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<i>Montgomery.</i>

<h1>Dislocation</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis`lo*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dislocation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.</def>

<i>T. Burnet.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are <i>dislocations</i>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.</def>

<h1>Dislodge</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*lodge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dislodged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dislodging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>deslogier</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82loger</ets>; pref. <ets>des-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + OF. <ets>logier</ets>, F. <ets>loger</ets>. See <er>Lodge</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a place of quiet or repose; <as>as, shells resting in the sea at a considerate depth are not <ex>dislodged</ex> by storms</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To drive out from a place of hiding or defense; <as>as, to <ex>dislodge</ex> a deer, or an enemy</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The Volscians are <b>dislodg'd</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dislodge</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*lodge"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To go from a place of rest.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Where Light and Darkness in perpetual round Lodge and <b>dislodge</b> by turns. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dislodge</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*lodge"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Dwelling apart; separation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Dislodgment</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*lodg"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>d\'82logement</ets>, OF. <ets>deslogement</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of dislodging, or the state of being dislodged.</def>

<h1>Disloign</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*loign"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>desloignier</ets>. See <er>Eloign</er>.]</ety> <def>To put at a distance; to remove.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Low-looking dales, <b>disloigned</b> from common gaze. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Disloyal</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*loy"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>loyal</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>desloial</ets>, <ets>desleal</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82loyal</ets>. See <er>Loyal</er>.]</ety> <def>Not loyal; not true to a sovereign or lawful superior, or to the government under which one lives; false where allegiance is due; faithless; <as>as, a subject <ex>disloyal</ex> to the king; a husband <ex>disloyal</ex> to his wife.</as></def>

<blockquote>Without a thought <b>disloyal</b>. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Disobedient; faithless; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; dishonest; inconstant; disaffected.</syn>

<h1>Disloyally</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*loy"al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a disloyal manner.</def>

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