† discorsiveadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Not corrosive or caustic.
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discorsive1662
1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) §99. 163 It is altogether discorsive, and not contractive, and therefore safe and profitable for Women that have Cankers in their breasts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.1662- to have one's eye well in
- to have one's eyeball on
- to have one's eyes in
- to have one's eyes on the prize
- to have one's eyes well in
- to have one's eyeteeth
- to have one's eyeteeth about one
- to have one's face made of a fiddle
- to have one's fair share
- to have one's feet loose
- to have one's feet on the ground
- to have one's fere
- to have one's finger on the pulse
- to have one's fingers burnt
- to have one's fingers crossed
- to have one's fingers in the till
- to have one's fingers on the pulse
- to have one's fling
- to have one's foot on native heath
- to have one's foot on one's native heath
- to have one's forth
- to have one's garret unfurnished
- to have one's guts about one's ears
- to have one's hand in
- to have one's hand in the till