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Meaning of DISEMBOGUE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Dis`em*bogue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disembogued};
    p. pr. & vb. n. {Disemboguing}.] [Sp. desembocar; pref. des-
    (L. dis-) + embocar to put into the mouth, fr. en (L. in) +
    boca mouth, fr. L. bucca cheek. Cf. {Debouch}, {Embogue}.]
    1. To pour out or discharge at the mouth, as a stream; to
       vent; to discharge into an ocean, a lake, etc.
             Rolling down, the steep Timavus raves, And through
             nine channels disembogues his waves.  --Addison.
    2. To eject; to cast forth. [R.] --Swift.
    
  2. \Dis`em*bogue"\, v. i.
    To become discharged; to flow out; to find vent; to pour out
    contents.
          Volcanos bellow ere they disembogue.     --Young.
    
 
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