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Dismount

DISMOUNT, v.i. [dis and mount.]
1. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from a beast; as, the officer ordered his troops to dismount.
2. To descend from an elevation.
DISMOUNT, v.t.
1. To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.
2. To throw or bring down from any elevation.
3. To throw or remove cannon or other artillery from their carriages; or to break the carriages or wheels, and render guns useless.
dismount appears in definitions for these words:
Bull-fight Dismount Dismounted Horseblock Orillon Unhorse Unhorsed Unhorsing

 

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