Defn: Terrifying. Spenser.
DISME
Disme, n. Etym: [OF. See Dime.]
Defn: A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe. Ayliffe.
DISMEMBER
Dis*mem"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismembered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dismembering.] Etym: [OF. desmembrer, F. démembrer; pref. des- (L.
dis) + OF. & F. membre limb. See Member.]
1. To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up. Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. Pope. A society lacerated and dismembered. Gladstone. By whose hands the blow should be struck which would dismember that once mighty empire. Buckle.
2. To deprive of membership. [Obs.] They were dismembered by vote of the house. R. North.
Syn.
— To disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide; sever.
DISMEMBERMENT
Dis*mem"ber*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. desmembrement, F. démembrement.]
Defn: The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered;
cutting in piece; m
The Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of the
unwieldy body of which they formed the head. Macaulay.
DISMETTLED
Dis*met"tled, a.