DISHFUL
Dish"ful, n.; pl. Dishfuls (.
Defn: As much as a dish holds when full.
DISHING
Dish"ing, a.
Defn: Dish-shaped; concave.
DISHONEST Dis*hon"est, a. Etym: [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. déshonnête, OF. deshoneste.]
1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.]
Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. Pope.
Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women]. Sir T.
North.
2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.] Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears. Dryden.
3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.
4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish;
fraudulent; unjust.
To get dishonest gain. Ezek. xxii. 27.
The dishonest profits of men in office. Bancroft.
DISHONEST
Dis*hon"est, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. deshonester.]