† disˈhaunt, v. Obs. (Chiefly Sc.)
Also 7–8 dishant.
[ad. OF. deshanter (Cotgr.), f. dis- 4 + hanter to haunt.]
trans. To cease to haunt, frequent, or resort to; to absent oneself from.
| 1584 Hudson Du Bartas' Judith iv. 125 (D.) She dishaunted the resort Of such as were suspect of light report. 1637–50 Row Hist. Kirk (1842) 48 The nobilitie and barons..now did dishaunt them. 1659 in W. M{supc}Dowall Hist. Dumfries xxxii. (1873) 371 Capt. Ed. Maxwell delate for dishaunting the ordinances. 1808–80 Jamieson, Dishaunt..is still occasionally used. Aberd. |
Hence † disˈhaunting vbl. n.; † disˈhaunter, one who ‘dishaunts’. Obs.
| a 1651 Calderwood Hist. Kirk (1842–6) III. 375 The dishaunting and intermissioun of the exercise. 1665 in Cramond Ann. Banff II. 46 Several dishaunters of ordinances ordained to be summoned. |