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Webster 1913 Edition
Dismount
Dis-mount′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dismounted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dismounting
.] [Pref.
dis-
+ mount
: cf. OF. desmonter
, F. démonter
.] 1.
To come down; to descend.
[Poetic]
But now the bright sun ginneth to
dismount
. Spenser.
2.
To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast;
as, the troops
. dismounted
Dis-mount′
,Verb.
T.
1.
To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.
Dismounted
from his authority. Barrow.
2.
To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse;
as, the soldier
. dismounted
his adversary3.
(Mech.)
To take down, or apart, as a machine.
4.
To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; – said esp. of artillery.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dismount
DISMOUNT
,Verb.
I.
1.
To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from a beast; as, the officer ordered his troops to dismount.2.
To descend from an elevation.DISMOUNT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.2.
To throw or bring down from any elevation.3.
To throw or remove cannon or other artillery from their carriages; or to break the carriages or wheels, and render guns useless.