Word Meanings - DISARRAY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To throw into disorder; to break the array of. Who with fiery steeds Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged. Fenton. 2. To take off the dress of; to unrobe. So, as she bade, the witch they disarrayed. Spenser.

Related words: (words related to DISARRAY)

• BREAKMAN
  See BRAKEMAN
• RANGEMENT
  Arrangement. Waterland.
• BREAKABLE
  Capable of being broken.
• WITCH-ELM
  See WYCH-ELM
• WITCH
  A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera. (more info) the same word as AS. witiga, witga, a soothsayer ; cf. Fries. wikke, a witch, LG. wikken to predict, Icel. vitki a wizard, 1. One who practices
• WITCHING
  That witches or enchants; suited to enchantment or witchcraft; bewitching. "The very witching time of night." Shak. -- Witch"ing*ly, adv.
• DRESSINESS
  The state of being dressy.
• THROW
  Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. Spenser. Dryden.
• THROWING
  a. & n. from Throw, v. Throwing engine, Throwing mill, Throwing table, or Throwing wheel , a machine on which earthenware is first rudely shaped by the hand of the potter from a mass of clay revolving rapidly on a disk or table carried
• DISARRAY
  1. To throw into disorder; to break the array of. Who with fiery steeds Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged. Fenton. 2. To take off the dress of; to unrobe. So, as she bade, the witch they disarrayed. Spenser.
• WITCHCRAFT
  1. The practices or art of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with evil spirits. 2. Power more than natural; irresistible influence. He hath a witchcraft Over the king in 's tongue. Shak.
• ARRAY
  arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a + OF. rai, rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth. raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel. reithi rigging, harness; akin to E. 1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement;
• RANGY
  Inclined or able to range, or rove about, for considerable distances; apt or suited for much roving, --chiefly used of cattle.
• THROW-OFF
  A start in a hunt or a race.
• DISARRAYMENT
  Disorder. Feltham.
• BREAKAWAY
  A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede. 2. An animal that breaks away from a herd.
• DRESS CIRCLE
  A gallery or circle in a theater, generally the first above the floor, in which originally dress clothes were customarily worn.
• THROWER
  One who throws. Specifically: One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.
• DRESSING
  An application to a sore or wound. Wiseman. 3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing. A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad. The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.;
• RANGLE
  To range about in an irregular manner. Halliwell.
• BATTLE
  Fertile. See Battel, a.
• UNDRESS
  To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. (more info) 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
• MAKE AND BREAK
  Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
• FRANGIPANE
  1. A perfume of jasmine; frangipani. 2. A species of pastry, containing cream and almonds.
• DEMANDRESS
  A woman who demands.
• ESTRANGE
  extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See 1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and
• ORANGEADE
  A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding to lemonade; orange sherbet.
• LAWBREAKER
  One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
• DERANGER
  One who deranges.
• FRANGIBILITY
  The state or quality of being frangible. Fox.
• CITRANGE
  A citrous fruit produced by a cross between the sweet orange and the trifoliate orange . It is more acid and has a more pronounced aroma than the orange; the tree is hardier. There are several varieties.
• UNWITCH
  To free from a witch or witches; to fee from witchcraft. B. Jonson.
• DERANGEMENT
  The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity. Syn. -- Disorder; confusion; embarrassment; irregularity; disturbance; insanity;
• OFFENDRESS
  A woman who offends. Shak.
• BRANGLE
  A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. A brangle between him and his neighbor. Swift. (more info) brangle to shake, menace; probably a variant of wrangle, confused
• SPORANGIOPHORE
  The axis or receptacle in certain ferns , which bears the sporangia.
• FRANGULIC; FRANGULINIC
  Pertaining to, or drived from, frangulin, or a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn. Frangulinic acid , a yellow crystalline substance, resembling alizarin, and obtained by the decomposition of frangulin.