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Dis*cal"ce*at`ed (?), a. Deprived off shoes or sandals; unshod; discalced.

Dis*cal`ce*a"tion (?), n. The act of pulling off the shoes or sandals. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Dis*calced" (?), a. Unshod; barefooted; -- in distinction from calced. "The foundation of houses of discalced friars." Cardinal Manning's St. Teresa.

Dis*camp" (?), v. t. [See Decamp.] To drive from a camp. [Obs.] Holland.

Dis*can"dy (?), v. i. To melt; to dissolve; to thaw. [Obs.]

Dis"cant (?), n. See Descant, n.

Dis*ca*pac"i*tate (?), v. t. To deprive of capacity; to incapacitate. [R.]

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.

Dis*card", v. i. (Card Playing) To make a discard.

Dis*card", n. (Card Playing) The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.

Dis*car"dure (?; 135), n. Rejection; dismissal. [R.] Hayter.

Dis*car"nate (?), a. [L. dis- + carnatus fleshy, fr. caro, carnis, flesh.] Stripped of flesh. [Obs.] "Discarnate bones." Glanvill.

Dis*case" (?), v. t. To strip; to undress. Shak.

Dis*cede" (?), v. i. [L. discedere; dis- + cedere to yield.] To yield or give up; to depart. [Obs.]

I dare not discede from my copy a tittle.

Fuller.

Dis*cept" (?), v. i. [L. disceptare.] To debate; to discuss. [R.]

One dissertates, he is candid; Two must discept, -- has distinguished.

R. Browning.

Dis`cep*ta"tion (?), n. [L. disceptatio.] Controversy; disputation; discussion. [Archaic]

Verbose janglings and endless disceptations.