v. i. (Card Playing) To make a discard. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to discard them. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
A man discards the follies of boyhood. I. Taylor.
n. (Card Playing) The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Rejection; dismissal. [ R. ] Hayter. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. dis- + carnatus fleshy, fr. caro, carnis, flesh. ] Stripped of flesh. [ Obs. ] “Discarnate bones.” Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]