v. t. To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. dis- + nature: cf. OF. desnaturé, F. dénaturé. ] Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Prov. E. lissen, lisne, a cleft in a rock. ] A cavity or hollow. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To call by the wrong name; to give a wrong or inappropriate name to. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. pref. mes- amiss, wrong (L. minus less) + F. nommer to name, L. nominare, fr. nomen name. See Name. ] The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title. [ 1913 Webster ]
Many of the changes, by a great misnomer, called parliamentary “reforms”. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
The word “synonym” is fact a misnomer. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To misname. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To number wrongly. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To nurture or train wrongly;
a. [ See Puny. ]
n. One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank. [ 1913 Webster ]
It were not a work for puisnes and novices. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
A puisny tilter, that spurs his horse but on one side. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; thrice + E. nitrate. ] (Chem.) A nitrate formed from three molecules of nitric acid; also, less properly, applied to certain basic nitrates;
n. [ OF. visné, veisiné, visnet, neighborhood, LL. vicinatus, fr. L. vicunus neighboring, a neighbor. See Vicinity. ] (Law) Neighborhood; vicinity; venue. See Venue. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Contr. fr. physiognomy. ] Face; countenance. [ Colloq. ] Spenser. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]