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<hw>Dis*cal"ce*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>discalceatus</ets> unshod; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>calceus</ets> shoe.]</ety> <def>To pull off shoes or sandals from.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

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<hw>Dis*cal"ce*at`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Deprived off shoes or sandals; unshod; discalced.</def>

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<hw>Dis*calced"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Unshod; barefooted; -- in distinction from <i>calced</i>.</def> "The foundation of houses of <i>discalced</i> friars."

<i>Cardinal Manning's St. Teresa.</i>

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<hw>Dis*cal`ce*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of pulling off the shoes or sandals.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

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<hw>Dis*camp"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Decamp</er>.]</ety> <def>To drive from a camp.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

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<hw>Dis*can"dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To melt; to dissolve; to thaw.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Dis"cant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Descant</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

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<hw>Dis*ca*pac"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To deprive of capacity; to incapacitate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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<hw>Dis*card"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Discarded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Discarding</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld> <def>To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away.</def>

<blockquote>They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to <b>discard</b> them. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To put or thrust away; to reject.</def>

<blockquote>A man <b>discards</b> the follies of boyhood. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier.</syn>

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