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discharging 音标拼音: [dɪstʃ'ɑrdʒɪŋ] [d'ɪstʃ ,ɑrdʒɪŋ] vbl. 卸货,排出,放行 卸货,排出,放行 Discharge \ Dis* charge"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Discharged}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Discharging}.] [ OE. deschargen, dischargen, OF. deschargier, F. d[' e] charger; pref. des- ( L. dis) chargier, F. charger. See { Charge}.] 1. To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar. [ 1913 Webster] The galleys also did oftentimes, out of their prows, discharge their great pieces against the city. -- Knolles. [ 1913 Webster] Feeling in other cases discharges itself in indirect muscular actions. -- H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear. [ 1913 Webster] Discharged of business, void of strife. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] In one man' s fault discharge another man of his duty. -- L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss. [ 1913 Webster] Discharge the common sort With pay and thanks. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Grindal . . . was discharged the government of his see. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner. [ 1913 Webster] 6. To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo. [ 1913 Webster] 7. To let fly, as a missile; to shoot. [ 1913 Webster] They do discharge their shot of courtesy. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 8. To set aside; to annul; to dismiss. [ 1913 Webster] We say such an order was " discharged on appeal." -- Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster] The order for Daly' s attendance was discharged. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 9. To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one' s self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or execute, as an office, or part. [ 1913 Webster] Had I a hundred tongues, a wit so large As could their hundred offices discharge. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 10. To send away ( a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one' s debt or obligation to. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] If he had The present money to discharge the Jew. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 11. To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath. [ 1913 Webster] 12. To prohibit; to forbid. [ Scot. Obs.] -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 13. ( Textile Dyeing & Printing) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process; as, to discharge the color from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark ground. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] { Discharging arch} ( Arch.), an arch over a door, window, or other opening, to distribute the pressure of the wall above. See Illust. of { Lintel}. { Discharging piece}, { Discharging strut} ( Arch.), a piece set to carry thrust or weight to a solid point of support. { Discharging rod} ( Elec.), a bent wire, with knobs at both ends, and insulated by a glass handle. It is employed for discharging a Leyden jar or an electrical battery. See { Discharger}. Syn: See { Deliver}. [ 1913 Webster]
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