Raleigh.
3. A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle.
They heighten distempers to diseases.
Suckling.
4. Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor. [Obs.]
Little faults proceeding on distemper.
Shak.
Some frenzy distemper had got into his head.
Bunyan.
5. Political disorder; tumult. Waller.
6. (Paint.) (a) A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms. (b) A painting done with this preparation.
Syn. -- Disease; disorder; sickness; illness; malady; indisposition; ailment. See Disease.
Dis*tem"per*ance (?), n. Distemperature. [Obs.]
Dis*tem"per*ate (?), a. [LL. distemperatus, p. p.] 1. Immoderate. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
2. Diseased; disordered. [Obs.] Wodroephe.
Dis*tem"per*ate*ly, adv. Unduly. [Obs.]
Dis*tem"per*a*ture (?; 135), n. 1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air. [Obs.]
2. Disorder; confusion. Shak.
3. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.
A huge infectious troop
Of pale distemperatures and foes to life.
Shak.
4. Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness.
Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his distemperature.
Sir W. Scott.
Dis*tem"per*ment (?), n. Distempered state; distemperature. [Obs.] Feltham.
Dis*tend" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distended; p. pr. & vb. n. Distending.] [L. distendere, distentum, distensum; dis- + tendere to stretch, stretch out: cf. F. distendre to distend, détendre to unbend. See Tend, and cf. Detent.] 1. To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch. [R.]
But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven
Distended as the brow of God appeased?
Milton.
2. To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc.
The warmth distends the chinks.
Dryden.
Syn. -- To dilate; expand; enlarge; swell; inflate.
Dis*tend", v. i. To become expanded or inflated; to swell. "His heart distends with pride." Milton.
Dis*ten`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or capacity of being distensible. [R.]
Dis*ten"si*ble (?), a. Capable of being distended or dilated.
Dis*ten"sion (?), n. Same as Distention.
Dis*ten"sive (?), a. Distending, or capable of being distended.
Dis*tent" (?), a. [L. distentus, p. p. See Distend.] Distended. [Poetic] Thomson.
Dis*tent", n. Breadth. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
Dis*ten"tion (?), n. [L. distentio: cf. F. distension.] 1. The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs.
2. Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.
Dis*ter" (?), v. t. [L. dis- + terra earth, country; cf. Sp. & Pg. desterrar.] To banish or drive from a country. [Obs.] Howell.
Dis*ter"mi*nate (?), a. [L. disterminatus, p. p. of disterminare to limit. See Terminate.] Separated by bounds. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Dis*ter`mi*na"tion (?), n. [L. disterminatio.] Separation by bounds. [Obs.] Hammond.
Dis"thene (?), n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &?; force: cf. F. disthène.] (Min.) Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite.
Dis*throne" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + throne: cf. OF. desthroner, F. détroner.] To dethrone. [Obs.]
Dis*thron"ize (?), v. t. To dethrone. [Obs.] Spenser.
Dis"tich (?), n. [L. distichon, Gr. &?;, neut. of &?; with two rows, of two verses; di- = di`s- twice + &?; row, verse, fr. &?; to ascend; akin to AS. stgan to ascend: cf. F. distique. See Stirrup.] (Pros.) A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.
{ Dis"tich (?), Dis"tich*ous (?), } a. [Gr. &?;. See Distich, n.] Disposed in two vertical rows; two- ranked.
Dis"tich*ous*ly, adv. In a distichous manner.
Dis*til" (?), v. t. & i. See Distill.
Dis*till" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Distilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distilling.] [F. distiller, from L. destillare, destillatum; de + stillare to drop, stilla a drop, prob. fr. stiria frozen drop, icicle; prob. akin to stare, E. stand. Cf. Still, n. & v., Instill.] [Written also distil.] 1. To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.
Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain.
Pope.
2. To flow gently, or in a small stream.
The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of Armenia.
Sir W. Raleigh.
3. To practice the art of distillation. Shak.
Dis*till", v. t. 1. To let fall or send down in drops.
Or o'er the glebe distill the kindly rain.
Pope.
The dew which on the tender grass
The evening had distilled.
Drayton.
2. To obtain by distillation; to extract by distillation, as spirits, essential oil, etc.; to rectify; as, to distill brandy from wine; to distill alcoholic spirits from grain; to distill essential oils from flowers, etc.; to distill fresh water from sea water. "Distilling odors on me." Tennyson.
