Part 3182

<h1>Discloser</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*clos"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who discloses.</def>

<h1>Disclosure</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*clo"sure</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Disclose</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Closure</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure.</def>

<blockquote>He feels it [his secret] beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding <b>disclosure</b>. <i>D. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is disclosed or revealed.</def>

<blockquote>Were the <b>disclosures</b> of 1695 forgotten? <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discloud</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*cloud"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To clear from clouds.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Disclout</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*clout"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To divest of a clout.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Disclusion</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*clu"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>disclusio</ets>, fr. <ets>discludere</ets>, <ets>disclusum</ets>, to separate. See <er>Disclose</er>.]</ety> <def>A shutting off; exclusion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Discoast</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*coast"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>coast</ets>: cf. It. <ets>discostare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To depart; to quit the coast (that is, the side or border) of anything; to be separated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>As far as heaven and earth <b>discoasted</b> lie. <i>G. Fletcher.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>discoast</b> from the plain and simple way of speech. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Discoblastic</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis`co*blas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ disk + <?/ to grow.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Applied to a form of egg cleavage seen in osseous fishes, which occurs only in a small disk that separates from the rest of the egg.</def>

<h1>Discobolus</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis*cob"o*lus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Discoboli</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ a discu + <?/ to throw.]</ety> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A thrower of the discus</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>Discobolus</i> of Myron was a famous statue of antiquity, and several copies or imitations of it have been preserved.</note>

<h1>Discodactyl</h1> <Xpage=420>

<hw>Dis`co*dac"tyl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Discodactylia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the tree frogs.</def>

<h1>Discodactylia</h1> <Xpage=420>