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<hw>Dish"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Dishfuls</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>As much as a dish holds when full.</def>
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<hw>Dish"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dish-shaped; concave.</def>
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<hw>Dis*hon"est</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>honest</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82shonn\'88te</ets>, OF. <ets>deshoneste</ets>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>Inglorious triumphs and <b>dishonest</b> scars. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>Speak no foul or <b>dishonest</b> words before them [the women]. <i>Sir T. North.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote><b>Dishonest</b> with lopped arms the youth appears, Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; <as>as, a <ex>dishonest</ex> man</as>.</def>
<p><b>4.</b> <def>Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust.</def>
<blockquote>To get <b>dishonest</b> gain. <i>Ezek. xxii. 27.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>The <b>dishonest</b> profits of men in office. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>
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<hw>Dis*hon"est</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>deshonester</ets>.]</ety> <def>To disgrace; to dishonor; <as>as, to <ex>dishonest</ex> a maid</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>I will no longer <b>dishonest</b> my house. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>
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<hw>Dis*hon"est*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a dishonest manner.</def>
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<hw>Dis*hon"es*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>deshonest\'82</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82shonn\'88tet\'82</ets>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The hidden things of <i>dishonesty</i>."
<i>2 Cor. iv. 2.</i>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.</def>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act.</def>
<p><b>4.</b> <def>Lewdness; unchastity.</def>
<i>Shak.</i>
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