The disturbance was made to support a general accusation against the province.
Bancroft.
4. (Law) The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like. Blackstone.
Syn. -- Tumult; brawl; commotion; turmoil; uproar; hubbub; disorder; derangement; confusion; agitation; perturbation; annoyance.
Dis`tur*ba"tion (?), n. [L. disturbatio.] Act of disturbing; disturbance. [Obs.] Daniel.
Dis*turb"er (?), n. [Cf. OF. destorbeor.] 1. One who, or that which, disturbs of disquiets; a violator of peace; a troubler.
A needless disturber of the peace of God's church and an author of dissension.
Hooker.
2. (Law) One who interrupts or incommodes another in the peaceable enjoyment of his right.
Dis*turn" (?), v. t. [OF. destourner, F. détourner. See Detour.] To turn aside. [Obs.] Daniel.
Dis"tyle (?), a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &?; pillar: cf. F. distyle.] (Arch.) Having two columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or the like.
Distyle in antis, having columns between two antæ. See Anta.
Di*sul"phate (?), n. [Pref. di- + sulphate.] (Chem.) (a) A salt of disulphuric or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate. (b) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
Di*sul"phide (?; 104), n. [Pref. di- + sulphide.] (Chem.) A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide.
Di*sul"phu*ret (?), n. [Pref. di- + sulphuret.] (Chem.) See Disulphide.
Di`sul*phu"ric (?), a. [Pref. di- + sulphuric.] (Chem.) Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of sulphur in the higher state of oxidation.
Disulphuric acid, a thick oily liquid, H2S2O7, called also Nordhausen acid (from Nordhausen in the Harts, where it was originally manufactured), fuming sulphuric acid, and especially pyrosulphuric acid. See under Pyrosulphuric.