3. To subject to distillation; as, to distill molasses in making rum; to distill barley, rye, corn, etc.
4. To dissolve or melt. [R.]
Swords by the lightning's subtle force distilled.
Addison.
Dis*till"a*ble (?), a. (Chem.) Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.
Dis*till"ate (?), n. (Chem.) The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses.
Dis`til*la"tion (?), n. [F. distillation, L. destillatio.] 1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
2. That which falls in drops. [R.] Johnson
3. (Chem.) The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.
The evaporation of water, its condensation into clouds, and its precipitation as rain, dew, frost, snow, or hail, is an illustration of natural distillation.
4. The substance extracted by distilling. Shak.
Destructive distillation (Chem.), the distillation, especially of complex solid substances, so that the ultimate constituents are separated or evolved in new compounds, -- usually requiring a high degree of heat; as, the destructive distillation of soft coal or of wood. -- Dry distillation, the distillation of substances by themselves, or without the addition of water or of other volatile solvent; as, the dry distillation of citric acid. -- Fractional distillation. (Chem.) See under Fractional.
Dis*til"la*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. distillatoire.] Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels. -- n. A distillatory apparatus; a still.
Dis*till"er (?), n. 1. One who distills; esp., one who extracts alcoholic liquors by distillation.
2. The condenser of a distilling apparatus.
Dis*till"er*y (?), n.; pl. Distilleries (#). [F. distillerie.] 1. The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on.
2. The act of distilling spirits. [R.] Todd.
Dis*till"ment (?), n. Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation. [Obs.] Shak.
Dis*tinct" (?), a. [L. distinctus, p. p. of distinguere: cf. F. distinct. See Distinguish.] 1. Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified. [Obs.]
Wherever thus created -- for no place
Is yet distinct by name.
Milton.
2. Marked; variegated. [Obs.]
The which [place] was dight
With divers flowers distinct with rare delight.
Spenser.
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3. Separate in place; not conjunct; not united by growth or otherwise; -- with from.
The intention was that the two armies which marched out together should afterward be distinct.
Clarendon.
4. Not identical; different; individual.
To offend, and judge, are distinct offices.
Shak.
5. So separated as not to be confounded with any other thing; not liable to be misunderstood; not confused; well- defined; clear; as, we have a distinct or indistinct view of a prospect.
Relation more particular and distinct.
Milton.
Syn. -- Separate; unconnected; disjoined; different; clear; plain; conspicuous; obvious.
Dis*tinct" (?), v. t. To distinguish. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
Dis*tinc"tion (?), n. [L. distinctio: cf. F. distinction.] 1. A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division. [Obs.]
The distinction of tragedy into acts was not known.
Dryden.
2. The act of distinguishing or denoting the differences between objects, or the qualities by which one is known from others; exercise of discernment; discrimination.
To take away therefore that error, which confusion breedeth, distinction is requisite.
Hooker.
3. That which distinguishes one thing from another; distinguishing quality; sharply defined difference; as, the distinction between real and apparent good.
The distinction betwixt the animal kingdom and the inferior parts of matter.
Locke.
4. Estimation of difference; regard to differences or distinguishing circumstance.
Maids, women, wives, without distinction, fall.
Dryden.
5. Conspicuous station; eminence; superiority; honorable estimation; as, a man of distinction.
Your country's own means of distinction and defense.
D. Webster.
Syn. -- Difference; variation, variety; contrast; diversity; contrariety; disagreement; discrimination; preference; superiority; rank; note; eminence.
Dis*tinc"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. distinctif.] 1. Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar.
The distinctive character and institutions of New England.
Bancroft.
2. Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Dis*tinc"tive*ly, adv. With distinction; plainly.
Dis*tinc"tive*ness, n. State of being distinctive.
Dis*tinct"ly (?), adv. 1. With distinctness; not confusedly; without the blending of one part or thing another; clearly; plainly; as, to see distinctly.
2. With meaning; significantly. [Obs.]
Thou dost snore distinctly;
There's meaning in thy snores.
Shak.
Syn. -- Separately; clearly; plainly; obviously.
Dis*tinct"ness, n. 1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things.
The soul's . . . distinctness from the body.
Cudworth.
2. Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated his arguments with great distinctness.
Syn. -- Plainness; clearness; precision; perspicuity.
Dis*tinc"ture (?), n. Distinctness. [R.]
Dis*tin"guish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distinguished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distinguishing.] [F. distinguer, L. distinguere, distinctum; di- = dis- + stinguere to quench, extinguish; prob. orig., to prick, and so akin to G. stechen, E. stick, and perh. sting. Cf. Extinguish.] 1. Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.
