v. t. To clear from clouds. [ Archaic ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To divest of a clout. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ Pref. dis- + coast: cf. It. discostare. ] To depart; to quit the coast (that is, the side or border) of anything; to be separated. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
As far as heaven and earth discoasted lie. G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]
To discoast from the plain and simple way of speech. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; disk + &unr_; to grow. ] (Biol.) Applied to a form of egg cleavage seen in osseous fishes, which occurs only in a small disk that separates from the rest of the egg. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
☞ The Discobolus of Myron was a famous statue of antiquity, and several copies or imitations of it have been preserved. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Discodactylia. ] (Zool.) One of the tree frogs. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; disk + &unr_; finger. ] (Zool.) A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Having sucking disks on the toes, as the tree frogs. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Incoherent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; quoit-shaped, &unr_; a round plate, quoit +
Discoid flower (Bot.),
n. Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. discoïdal. ] Disk-shaped; discoid. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ Pref. dis- + coast: cf. It. discostare. ] To depart; to quit the coast (that is, the side or border) of anything; to be separated. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
As far as heaven and earth discoasted lie. G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]
To discoast from the plain and simple way of speech. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; disk + &unr_; to grow. ] (Biol.) Applied to a form of egg cleavage seen in osseous fishes, which occurs only in a small disk that separates from the rest of the egg. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
☞ The Discobolus of Myron was a famous statue of antiquity, and several copies or imitations of it have been preserved. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Discodactylia. ] (Zool.) One of the tree frogs. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; disk + &unr_; finger. ] (Zool.) A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Having sucking disks on the toes, as the tree frogs. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Incoherent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; quoit-shaped, &unr_; a round plate, quoit +
Discoid flower (Bot.),
n. Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. discoïdal. ] Disk-shaped; discoid. [ 1913 Webster ]