Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DIS-LO-CA'TION, n.

1. The act of moving from its proper place; particularly, the act of removing or forcing a bone from its socket; luxation. – Encyc.
2. The state of being displaced. – Burnet.
3. A joint displaced.
4. In geology, the displacement of parts of rocks, or portions of strata, from the situations which they originally occupied. – Cyc.