<p><b>4.</b> <def>A hollow place, as in a field.</def>
<i>Ogilvie.</i>
<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.</def>
<h1>Dish</h1> <Xpage=425>
<hw>Dish</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dished</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dishing</er>.]</wordforms>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>To put in a dish, ready for the table.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; <as>as, to <ex>dish</ex> a wheel by inclining the spokes</as>.</def>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>To frustrate; to beat; to ruin.</def> <mark></mark>
<cs><col>To dish out</col>. <p><b>1.</b> <cd>To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table.</cd> <p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <cd>To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood.</cd> -- <col>To dish up</col>, <cd>to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table.</cd></cs>
<h1>Dishabilitate</h1> <Xpage=425>
<hw>Dis`ha*bil"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Disability</er>.]</ety> <def>To disqualify.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<h1>Dishabille</h1> <Xpage=425>
<hw>Dis`ha*bille"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Deshabille</er>.]</ety> <def>An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille.</def>
<blockquote>They breakfast in <b>dishabille</b>. <i>Smollett.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Dishabit</h1> <Xpage=425>
<hw>Dis*hab"it</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>habit</ets> to inhabit.]</ety> <def>To dislodge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>Those sleeping stones . . . from their fixed beds of lime Had been <b>dishabited</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Dishabited</h1> <Xpage=425>
<hw>Dis*hab"it*ed</hw>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Rendered uninhabited.</def> "<i>Dishabited</i> towns."
<i>R. Carew.</i>
<h1>Dishabituate</h1> <Xpage=425>
<hw>Dis`ha*bit"u*ate</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To render unaccustomed.</def>
<h1>Dishable</h1> <Xpage=425>
<hw>Dis*ha"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To disable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To disparage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>She oft him blamed . . . and him <b>dishabled</b> quite. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Dishallow</h1> <Xpage=425>
<hw>Dis*hal"low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make unholy; to profane.</def>
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