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discase, v. arch.|dɪsˈkeɪs| [f. dis- 7 a + case n.] trans. To remove the case or covering of; to uncase, unsheathe, undress. Also intr. (= refl.) Hence disˈcased ppl. a.
1596Bell Surv. Popery i. iii. ii. 97 Fell upon his discased sword. 1610Shakes. Temp. v. i. 85 Fetch me the Hat, and Rapier in my Cell, I will dicase me, and my selfe present As I was sometime Millaine. 1825Lamb Reflect. Pillory, Discase not, I pray you. 1882B. Nicholson in New Shaks. Soc. Trans. (1880–2) 343 Having discased himself of his doublet and vest. |