DISLOCATE
Dis"lo*cate, a. Etym: [LL. dislocatus, p. p.]
Defn: Dislocated. Montgomery.
DISLOCATION
Dis`lo*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dislocation.]
1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. T. Burnet.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.
3. (Surg.)
Defn: The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
DISLODGE
Dis*lodge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dislodged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dislodging.] Etym: [OF. deslogier, F. déloger; pref. des- (L. dis-) +
OF. logier, F. loger. See Lodge.]
1. To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a place of quiet or repose; as, shells resting in the sea at a considerate depth are not dislodged by storms.