Dis*card" (?), v. 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.
A man discards the follies of boyhood.
I. Taylor.
Syn. -- To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier.
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Dis*card", v. i. Card Playing
To make a discard.
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Dis*card", n. Card Playing
The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.
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