Part 17
3. To toil as in job work.
_Gl. Sibb._
4. To deal in a peddling way, S.
5. To be slightly employed, S.
Gael. _deachair-am_, to follow; Flem. _daecker-en_, to fly about.
DACKLE, _s._ Suspence, hesitation; applied both to sensible objects, and to the mind, S. B.
~Dacklin~, _part. pr._
1. In a state of doubt, S. B.
2. Slow, dilatory, S. B.
~Dacklin~, _s._ A slight shower; "a _dacklin_ of rain," S. B.
_To_ DAD, DAUD, _v. a._
1. To thrash, S. B.
2. To dash, to drive forcibly, S.
_Knox._
3. To throw dirt so as to bespatter, S.
_J. Nicol._
_To_ ~Dad Down~, _v. n._ To fall or clap down forcibly and with noise, S.
_Ramsay._
~Dad~, _s._ A sudden and violent stroke, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ DADDLE, DAIDLE, _v. a._
1. To draggle, S.
2. To do any work in a slovenly way, Ang.
_To_ DADDLE, DAIDLE, _v. n._
1. To be slow in motion or action, S.
2. To waddle, to wriggle, S.
3. _To daddle and drink_, to tipple, S.
V. ~Dawdie~.
DADDLE, DADDLIE, _s._ A larger sort of bib, S.
_To_ DAFF, _v. n._ To be foolish.
_Polwart._
Sax. _dav-en_ insanire; Su. G. _dofw-a_, sensu privare, _dofn-a_, stupere.
~Daffery~, _s._
1. Romping, frolicksomeness, S.
2. Thoughtlessness, folly, S. B.
_Ross._
~Daffin, Daffing~, _s._
1. Folly in general, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Pastime, gaiety, S.
_Lyndsay._
3. Excessive diversion.
_Kelly._
4. Matrimonial intercourse.
_S. P. Repr._
5. Derangement, frenzy.
_Mellvill's MS._
~Daft~, _adj._
1. Delirious, stupid; S.
_Bellenden._
2. Foolish, unwise, S.
_Lyndsay._
3. Giddy, thoughtless, S.
_Diallog._
4. Playful, innocently gay, S.
_Ramsay._
5. Gay, to excess, S.
_Ross._
6. Wanton, S.
_Shirrefs._
7. Extremely eager for the attainment of any object, or foolishly fond in the possession of it, S.
Isl. _dauf-r_, _dauft_, fatuus, subtristis; Su. G. _doef_, stupidus.
~Daft Days~, The Christmas holidays, S.
_Ferguson._
~Daftly~, _adv._ Foolishly, S.
_Ramsay._
~Daftlike~, _adj._ Having the appearance of folly, S.
_Ramsay._
~Daftness~, _s._ Foolishness.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
DAFFICK, _s._ A coarse tub or trough, Orkn.
_To_ DAG, _v. a._ To shoot, to let fly.
_Knox._
_To_ DAG, _v. n._ To rain gently, S.
Isl. _dogg-ua_, rigo, Sw. _dugg-a_, to drizzle.
~Dag~, _s._
1. A thin, or gentle rain, S.
Isl. _daugg_, pluvia, Sw. _dagg_, a thick or drizzling rain.
2. A thick fog, a mist, S.
Su. G. _dagg_, dew.
DAY-NETTLES, Dead nettles, an herb, S.
DAIGH, _s._ Dough, S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _dah_, id.
~Daighie~, _s._
1. Doughy, S.
2. Soft, inactive, destitute of spirit, S.
DAIKER, _s._ A decad.
_Skene._
Su.G. _deker_, id.
DAIKIT, _part. pa._ "It has ne'er been _daikit_," it has never been used, Ang.
DAIL, _s._
1. A part, a portion; E. _deal_.
2. A number of persons.
_Chr. K._
_To have dale_, to have to do.
_Douglas._
DAIL, _s._ A ewe, which not becoming pregnant, is fattened for consumption.
_Complaynt S._
DAIMEN, _adj._ Rare, occasional, S. _auntrin_, synon.
~Daimen-Icker~, _s._ An ear of corn met with occasionally, S.
_Burns._
From A. S. _aecer_, an ear of corn, and perhaps _diement_, counted, from A. S. _dem-an_, to reckon.
DAINTA, DAINTIS, _interj._ It avails not, Aberd.
