Defn: = Columbus Day, above.
DISCRADLE
Dis*cra"dle, v. t.
Defn: To take from a cradle. [R.]
This airy apparition first discradled From Tournay into Portugal.
Ford.
DISCREDIT
Dis*cred"it, n. Etym: [Cf. F. discrédit.]
1. The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.
2. Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; — applied to persons or things. It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession. Rogers.
Syn. — Disesteem; disrepute; dishonor; disgrace; ignominy; scandal; disbelief; distrust.
DISCREDIT
Dis*cred"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discredited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Discrediting.] Etym: [Cf. F. discréditer.]
1. To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.
2. To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of. An occasion might be given to the . . . papists of discrediting our common English Bible. Strype.