Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DI-SHEV'EL
DI-SHEV'EL, v.t. [Fr. decheveler; de, dis, and cheveu, haur, chevelu, hairy, L. capillus. Class Gb.]
To spread the hair loosely; to suffer the hair of the head to hang negligently, and to flow without confinement; used chiefly in the passive participle.
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