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Angelot :: Angelot (n.) An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused..

Disusage :: Disusage (n.) Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse.

Sinapis :: Sinapis (n.) A disused generic name for mustard; -- now called Brassica.

Friend :: Friend (n.) One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers..

Baritone :: Baritone (n.) The viola di gamba, now entirely disused..

Imprescriptible :: Imprescriptible (a.) Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by disuse, or by the claims of another founded on prescription..

Post-captain :: Post-captain (n.) A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was posted, in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either service, and the term has fallen into disuse..

Lamarckism :: Lamarckism (n.) The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs..

Astrolabe :: Astrolabe (n.) An instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now disused.

Inusitation :: Inusitation (n.) Want of use; disuse.

Disuse :: Disuse (v. t.) To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.

Desuetude :: Desuetude (n.) The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion..

Disused :: Disused (imp. & p. p.) of Disus.

Disacquaintance :: Disacquaintance (n.) Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance..

Intermission :: Intermission (n.) The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.

Disuse :: Disuse (n.) Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse..

Thane :: Thane (n.) A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place..

Flat-cap :: Flat-cap (n.) A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen of London..

Disuse :: Disuse (v. t.) To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil..

Obsolete :: Obsolete (a.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; -- applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances..

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