dissolution (5 times in S.; 1 not pre-S.)
1.
liquefaction
Wiv. III. v. 121
“a man of continual
and
thaw,”
Lucr. 355
“Against love's fire
fear's frost hath dissolution.”
2.
destruction, ruin
Meas. III. ii. 242,
R2 II. i. 259
“Reproach and ,”
Lr. I. ii. 163
“d-s of ancient
amities.”
