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v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Disappeared p. pr. & vb. n. Disappearing. ] 1. To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the approach of light; a ship disappears as she sails from port. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cease to be or exist; as, the epidemic has disappeared. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. pr. & vb. n. of Disappear.

Disappearing carriage (Ordnance), a carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection. The standard type of disappearing carriage in the coast artillery of the United States army is the Buffington-Crozier carriage, in which the gun trunnions are secured at the upper and after ends of a pair of heavy levers, at the lower ends of which is attached a counterweight of lead. The levers are pivoted at their middle points, which are, with the top carriage, permitted restrained motion along the slightly inclined chassis rails. The counterweight is held in place by a pawl and ratchet. When the gun is loaded the pawl is released and the counterweight sinks, raising the gun to the firing position above the parapet. The recoil following the discharge returns the gun to the loading position, the counterweight rising until the pawl engages the ratchet. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A detachment or separation from a former connection. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Freed from a former connection or dependence; disconnected. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disapointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disappointing. ] [ OF. desapointier, F. désappointer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + apointier, F. appointier, to appoint. See Appoint. ] 1. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was disappointed, but very agreeably. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Disappointed of a thing not obtained; disappointed in a thing obtained. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result. [ 1913 Webster ]

His retiring foe
Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow. Addison.

Syn. -- To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude; foil; defeat. See Tantalize. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unprepared; unequipped. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin,
Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. defeating one's expectations or hopes; failing to fulfill one's expectations or hopes; as, a disappointing result; a disappointing crop yield. [ PJC ]

n. the act of disappointing someone.
Syn. -- disappointment, dashing hopes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. désappointement. ] 1. The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration. [ 1913 Webster ]

If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment will be greater than our pleasure in the fruition of them. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

In disappointment thou canst bless. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which disappoints.

Syn. -- Miscarriage; frustration; balk. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Appreciate. ] To undervalue; not to esteem. -- Dis`ap*pre`ci*a"tion n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Pref. dis- + approbation: cf. F. désapprobation. Cf. Disapprove. ] The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure. We have ever expressed the most unqualified disapprobation of all the steps. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Law) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The appropriation may be severed, and the church become disappropriate, two ways. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To release from individual ownership or possession. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To sever from appropriation or possession a spiritual corporation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Appropriations of the several parsonages . . . would heave been, by the rules of the common law, disappropriated. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of disappropriating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disapproved p. pr. & vb. n. Disapproving. ] [ Pref. dis- + approve: cf. F. déapprouver. Cf. Disapprobation. ] 1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This verb is often followed by of; as, to disapprove of an opinion, of such conduct. See Approve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disapproves. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. expressing disapproval. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a disapproving manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wrong application. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Misapplied p. pr. & vb. n. Misapplying. ] To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply public money. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Improperly appreciated. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By, or with, misapprehension. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. taken for one's own use in violation of a trust.
Syn. -- embezzled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Wrong appropriation; wrongful use. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sapan wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. sappare; -- so called by Saussure. ] (Min.) Kyanite. [ Written also sappar. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. sapeur. ] One who saps; specifically (Mil.), one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Sapphicus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; Sappho. ] 1. Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Pros.) Belonging to, or in the manner of, Sappho; -- said of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting of five feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Pros.) A Sapphic verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. saphir, F. saphir, L. sapphirus, Gr. &unr_;, of Oriental origin; cf. Heb. sappīr. ] 1. (Min.) Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of rubies, sapphires, and of pearlés white. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sapphire occurs in hexagonal crystals and also in granular and massive forms. The name sapphire is usually restricted to the blue crystals, while the bright red crystals are called Oriental rubies (see under Ruby), the amethystine variety Oriental amethyst (see under Amethyst), and the dull massive varieties corundum (a name which is also used as a general term to include all varieties). See Corundum. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The color of the gem; bright blue. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Any humming bird of the genus Hylocharis, native of South America. The throat and breast are usually bright blue. [ 1913 Webster ]

Star sapphire, or
Asteriated sapphire (Min.), a kind of sapphire which exhibits asterism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or resembling sapphire; sapphirine; blue. “The sapphire blaze.” Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the color, or any quality of sapphire. “Sapphirine degree of hardness.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Sapphic. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of brilliant South American humming birds of the genus Sappho, having very bright-colored and deeply forked tails; -- called also firetail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being sappy; juiciness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Sapodilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Sappier superl. Sappiest. ] [ From 1st Sap. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Abounding with sap; full of sap; juicy; succulent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, young, not firm; weak, feeble. [ 1913 Webster ]

When he had passed this weak and sappy age. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Weak in intellect. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) Abounding in sap; resembling, or consisting largely of, sapwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Written also sapy. ] [ Cf. L. sapere to taste. ] Musty; tainted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]