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▪ I. dishort, n. Sc.|dɪˈʃɔːt| Also 6 dischort, 9 disshort. [Origin unknown.] 1. Injury, mischief; anything prejudicial.
1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 555 And how hir father did him sic dischort. 1585Jas. I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 47 But cause they did her such dishort. 1811W. Aiton Agric. Ayrshire Gloss. 691 Dishort, a mischief. 2. ‘A disappointment (Aberd.)’; also ‘Deficiency, as a disshort in the weight’ (Jamieson). ▪ II. † dishort, v. Obs. rare.|dɪsˈhɔːt| [f. L. dis-, dis- 4 a + hort-ārī to exhort; cf. L. dēhortārī to dehort.] trans. To use exhortation to dissuade.
1549Chaloner Erasm. on Folly M ij b, They dishort us from sinne. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iii. 320 Paul himselfe in another place dishorteth vs from carefulnesse. |