Not more distinguished by her purple vest,
Than by the charming features of her face.
Dryden.
Milton has distinguished the sweetbrier and the eglantine.
Nares.
2. To separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with regard to difference; as, to distinguish sounds into high and low.
Moses distinguished the causes of the flood into those that belong to the heavens, and those that belong to the earth.
T. Burnet.
3. To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to distinguish the sound of a drum.
We are enabled to distinguish good from evil, as well as truth from falsehood.
Watts.
Nor more can you distinguish of a man,
Than of his outward show.
Shak.
4. To constitute a difference; to make to differ.
Who distinguisheth thee?
1 Cor. iv. 7. (Douay version).
5. To separate from others by a mark of honor; to make eminent or known; to confer distinction upon; -- with by or for."To distinguish themselves by means never tried before." Johnson.
Syn. -- To mark; discriminate; differentiate; characterize; discern; perceive; signalize; honor; glorify.
Dis*tin"guish, v. i. 1. To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle.
2. To become distinguished or distinctive; to make one's self or itself discernible. [R.]
The little embryo . . . first distinguishes into a little knot.
Jer. Taylor.
Dis*tin"guish*a*ble (?), a. 1. Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a distance is distinguishable from a shrub.
A simple idea being in itself uncompounded . . . is not distinguishable into different ideas.
Locke.
2. Worthy of note or special regard. Swift.
Dis*tin"guish*a*ble*ness (?), n. The quality of being distinguishable.
Dis*tin"guish*a*bly, adv. So as to be distinguished.
Dis*tin"guished (?), a. 1. Marked; special.
The most distinguished politeness.
Mad. D' Arblay.
2. Separated from others by distinct difference; having, or indicating, superiority; eminent or known; illustrious; -- applied to persons and deeds.
Syn. -- Marked; noted; famous; conspicuous; celebrated; transcendent; eminent; illustrious; extraordinary; prominent. -- Distinguished, Eminent, Conspicuous, Celebrated, Illustrious. A man is eminent, when he stands high as compared with those around him; conspicuous, when he is so elevated as to be seen and observed; distinguished, when he has something which makes him stand apart from others in the public view; celebrated, when he is widely spoken of with honor and respect; illustrious, when a splendor is thrown around him which confers the highest dignity.
Dis*tin"guish*ed*ly (?), adv. In a distinguished manner. [R.] Swift.
Dis*tin"guish*er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, distinguishes or separates one thing from another by marks of diversity. Sir T. Browne.
2. One who discerns accurately the difference of things; a nice or judicious observer. Dryden.
Dis*tin"guish*ing, a. Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic.
The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion.
Locke.
Distinguishing pennant (Naut.), a special pennant by which any particular vessel in a fleet is recognized and signaled. Simmonds.
Dis*tin"guish*ing*ly, adv. With distinction; with some mark of preference. Pope.
Dis*tin"guish*ment (?), n. Observation of difference; distinction. Graunt.
Dis*ti"tle (?), v. t. To deprive of title or right. [R.] B. Jonson.
||Dis"to*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &?; mouth.] (Zoöl.) A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2.
Dis*tort" (?), a. [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See Torsion.] Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.]
Her face was ugly and her mouth distort.
Spenser.
Dis*tort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distorting.] 1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.
Whose face was distorted with pain.
Thackeray.
2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.
Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men.
Tillotson.
3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.
Syn. -- To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.
Dis*tort"er (?), n. One who, or that which, distorts.
Dis*tor"tion (?), n. [L. distortio: cf. F. distortion.] 1. The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.
2. A wresting from the true meaning. Bp. Wren.
3. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.
4. (Med.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.
Dis*tort"ive (?), a. Causing distortion.
Dis*tract" (?), a. [L. distractus, p. p. of distrahere to draw asunder; dis- + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. Distraught.] 1. Separated; drawn asunder. [Obs.]
2. Insane; mad. [Obs.] Drayton.
Dis*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distracted, old p. p. Distraught; p. pr. & vb. n. Distracting.] 1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
A city . . . distracted from itself.
Fuller.
2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.
Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination.
Goldsmith.
3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
Horror and doubt distract
His troubled thoughts.
Milton.
4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted.
A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her.
Shak.
Dis*tract"ed, a. Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad.
My distracted mind.
Pope.
Dis*tract"ed*ly, adv. Disjointedly; madly. Shak.
