n. [ G. kalk (L. calx, calcis) lime + E. sinter. ] See under Calcite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disinterred p. pr. & vb. n. Disinterring. ] 1. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. désintéresser to deprive of interest in; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + intéresser to interest, fr. L. interesse to import, concern. See Interest, and cf. Disinterest. ] To deprive or rid of interest in, or regard for; to disengage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. désintéressement. ] Disinterestedness; impartiality; fairness. [ Obs. ] Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Disinterested. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage. [ Obs. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To divest of interest or interested motives. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Disinteressed. ] Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge. [ 1913 Webster ]

The happiness of disinterested sacrifices. Channing.

Syn. -- Unbiased; impartial; uninterested; indifferent. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a disinterested manner; without bias or prejudice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality. [ 1913 Webster ]

That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Uninteresting. [ Obs. ] “Disinteresting passages.” Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth; exhumation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who interprets erroneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. Cf. Cinder. ] (Min.) Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals. [ 1913 Webster ]

Calcareous sinter, a loose banded variety of calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine. --
Ceraunian sinter, fulgurite. --
Siliceous sinter, a light cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see Geyserite). It has often a pearly luster, and is then called pearl sinter. [ 1913 Webster ]