disarranges

This was the twelfth day of a battle that Buller's column was waging against the Boers and their mountain ranges, or "disarranges," as some one described them, without having gained more than three miles of hostile territory.

Notes of a War Correspondent Richard Harding Davis 1890

It is a sort of derivative which disarranges and disconcerts the whole science of etymologists.

Les Miserables 2008

Fear disarranges circulation of the blood and the nourishment of muscle and nerve.

Civics and Health William H. Allen

But when at the turn of the hinge the light wind from the doorway stirs them, and disarranges the delicate foliage, never after does she trouble to capture them as they flutter about the hollow rock, nor restore their places or join the verses; men depart without counsel, and hate the Sibyl's dwelling.

The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

Gentlemen, -- No one dislikes, more than we do, to grumble or find fault, but we hate just as bad to have our boats detained beyond a reasonable time, at your place; and when our boats leave here for your place, we look for them back at a certain time; and if they do not get here soon after that time, it disarranges all our calculations and proves a great loss to us.

Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men Maurice [Unknown role] Joblin

It is usually better to shake up and rearrange the pillows after raising the patient as the moving disarranges them somewhat.

Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1918

That is not altogether good for a youngster; it disarranges his mind and puts him out of harmony with what is permanent.

South Wind Norman Douglas 1910

The inclination to fits of temper loosens and disarranges all the little wires of life.

Windy McPherson's Son Sherwood Anderson 1908

The downland breeze flutters my uncle's coat-tails, disarranges his stiff hair, and insists on the evidence of undisciplined appetites in face and form, as he points out this or that feature in the prospect to his attentive collaborator.

Tono Bungay 1906

No: I'm out with you [she disarranges the pieces and rises].

John Bull's Other Island George Bernard Shaw 1903