The face or breadth of the sun or moon; also, the width of the aperture of a telescope glass.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. A flat round plate
Pertaining to, or resembling, a disk; as, discal cells.
To drive from a camp.
To deprive of capacity; to incapacitate.
1. To throw out of the hand such cards as are useless.
2. To dismiss from service or employment, or from society; to cast off; as, to discard spies and informers; to discard an old servant; to discard an associate.
3. To thrust away; to reject; as, to discard prejudices.
The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.
To make a discard.
1. To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).
2. To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away.
3. To put or thrust away; to reject.
Thrown out; dismissed from service; rejected.
Throwing out; dismissing from employment; rejecting.
of Discard
Stripped of flesh.
Stripped of flesh.
To take off a covering from; to strip; to undress.
To strip; to undress.
To yield or give up; to depart.
Controversy; disputation; discussion.
Exteriority Roget’s Thesaurus §220
N. exteriority, outside, exterior, # surface, superficies, skin, superstratum, disk, disc, face, facet, extrados, excentricity, eccentricity, circumjacence
V. be exterior, lie around, place exteriorly, place outwardly, place outside, put out, turn out
Adj. exterior, external, outer most, outward, outlying, outside, outdoor, round about, extramural, extralimitary, extramundane, superficial, skin-deep, frontal, discoid, extraregarding, excentric, eccentric, outstanding, extrinsic, ecdemic, exomorphic
Adv. externally, out, with out, over, outwards, ab extra, out of doors, extra muros, in the open air, sub jove, sub dio, a la belle etoile, al fresco
Front Roget’s Thesaurus §234
N. front, fore, forepart, foreground, face, disk, disc, frontage, facade, proscenium, facia, frontispiece, anteriority, obverse, fore rank, front rank, van, vanguard, advanced guard, outpost, first line, scout, brow, forehead, visage, physiognomy, phiz, countenance, mut*, rostrum, beak, bow, stem, prow, prore, jib, pioneer, metoposcopy
V. be in front, stand in front, front, face, confront, bend forwards, come to the front, come to the fore
Adj. fore, anterior, front, frontal
Adv. before, in front, in the van, in advance, ahead, right ahead, forehead, foremost, in the foreground, in the lee of, before one's face, before one's eyes, face to face, vis-a-vis, front a front
Phr. formosa muta commendatio est, frons est animi janua, "human face divine", imago animi vultus est indices oculi, "sea of upturned faces"
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And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.
With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.
And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.
And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.