Part 3170

<syn>Syn. -- To unload; unburden; discharge; free.</syn>

<h1>Disburden</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*bur"den</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Disburgeon</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*bur"geon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To strip of burgeons or buds; to disbud.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Disburse</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*burse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disbursed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disbursing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>desbourser</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82bourser</ets>; pref. <ets>des-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>bourse</ets> purse. See <er>Burse</er>, and cf. <er>Dispurse</er>.]</ety> <def>To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury.</def>

<blockquote>The duty of collecting and <b>disbursing</b> his revenues. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Disbursing officer</col>, <cd>an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money.</cd></cs>

<h1>Disbursement</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*burse"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82boursement</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of disbursing or paying out.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>disbursement</b> of the public moneys. <i>U. S. Statutes.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is disbursed or paid out; <as>as, the annual <ex>disbursements</ex> exceed the income</as>.</def>

<h1>Disburser</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*burs"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who disburses money.</def>

<h1>Disburthen</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*bur"then</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disburthened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disburthening</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. <er>Disburden</er>.]</ety> <def>To disburden; to relieve of a load.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<h1>Disc</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Disc</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Disk</er>, <er>Dish</er>.]</ety> <def>A flat round plate</def>; <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>a circular structure either in plants or animals; <as>as, a blood <ex>disc</ex>, a germinal <ex>disc</ex>, etc.</as> Same as <er>Disk</er>.</def>

<h1>Discage</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Dis*cage"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To uncage.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Discal</h1> <Xpage=419>

<hw>Disc"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, a disk; <as>as, <ex>discal</ex> cells</as>.</def>

<h1>Discalceate</h1> <Xpage=419>