10. To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to. [Obs.] If he had The present money to discharge the Jew. Shak.
11. To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath.
12. To prohibit; to forbid. [Scot. Obs.] Sir W. Scott. Discharging arch (Arch.), an arch over a door, window, or other opening, to distribute the pressure of the wall above. See Illust. of Lintel. — Discharging piece, Discharging strut (Arch.), a piece set to carry thrust or weight to a solid point of support. — Discharging rod (Elec.), a bent wire, with knobs at both ends, and insulated by a glass handle. It is employed for discharging a Leyden jar or an electrical battery. See Discharger.
Syn.
— See Deliver.
DISCHARGE
Dis*charge", v. i.
Defn: To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload;
to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe
discharges freely.
The cloud, if it were oily or fatty, would not discharge. Bacon.
DISCHARGE
Dis*charge", n. Etym: [Cf. F. décharge. See Discharge, v. t.]
1. The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo.
2. Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery.
3. Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor.