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Date: Tue May 6 00:02:49 EDT 1997
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--disembogue
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.
2. To eject; to cast forth. [R.] Swift.
dis.em.bogue v.i. To become discharged; to flow put; to find vent; to pour out contents.
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