Part 2795

<h1>Debonairity</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>Deb`o*nair"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>debonairet\'82</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82bonnairet\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Debonairness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Debonairly</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>Deb`o*nair"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Courteously; elegantly.</def>

<h1>Debonairness</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>Deb`o*nair"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness; courtesy.</def>

<i>Sterne.</i>

<h1>Debosh</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De*bosh"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Old form of <ets>debauch</ets>.]</ety> <def>To debauch.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A <i>deboshed</i> lady."

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Deboshment</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De*bosh"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Debauchment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Debouch</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De*bouch"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Debouched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Debouching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82boucher</ets>; pref. <ets>d\'82-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets> or <ets>de</ets>) + <ets>boucher</ets> to stop up, fr. <ets>bouche</ets> mouth, fr. L. <ets>bucca</ets> the cheek. Cf. <er>Disembogue</er>.]</ety> <def>To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue.</def>

<blockquote>Battalions <b>debouching</b> on the plain. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>D\'82bouch\'82</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>D\'82`bou`ch\'82"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A place for exit; an outlet; hence, a market for goods.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>d\'82bouch\'82s</b> were ordered widened to afford easy egress. <i>The Century.</i></blockquote>

<h1>D\'82bouchure</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>D\'82`bou`chure"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait.</def>

<h1>D\'82bris</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>D\'82`bris"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. pref. <ets>d\'82-</ets> (L. <ets>dis</ets>) + <ets>briser</ets> to break, shatter; perh. of Celtic origin.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Rubbish, especially such as results from the destruction of anything; remains; ruins.</def>

<h1>Debruised</h1> <Xpage=374>

<hw>De*bruised"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>debruisier</ets> to shatter, break. Cf. <er>Bruise</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Surmounted by an ordinary; <as>as, a lion is <ex>debruised</ex> when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The lion of England and the lilies of France without the baton sinister, under which, according to the laws of heraldry, they where <b>debruised</b> in token of his illegitimate birth. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>