▪ I. dislodge, v.
(dɪsˈlɒdʒ)
Also 5 disloggen, 5–6 des-, disloge, des-, dyslodge, 6 Sc. disluge.
[a. OF. desloger, -logier to leave or to cause to leave a lodging-place, f. des-, dis- 4 + loger to lodge.]
1. trans. To remove or turn out of a place of lodgement; to displace. a. generally.
| a 1500 Chaucer's Dreme 2125 Whan every thought and every sorrow Dislodged was out of mine herte. 1579 Spenser Sheph. Cal. Dec. 32 How often haue I scaled the craggie Oke All to dislodge the Rauen of her neste. 1641 Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 71 Rivers changed, Seas dislodged, Earth opening. 1645 ― Remedy Discontents 151, I must be dislodged of my former habitation. 1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsem. vi. (1809) 93 [A horse] kicking..at such a rate, as to dislodge the Bagman that bestrides him. 1831 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers 1 Mar., It would be madness to dislodge the present Ministry. 1871 L. Stephen Playgr. Europe v. (1894) 127 Every stone we dislodged went bounding rapidly down the side of the slope. |
† b. Mil. To shift the position of (a force); refl. to shift one's quarters. Obs.
| c 1477 Caxton Jason 27 b, He hadde not entencion for to disloge him ne to reyse his siege. 1568 Grafton Chron. II. 240 At night, the French King dislodged his armie, and departed. 1607 Shakes. Cor. v. iv. 44 The Volcians are dislodg'd and Marcius gone. 1670 Dryden 1st Pt. Conq. Granada iii. i, The Christians are dislodg'd; what Foe is near? |
c. Mil. To drive (a foe) out of his position.
| c 1450 Lonelich Grail xliv. 435 Hem to disloggen in this plas, It were best thorwh goddis gras. 1659 B. Harris Parival's Iron Age 155 The Spanish Army drew towards him, to dislodge him from thence. 1783 Watson Philip III (1839) 23 Judging it necessary..to dislodge the Spaniards from their fortifications. 1839 Thirlwall Greece VI. 169 He had dislodged the barbarians from the position which they had taken up..and made himself master of the pass. |
d. Hunting. To drive (a beast) out of its lair.
| 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xiv. (1660) 166 You shall say Dislodge the Buck. 1634 Sir T. Herbert Trav. 56 The two and twentieth day we dislodged a wilde Bore. 1827 Wordsw. Go back to Antique Ages, While, to dislodge his game, cities are sacked. [1876 Smiles Sc. Natur. vi. 96 A badger endeavoured to dislodge him, showing his teeth.] |
2. intr. (for refl.) To go away from one's lodging or abode; to quit the place where one is lodged; to remove. a. gen. Of persons and things.
| 1520 St. Papers Hen. VIII, VI. 56 The daunces..continued..unto thre of the clocke in the mornyng: whiche..made the Ladyes more unmete to dislodge at the daye appoynctyd. 1528 Lyndesay Dreme 969 In the lawland I come..And purposit thare to mak my residence; Bot singulare proffect gart me soune disluge. 1653 H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. lxi. 249 Proclaimed, that all persons..should upon pain of death dislodge speedily out of the Island. 1668 Howe Bless. Righteous (1825) 309 Your souls will dislodge from this earthly tabernacle. 1761 Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxvii. 130 Many of the inhabitants of Paris began to dislodge. 1882 Mario Garibaldi in Macm. Mag. XLVI. 247 Dislodge immediately from the convent. |
† b. Mil. To leave a place of encampment. Obs.
| c 1489 Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xx. 446 He commaunded that his oste shold dyslodge. c 1500 Melusine xxvi. 277 The next day..after the masse herd, desloged the vanward. 1591 Garrard Art Warre 168 In the morning when they dislodge, and at night when they encampe. 1667 Milton P.L. v. 669 He [Satan] resolv'd With all his Legions to dislodge. 1761–2 Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) IV. lvi. 309 Dislodging from Thame and Aylesbury..he thought it proper to retreat nearer London. |
† c. Hunting. Of a beast of the chase: To leave its resting-place. Obs.
| 1674 N. Cox Gent. Recreat. i. (1677) 71 If they [harts] chance once to vent the Hunts-man or the Hound, they will instantly dislodge. |
Hence disˈlodged ppl. a., disˈlodging vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccxi. 254 Whan the frenche⁓men..sawe the dyslodgynge of the Englysshe oost. 1602 Marston Antonio's Rev. iii. iii. Wks. 1856 I. 111 His dislodg'd soule is fled. 1641 Earl of Strafford Let. to Chas. I, 4 May in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1692) iii. I. 251, I forgive all the World, with Calmness and Meekness of infinite Contentment to my dislodging Soul. 1737 L. Clarke Hist. Bible ii. (1740) 151 This was the order of their incamping. The manner of their dislodging was thus. 1832 G. Downes Lett. Cont. Countries I. 84 Among the dislodged was an elderly female..who bitterly deplored her lot. |
▪ II. † disˈlodge, n. Obs.
[f. prec.]
The fact of being dislodged; dislodgement.
| 1587 Turberv. Ventrous Lover, & c. (R.) Show how long dislodge hath bred Our cruell cutting smart. |