Defn: A disavowing or disowning. Bp. Hall.
DISCLAME
Dis*clame", v. t.
Defn: To disclaim; to expel. [Obs.] "Money did love disclame."
Spenser.
DISCLAUNDER Dis*claun"der, v. t. Etym: [From OE. disclaundre, n., for sclandre, esclandre, OF. esclandre. See Sclaundre, Slander.]
Defn: To injure one's good name; to slander. [Obs.]
DISCLOAK
Dis*cloak", v. t.
Defn: To take off a cloak from; to uncloak. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
DISCLOSE Dis*close", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disclosing.] Etym: [OE. desclosen, disclosen, fr. disclos, desclos, not shut in, open, OF. desclos, p. p. of desclore to open, F. déclore; pref. des- (L. dis-) + clore to shut, fr. L. claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Disclusion.]
1. To unclose; to open; — applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch. The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them. Bacon.
2. To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover. The shells being broken, . . . the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty. Woodward.