Dis*tract"ed*ness, n. A state of being distracted; distraction. Bp. Hall.
Dis*tract"er (?), n. One who, or that which, distracts away.
Dis*tract"ful (?), a. Distracting. [R.] Heywood.
Dis*tract"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being drawn aside or distracted.
Dis*tract"ile (?), a. (Bot.) Tending or serving to draw apart.
Dis*tract"ing, a. Tending or serving to distract.
Dis*trac"tion (?), n. [L. distractio: cf. F. distraction.] 1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.
To create distractions among us.
Bp. Burnet.
2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot.
3. A diversity of direction; detachment. [Obs.]
His power went out in such distractions as
Beguiled all species.
Shak.
4. State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity.
That ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
1 Cor. vii. 35.
5. Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions.
Never was known a night of such distraction.
Dryden.
6. Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair.
The distraction of the children, who saw both their parents together, would have melted the hardest heart.
Tatler.
7. Derangement of the mind; madness. Atterbury.
Syn. -- Perplexity; confusion; disturbance; disorder; dissension; tumult; derangement; madness; raving; franticness; furiousness.
Dis*trac"tious (?), a. Distractive. [Obs.]
Dis*trac"tive (?), a. Causing perplexity; distracting. "Distractive thoughts." Bp. Hall.
Dis*train" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distrained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distraining.] [OE. destreinen to force, OF. destreindre to press, oppress, force, fr. L. distringere, districtum, to draw asunder, hinder, molest, LL., to punish severely; di- = stringere to draw tight, press together. See Strain, and cf. Distress, District, Distraint.] 1. To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict. [Obs.] "Distrained with chains." Chaucer.
2. To rend; to tear. [Obs.]
Neither guile nor force might it [a net] distrain.
Spenser.
3. (Law) (a) To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an amercement. (b) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a person by his goods and chattels.
Dis*train", v. i. To levy a distress.
Upon whom I can distrain for debt.
Camden.
Dis*train"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained. Blackstone.
Dis*train"er (?), n. Same as Distrainor.
Dis*train"or (?), n. (Law) One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels. Blackstone.
Dis*traint" (?), n. [OF. destrainte distress, force.] (Law) The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress. Abbott.
||Dis`trait" (?), a. [F. See Distract.] Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.
Dis*traught" (?), p. p. & a. [OE. distract, distrauht. See Distract, a.] 1. Torn asunder; separated. [Obs.] "His greedy throat . . . distraught." Spenser.
2. Distracted; perplexed. "Distraught twixt fear and pity." Spenser.
As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror.
Shak.
To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls
Which are the most distraught and full of pain.
Mrs. Browning.
Dis*traught"ed, a. Distracted. [Obs.] Spenser.
Dis*tream" (?), v. i. [Pref. dis- (intens.) + stream.] To flow. [Poetic]
Yet o'er that virtuous blush distreams a tear.
Shenstone.
Dis*tress" (?), n. [OE. destresse, distresse, OF. destresse, destrece, F. détresse, OF. destrecier to distress, (assumed) LL. districtiare, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere. See Distrain, and cf. Stress.] 1. Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.
Not fearing death nor shrinking for distress.
Shak.
2. That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
Affliction's sons are brothers in distress.
Burns.
3. A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.
4. (Law) (a) The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc. (b) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction. Bouvier. Kent. Burrill.
If he were not paid, he would straight go and take a distress of goods and cattle.
Spenser.
The distress thus taken must be proportioned to the thing distrained for.
Blackstone.
Abuse of distress. (Law) See under Abuse.
Syn. -- Affliction; suffering; pain; agony; misery; torment; anguish; grief; sorrow; calamity; misfortune; trouble; adversity. See Affliction.
Dis*tress", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distressing.] [Cf. OF. destrecier. See Distress, n.] 1. To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed.
2 Cor. iv. 8.
2. To compel by pain or suffering.
Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of duty.
A. Hamilton.
3. (Law) To seize for debt; to distrain.
Syn. -- To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict; worry; annoy.
Dis*tress"ed*ness, n. A state of being distressed or greatly pained.
Dis*tress"ful (?), a. Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation. "Some distressful stroke." Shak. "Distressful cries." Pope. -- Dis*tress"ful*ly, adv.
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Dis*tress"ing (ds*trs"ng), a. Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.
Dis*tress"ing, adv. In a distressing manner.
