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Webster 1913 Edition

Dishevel

Di-shev′el

(dĭ-shĕv′’l or -ĕl)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disheveled
or
Dishevelled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Disheveling
or
Dishevelling
.]
[OF.
descheveler
, F.
décheveler
, LL.
discapillare
;
dis-
+ L.
capillus
the hair of the head. See
Capillary
.]
1.
To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; – used chiefly in the passive participle.
With garments rent and hair
disheveled
,
Wringing her hands and making piteous moan.
Spenser.
2.
To spread loosely or disorderly.
Like the fair flower
disheveled
in the wind.
Cowper.

Di-shev′el

,
Verb.
I.
To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair.
[R.]
Sir T. Herbert.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dishevel

DISHEVEL

,
Verb.
T.
[L.] To spread the hair loosely; to suffer the hair of the head to hang negligently, and to flow without confinement; used chiefly in the passive participle.

DISHEVEL

,
Verb.
I.
To spread in disorder.

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