_Ross._
Teut. _dien-en_, to avail, and _intet_, nothing.
DAYNTÉ, _s._ Regard.
_Wyntown._
~Dainty~, _s._
1. Pleasant, good-humoured, S.
2. Worthy, excellent, S.
_Burns._
Isl. _daindi_, excellenter bonum quid; _dandis madr_, homo virtuosus; rendered in Dan., _en brav mand_, S. a _braw man_; perfectly synon. with "a _dainty_ man."
~Daintith~, _s._ A dainty, S.
_Kelly._
DAISE, _s._ The part of a stone bruised in consequence of the strokes of the pickaxe or chizzel, Ang.
DAYIS. _To hald dayis_, to hold a truce.
_Wyntown._
DAYS _of_ LAW, LAWDAYIS, The time, when those are summoned to attend, who have interest in a court of justice.
_Wallace._
Isl. _lagdag_, dies lege praefinitus.
DAIT, _s._ Destiny.
_Wallace._
DAYWERK, DAWERK, DARK, _s._ A day's work, S. _darg_.
V. ~Darg~.
A. S. _daegweorc_, id.
_Wyntown._
DALK, _s._ Varieties of _slate clay_, sometimes _common clay_, S.
_Statist. Acc._
DALLY, _s._ The stick used in binding sheaves, Border.
DALLY, _s._
1. A girl's puppet, S. B. E. _doll_.
2. A painted figure.
_Morison._
DALLIS, 3 _p. s. v._ Dawns.
_Godly Ball._
DALMATYK, _s._ A white dress worn by Kings and Bishops.
_Wyntown._
Thus denominated, as being brought from _Dalmatia_.
_To_ DAM, _v. n._ To urine.
_Maitland P._
DAMBROD.
V. ~Dams~.
DAMMAGEUS, _adj._ Injurious.
_Bellenden._
_To_ DAMMISH, _v. a._ To stun, to stupify, S.
_Rollock._
Germ. _damisch machen_, to stun one's head.
DAMMYS, DAMMEIS, _s._ Damage.
Fr. _dommage_.
_Gl. Sibb._
_To_ DAMPNE, _v. a._ To condemn.
DAMS, _s. pl._ The game of draughts, S.
Sw. _dam_, _dampsel_, id.; _dambraede_, S. a _dambrod_.
DAN, _s._ A term equivalent to _Lord_, _Sir_.
O. Fr.
_Douglas._
_To_ DANCE _his_ or _her lane_; a phrase expressive, either of great joy, or of violent rage, S.
_James V._
_To_ DANDER, _v. n._
1. To roam, S.
2. To go about idly, to saunter, S.
_Ramsay._
3. To roam, without a fixed habitation, S.
_Ferguson._
4. To trifle, to mispend one's time, S.
5. To bewilder one's self, from want of attention, or stupidity, S.
_Burel._
DANDERS, _s. pl._ The refuse of a smith's fire, S.
DANDIE, DANDY, _s._ A principal person or thing; what is nice, fine, or possessing supereminence in whatever way, S.
V. ~Dainty~.
_R. Galloway._
DANDIEFECHAN, _s._ A hollow stroke on any part of the body, Fife.
_To_ DANDILL, _v. n._ To go about idly.
_Burel._
Fr. _dandin-er_, "to go gaping ilfavouredly," Cotgr.
DANDILLY, DANDILY, _adj._ Celebrated, S.B.
_Ross._
~Dandilly~, _s._ A female who is spoiled by admiration, S.
_Cleland._
Perhaps from the same origin with ~Dandill~.
DANDRING, _part. pr._ Emitting an unequal sound.
_Evergreen._
Teut. _donder-en_, tonare.
DANE, DAINE, _adj._ Gentle, modest.
O. Fr. _dain_, dainty, fine.
_Lyndsay._
DANG, _pret._ of ~Ding~, q. v.
DANGER, DAWNGER, _s._
1. The great exertion made by a pursuer, exposing another to imminent danger.
_Wallace._
2. _In his dawnger_, in his power.
_Wyntown._
3. _But dawngere_, without hesitation.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _danger_, power, dominion.
DANGER, _adj._ Perilous.
_Wallace._
DANT, _s._
V. ~Dent~.
_Priests Peblis._
_To_ DANT, _v. a._ To subdue.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
~Danter~, _s._ A tamer, a subduer.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Danton~, _v. a._ To subdue, S.