Dis*trib"u*ta*ble (?), a. Capable of being distributed. Sir W. Jones.
Dis*trib"u*ta*ry (?), a. Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes; distributive.
Dis*trib"ute (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distributed; p. pr. & vb. n. Distributing.] [L. distributus, p. p. of distribuere to divide, distribute; dis- + tribuere to assign, give, allot. See Tribute.] 1. To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.
She did distribute her goods to all them that were nearest of kindred.
Judith xvi. 24.
2. To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice. Shak.
3. To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.
4. (Printing) (a) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases. (b) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
5. (Logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
A term is said to be distributed when it is taken universal, so as to stand for everything it is capable of being applied to.
Whately.
Syn. -- To dispense; deal out; apportion; allot; share; assign; divide.
Dis*trib"ute, v. i. To make distribution.
Distributing to the necessity of saints.
Rom. xii. 13.
Dis*trib"u*ter (?), n. One who, or that which, distributes or deals out anything; a dispenser. Addison.
Dis*trib"u*ting, a. That distributes; dealing out.
Distributing past office, an office where the mails for a large district are collected to be assorted according to their destination and forwarded.
Dis`tri*bu"tion (?), n. [L. distributio: cf. F. distribution.] 1. The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate among heirs or children.
The phenomena of geological distribution are exactly analogous to those of geography.
A. R. Wallace.
2. Separation into parts or classes; arrangement of anything into parts; disposition; classification.
3. That which is distributed. "Our charitable distributions." Atterbury.
4. (Logic) A resolving a whole into its parts.
5. (Print.) The sorting of types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.
6. (Steam Engine) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.
Geographical distribution, the natural arrangements of animals and plants in particular regions or districts.
Syn. -- Apportionments; allotment; dispensation; disposal; dispersion; classification; arrangement.
Dis`tri*bu"tion*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to distribution. Huxley.
Dis`tri*bu"tion*ist, n. A distributer. [R.] Dickens.
Dis*trib"u*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. distributif.] 1. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share. "Distributive justice." Swift.
2. (Logic) Assigning the species of a general term.
3. (Gram.) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively; as, a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as each, either, every; a distributive numeral, as (Latin) bini (two by two).
Distributive operation (Math.), any operation which either consists of two or more parts, or works upon two or more things, and which is such that the result of the total operation is the same as the aggregated result of the two or more partial operations. Ordinary multiplication is distributive, since a × (b + c) = ab + ac, and (a + b) × c = ac + bc. -- Distributive proportion. (Math.) See Fellowship.
Dis*trib"u*tive, n. (Gram.) A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral.
Dis*trib"u*tive*ly, adv. By distribution; singly; not collectively; in a distributive manner.
Dis*trib"u*tive*ness, n. Quality of being distributive.
Dis"trict (?), a. [L. districtus, p. p.] Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.]
Punishing with the rod of district severity.
Foxe.
Dis"trict, n. [LL. districtus district, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See Distrain.] 1. (Feudal Law) The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.
2. A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc.
To exercise exclusive legislation . . . over such district not exceeding ten miles square.
The Constitution of the United States.
3. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.
These districts which between the tropics lie.
Blackstone.
Congressional district. See under Congressional. -- District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or district court. -- District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases within a judicial district. -- District judge, one who presides over a district court. -- District school, a public school for the children within a school district. [U.S.]
Syn. -- Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region; country.
Dis"trict, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Districted; p. pr. & vb. n. Districting.] To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.
Dis*tric"tion (?), n. [L. districtio a stretching out.] Sudden display; flash; glitter. [R.]
A smile . . . breaks out with the brightest distriction.
Collier.
Dis"trict*ly (?), adv. Strictly. [Obs.] Foxe.
||Dis*trin"gas (?), n. [L., that you distrain, fr. distringere. See Distrain.] (Law) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.
Dis*trou"ble (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- (intens.) + trouble.] To trouble. [Obs.] Spenser.
Dis*trust" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distrusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distrusting.] [Cf. Mistrust.] To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistrust.
Not distrusting my health.
2 Mac. ix. 22.
To distrust the justice of your cause.
Dryden.
He that requireth the oath doth distrust that other.
Udall.
Of all afraid,
Distrusting all, a wise, suspicious maid.
Collins.
Mistrust has been almost wholly driven out by distrust. T. L. K. Oliphant.
Dis*trust", n. 1. Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc.
2. Suspicion of evil designs.
Alienation and distrust . . . are the growth of false principles.
