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Dis*blame" (?), v. t. [OE. desblamen, OF. desblasmer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + blasmer, F. blâmer, to blame.] To clear from blame. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dis*bod"ied (?), a. Disembodied. [R.]

Dis`bos*ca"tion (?), n. [Pref. dis- + F. bosquet grove.] Converting forest land into cleared or arable land; removal of a forest. Sir W. Scott.

Dis*bow"el (?), v. t. [See Bowel, v. t.] To disembowel. [R.] Spenser.

Dis*branch" (?), v. t. [See Branch, v.] To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off. Shak.

Dis*bud" (?), v. t. [See Bud, v.] (Hort.) To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree.

Dis*bur"den (?), v. t. [See Burden, v. t.] [Cf. Disburthen.] To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.

He did it to disburden a conscience.

Feltham.

My mediations . . . will, I hope, be more calm, being thus disburdened.

Hammond.

Syn. -- To unload; unburden; discharge; free.

Dis*bur"den, v. i. To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind. Milton.

Dis*bur"geon (?), v. t. To strip of burgeons or buds; to disbud. [R.] Holland.

Dis*burse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbursed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disbursing.] [OF. desbourser, F. débourser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + bourse purse. See Burse, and cf. Dispurse.] To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury.

The duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues.

Macaulay.

Disbursing officer, an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money.

Dis*burse"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. déboursement.] 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.

Dis*burs"er (?), n. One who disburses money.

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 (?), 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.

Dis*cage" (?), v. t. To uncage. [R.] Tennyson.

Disc"al (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a disk; as, discal cells.

Dis*cal"ce*ate (?), v. t. [L. discalceatus unshod; dis- + calceus shoe.] To pull off shoes or sandals from. [Obs.] Cockeram.