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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..

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

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

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

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..

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

Digamma :: Digamma (n.) A letter (/, /) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse..

Revive :: Revive (v. i.) Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning..

Rusty :: Rusty (superl.) Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect..

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

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

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

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

Trones :: Trones (n.) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused..

Court-baron :: Court-baron (n.) An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into 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..

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..

Obsoletism :: Obsoletism (n.) A disused word or phrase; an archaism.

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

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

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