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<i>E. Hall.</i>

<h1>Disguising</h1> <Xpage=425>

<hw>Dis*guis"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A masque or masquerade.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Disgust</h1> <Xpage=425>

<hw>Dis*gust"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Disgusted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Disgusting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>desgouster</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82go\'96ter</ets>; pref. <ets>des-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>gouster</ets> to taste, F. <ets>go\'96ter</ets>, fr. L. <ets>gustare</ets>, fr. <ets>gustus</ets> taste. See <er>Gust</er> to taste.]</ety> <def>To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with <i>at</i>, <i>with</i>, or <i>by</i>.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>disgust</b> him with the world and its vanities. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>\'92rius is expressly declared . . . to have been <b>disgusted</b> at failing. <i>J. H. Newman.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Alarmed and <b>disgusted</b> by the proceedings of the convention. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disgust</h1> <Xpage=425>

<hw>Dis*gust"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>desgoust</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82go\'96t</ets>. See <er>Disgust</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; <as>as, an act of cruelty may excite <ex>disgust</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>The manner of doing is more consequence than the thing done, and upon that depends the satisfaction or <b>disgust</b> wherewith it is received. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In a vulgar hack writer such oddities would have excited only <b>disgust</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Nausea; loathing; aversion; distaste; dislike; disinclination; abomination. See <er>Dislike</er>.</syn>

<h1>Disgustful</h1> <Xpage=425>

<hw>Dis*gust"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Provoking disgust; offensive to the taste; exciting aversion; disgusting.</def>

<blockquote>That horrible and <b>disgustful</b> situation. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disgustfulness</h1> <Xpage=425>

<hw>Dis*gust"ful*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being disgustful.</def>

<h1>Disgusting</h1> <Xpage=425>

<hw>Dis*gust"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Dis*gust"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Dish</h1> <Xpage=425>

<hw>Dish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>disc</ets>, L. <ets>discus</ets> dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr. <?/ quoit, fr. <?/ to throw. Cf. <er>Dais</er>, <er>Desk</er>, <er>Disc</er>, <er>Discus</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.</def>

<blockquote>She brought forth butter in a lordly <b>dish</b>. <i>Judg. v. 25.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; <as>as, a cold <ex>dish</ex>; a warm <ex>dish</ex>; a delicious <ex>dish</ex>. "A <ex>dish</ex> fit for the gods."</as></def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Home-home <b>dishes</b> that drive one from home. <i>Hood.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; <as>as, the <ex>dish</ex> of a wheel</as>.</def>

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