▪ I. dishort, n. Sc.
(dɪˈʃɔːt)
Also 6 dischort, 9 disshort.
[Origin unknown.]
1. Injury, mischief; anything prejudicial.
| 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 555 And how hir father did him sic dischort. 1585 Jas. I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 47 But cause they did her such dishort. 1811 W. Aiton Agric. Ayrshire Gloss. 691 Dishort, a mischief. |
2. ‘A disappointment (Aberd.)’; also ‘Deficiency, as a disshort in the weight’ (Jamieson).
▪ II. † dishort, v. Obs. rare.
(dɪsˈhɔːt)
[f. L. dis-, dis- 4 a + hort-ārī to exhort; cf. L. dēhortārī to dehort.]
trans. To use exhortation to dissuade.
| 1549 Chaloner Erasm. on Folly M ij b, They dishort us from sinne. 1561 T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iii. 320 Paul himselfe in another place dishorteth vs from carefulnesse. |