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Dismount v. t.

1.

To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like. "Dismounted from his authority."

2.

To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.

3.

(Mech.) To take down, or apart, as a machine.

4.

To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; said esp. of artillery.

Dismount v. i. (past & past part. dismounted; pres. part. dismounting)

1.

To come down; to descend. (Poetic) "But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount."

2.

To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.

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"Dismount" Quotes from Famous Books

... traveled a half mile, perhaps, from the peak, when the man again stopped, saying, "You must dismount ...

— The Eyes of the World • Harold Bell Wright

... The guard at the gate stopped us, not from suspicion, but to amuse themselves, and I was forced to submit to several kisses from their garlic lips, before we were allowed to enter the town. We again mounted on our stilts, for the guard had forced us to dismount, or they could not have kissed me, every now and then imitating a dance, until we arrived at the Grande Place, where we stopped opposite the hotel, and commenced a sort of waltz which we had practised. The people in the ...

— Peter Simple and The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 • Frederick Marryat

... on foot or mounted, will always be more than a match for a coward. By impressing these truths upon dragoons, they will believe themselves superior to their adversaries whether they fight on foot or on horseback. This is the case with the Turks and the Circassians, whose cavalry often dismount to fight on foot in a wood or behind a cover, musket in ...

— The Art of War • Baron Henri de Jomini

... awkward and even perilous to dismount without his hands to balance his weight, as he shifted out of the stirrups. In spite of his care, he stumbled over a loose rock as he struck the ground and rolled flat on his back. He got up, grinding his teeth. His hands were tied behind him. He turned his back ...

— The Rangeland Avenger • Max Brand

... into a rapid canter before him. When he was at her side again, she said, "There is still the ruin to see on our way home. It is just off here to the right. But if you wish to go over it we will have to dismount at the foot of the slope and walk up. It hasn't any story or legend that I know of; I looked over the guide-book to cram for it before you came, but there was nothing. So you ...

— A Ward of the Golden Gate • Bret Harte

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