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Disc n. A flat round plate; (Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc. Same as Disk.

Disk n. (Written also disc)

A discus; a quoit. "Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart."

A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.

(Astron.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens.

(Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.

(Bot.)

(a)

The whole surface of a leaf.

(b)

The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower.

(c)

A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil.

(Zool.)

(a)

The anterior surface or oral area of coelenterate animals, as of sea anemones.

(b)

The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk.

(c)

In owls, the space around the eyes.

Disk engine, a form of rotary steam engine.

Disk shell (Zool.), any species of Discina.

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Etymology of 'Disc'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Disc" Quotes from Famous Books

... beyond the sands of the opposite shore of the Ganges, the sun appears. As soon as its brilliant disc becomes visible the multitude welcome it, and salute it with 'the offering of water.' This is thrown into the air, either from a vase or from the hand. Thrice the worshipper, standing in the river up to his waist, flings the water towards ...

— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume II • R. V. Russell

... toward the direction whence the light came, I for the first time no longer saw the dark cloud which I had always seen there until Elsje's death and which after that time only gradually dissolved. And for the first time in the dream-world I saw the disc of the sun. ...

— The Bride of Dreams • Frederik van Eeden

... and distanced all the others. Such screaming and laughing and confusion! and so much difficulty in keeping the party together? It was nearly dark when we set off; but the moon rose, the silver disc lighting up the hills and the plains; the wind fell, and the night was calm and delightful. We rode about six miles to a pretty little chapel with a cross, that gleamed amongst the trees in the moonlight, by the side of a ...

— Life in Mexico • Frances Calderon de la Barca

... start our program with the potter's wheel, the oldest of pottery modeling devices," said Mr. Marwood. "It is a very simple contrivance, you see—just a round piece of board set horizontally on top of a revolving spindle. As the disc turns the potter shapes the clay with his fingers, building it up to the desired height and moulding it to conform to the profile, or pattern, he keeps beside him. This profile is of wood or steel, and gives the elevation of the object in actual ...

— The Story of Porcelain • Sara Ware Bassett

... came upon me. Straight in front of us the Longships lighthouse made a pillar of black marble against the huge red disc of the setting sun. In the far distance the Cassiterides floated cloud-like on the horizon. I gulped down a sob of thankfulness, for the memory came upon me that the one whom I loved had been saved by the merest chance from sharing the fate of ...

— The Motor Pirate • George Sidney Paternoster

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