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<h1>Disloyalty</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*loy"al*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>loyalty</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>desloiaut\'82</ets>, <ets>deslealt\'82</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82loyaut\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance.</def>

<h1>Dismail</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*mail"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>mail</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>desmaillier</ets>.]</ety> <def>To divest of coat of mail.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Dismal</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis"mal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Formerly a noun; <ets>e</ets>. <ets>g</ets>., "I trow it was in the <ets>dismalle</ets>." <ets>Chaucer</ets>. Of uncertain origin; but perh. (as suggested by Skeat) from OF. <ets>disme</ets>, F. <ets>d\'8cme</ets>, tithe, the phrase <ets>dismal day</ets> properly meaning, the day when tithes must be paid. See <er>Dime</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Fatal; ill-omened; unlucky.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>An ugly fiend more foul than <b>dismal</b> day. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Gloomy to the eye or ear; sorrowful and depressing to the feelings; foreboding; cheerless; dull; dreary; <as>as, a <ex>dismal</ex> outlook; <ex>dismal</ex> stories; a <ex>dismal</ex> place.</as></def>

<blockquote>Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey'd the <b>dismal</b> tidings when he frowned. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A <b>dismal</b> description of an English November. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Dreary; lonesome; gloomy; dark; ominous; ill-boding; fatal; doleful; lugubrious; funereal; dolorous; calamitous; sorrowful; sad; joyless; melancholy; unfortunate; unhappy.</syn>

<h1>Dismally</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis"mal*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.</def>

<h1>Dismalness</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis"mal*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being dismal; gloominess.</def>

<h1>Disman</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*man"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To unman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Feltham.</i>

<h1>Dismantle</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*man"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dismantled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dismantling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82manteler</ets>, OF. <ets>desmanteler</ets>; pref: <ets>des-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>manteler</ets> to cover with a cloak, defend, fr. <ets>mantel</ets>, F. <ets>manteau</ets>, cloak. See <er>Mantle</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; <as>as, to <ex>dismantle</ex> a fort, a town, or a ship</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>dismantled</b> house, without windows or shutters to keep out the rain. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To disable; to render useless.</def>

<i>Comber.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- To demo<?/sh; raze. See <er>Demol<?/sh</er>.</syn>