D. Webster.
3. State of being suspected; loss of trust. Milton.
Dis*trust"er (?), n. One who distrusts.
Dis*trust"ful (?), a. 1. Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.
Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks.
Pope.
2. Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful. Boyle.
-- Dis*trust"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*trust"ful*ness, n.
Dis*trust"ing, a. That distrusts; suspicious; lacking confidence in. -- Dis*trust"ing*ly, adv.
Dis*trust"less, a. Free from distrust. Shenstone.
Dis*tune" (?), v. t. To put out of tune. [Obs.]
Dis*turb" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disturbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disturbing.] [OE. desturben, destourben, OF. destorber, desturber, destourber, fr. L. disturbare, disturbatum; dis- + turbare to disturb, trouble, turba disorder, tumult, crowd. See Turbid.] 1. To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.
Preparing to disturb
With all-cofounding war the realms above.
Cowper.
The bellow's noise disturbed his quiet rest.
Spenser.
The utmost which the discontented colonies could do, was to disturb authority.
Burke.
2. To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to disquiet; to render uneasy; as, a person is disturbed by receiving an insult, or his mind is disturbed by envy.
3. To turn from a regular or designed course. [Obs.]
And disturb
His inmost counsels from their destined aim.
Milton.
Syn. -- To disorder; disquiet; agitate; discompose; molest; perplex; trouble; incommode; ruffle.
Dis*turb", n. Disturbance. [Obs.] Milton.
Dis*turb"ance (?), n. [OF. destorbance.] 1. An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current.
2. Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness.
Any man . . . in a state of disturbance and irritation.
Burke.
3. Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult.
The disturbance was made to support a general accusation against the province.
Bancroft.
4. (Law) The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like. Blackstone.
Syn. -- Tumult; brawl; commotion; turmoil; uproar; hubbub; disorder; derangement; confusion; agitation; perturbation; annoyance.
Dis`tur*ba"tion (?), n. [L. disturbatio.] Act of disturbing; disturbance. [Obs.] Daniel.
Dis*turb"er (?), n. [Cf. OF. destorbeor.] 1. One who, or that which, disturbs of disquiets; a violator of peace; a troubler.
A needless disturber of the peace of God's church and an author of dissension.
Hooker.
2. (Law) One who interrupts or incommodes another in the peaceable enjoyment of his right.
Dis*turn" (?), v. t. [OF. destourner, F. détourner. See Detour.] To turn aside. [Obs.] Daniel.
Dis"tyle (?), a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &?; pillar: cf. F. distyle.] (Arch.) Having two columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or the like.
Distyle in antis, having columns between two antæ. See Anta.
Di*sul"phate (?), n. [Pref. di- + sulphate.] (Chem.) (a) A salt of disulphuric or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate. (b) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
Di*sul"phide (?; 104), n. [Pref. di- + sulphide.] (Chem.) A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide.
Di*sul"phu*ret (?), n. [Pref. di- + sulphuret.] (Chem.) See Disulphide.
Di`sul*phu"ric (?), a. [Pref. di- + sulphuric.] (Chem.) Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of sulphur in the higher state of oxidation.
Disulphuric acid, a thick oily liquid, H2S2O7, called also Nordhausen acid (from Nordhausen in the Harts, where it was originally manufactured), fuming sulphuric acid, and especially pyrosulphuric acid. See under Pyrosulphuric.
Dis*u"ni*form (?), a. Not uniform. [Obs.]
Dis*un"ion (?), n. [Pref. dis- + union: cf. F. désunion.] 1. The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul.
2. A breach of concord and its effect; alienation.
Such a disunion between the two houses as might much clou&?; the happiness of this kingdom.
Clarendon.
3. The termination or disruption of the union of the States forming the United States.
I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion.
D. Webster.
Dis*un"ion*ist, n. An advocate of disunion, specifically, of disunion of the United States.
Dis`u*nite" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disunited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disuniting.] 1. To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.
2. To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of.
Go on both in hand, O nations, never be disunited, be the praise . . . of all posterity!
Milton.
Dis`u*nite", v. i. To part; to fall asunder; to become separated.
The joints of the body politic do separate and disunite.
South.
Dis`u*nit"er (?), n. One who, or that which, disjoins or causes disunion.
Dis*u"ni*ty (?), n. A state of separation or disunion; want of unity. Dr. H. More.
Dis*us"age (?), n. Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse. [R.] Hooker.
Dis*use" (?; see Dis-), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disusing.] 1. To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.