Disused
[dis'ju:zd;,dis'ju:zd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Disuse
Typed by Camilla
Examples
- Cast Iron Made by Ancients, Disused for 15 Centuries. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Moreover, fifty yards off stood a hut, built of clods and covered with thin turves, but now entirely disused. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Not a blind was raised; no sign of life was in the dull paved court, with its covered way leading to the disused door. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- After passing through the iron gates he stopped, and pointed with his whip to the disused middle wing of the building. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Similarly, he dealt us clean plates and knives and forks, for each course, and dropped those just disused into two baskets on the ground by his chair. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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