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Webster 1913 Edition
Discard
Dis-card′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Discarded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Discarding
.] 1.
(Card Playing)
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.
They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to
discard
them. Swift.
3.
To put or thrust away; to reject.
Syn. – To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier.
Dis-card′
,Verb.
I.
(Card Playing)
To make a discard.
Dis-card′
,Noun.
(Card Playing)
The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.
Webster 1828 Edition
Discard
DISCARD
,Verb.
T.
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.