Fr. _domter_, _donter_, id.
_Pitscottie._
_To_ DARE, (pron. _daar_) _v. n._ To be afraid, to stand in awe, Ang.
Sw. _darr-a_, to quake, to tremble.
_To_ DARE, Perhaps, to hurt.
V. ~Dere~.
_Sir Gawan._
DARE, _adj._ Stupid, dull.
_Houlate._
Su. G. _daere_, stultus.
DARG, DARK, _s._
1. A day's work, S.; anciently _daywerk_, q. v.
_Statist. Acc._
2. A certain quantity of work, whether more or less than that of a day.
_Kelly._
~Darging~, ~Darguing~, _s._ The work of a day-labourer, S.
_R. Galloway._
~Darger~, _s._ A day-labourer, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
DARGEIS, _pl._ Dirges.
_Bannatyne P._
~Dergie~, S.
V. ~Dregie~.
DARKLINS, _adv._ In the dark, S.
_Burns._
_To_ DARN, DERN, _v. a._ To conceal, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
_To_ ~Dern~, _v. n._ To hide one's self.
A. S. _dearn-an_, occultare.
_Hudson._
~Darn~, _adj._ Secret, S.
_Wallace._
_In dern_, _adv._ In secret.
_Bannatyne P._
DARRAR, _adj._ Dearer.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
_To_ DARREN, _v. a._ To provoke.
A. S. _dearr-an_, audere.
_Douglas._
_To_ DASCAN, _v. n._ To contemplate, to scan.
_Burel._
Lat. _de_ and _scando_, whence E. _scan_.
_To_ DASE, DAISE, _v. a._
1. To stupify, S.
_Wyntown._
2. To benumb.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _das-a_, languere, _dase_, stupidus.
DASE. _On dase_, alive, q. _on days_.
_Gawan and Gol._
_To_ DASH, _v. a._
1. To flourish in writing, S.
2. To make a great shew, S.
~Dash~, _s._
1. A flourish in writing, S.
2. A splendid appearance, S.
_Ferguson._
DAS KANE, _s._ Singing in parts.
Lat. _discant-us_.
_Montgomerie._
DASS, _s._
1. _Dass_ of a hay stack, that part of it that is cut off with a hay-knife, Loth.
2. _A dass of corn_, that which is left in the barn after part is removed, Fife.
C. B. _das_, a heap of grain, Teut. _tas_, id.
DASS, _s._ A stratum of stones, S.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ DATCH, _v. a._ To jog, to skake, S. B. perhaps originally the same with E. _dodge_.
DATIVE, _s._ A power legally granted to one to act as executor of a latter will, when it is not confirmed by the proper heirs, S.
_Acts Sedt._
DAUD, _s._ A large piece.
V. ~Dawd~.
DAUE, _adj._ Listless, inactive.
V. ~Daw~.
_Dunbar._
DAVEL, DEVEL, _s._ A stunning blow, S.
_Gl. Sibb_.
_To_ DAUER, DAIVER, _v. a._ To stun, to stupify, Loth.
_To_ ~Dauer~, ~Daiver~, _v. n._
1. To become stupid.
_Burel_.
2. To be benumbed, S. B.
_Journ. Lond._
Su. G. _daur-a_, infatuare, Teut. _daver-en_, tremere.
_To_ DAW, _v. n._ To dawn.
_Wallace._
A. S. _daeg-ian_, Sw. _dag-as_, lucescere.
~Daw~, _s._ Day; O. E. _dawe_.
~Dwne of Daw~, dead.
_Wyntown._
DAW, DA, _s._
1. A sluggard, S.
_Douglas._
2. Appropriated to a woman, as equivalent to E. _drab_, S. B.
_Kelly._
Isl. _daa_, defect, fainting; deliquium animi.
DAW, _s._ An atom, a particle, S. B.
Anc. Goth, _daa_, vaporare.
DAWACHE, DAVOCH, _s._ As much land as can be properly laboured by eight oxen.
_Quon. Att._
Gael, _damh_, pron. _dav_, an ox, and _ach_, field.
DAWCH, DAW, _adj._ Apparently the same with _Daue_, inactive.
_Wallace._
DAWD, DAUD, _s._ A considerably large piece of any thing, S.
_Kelly._
Isl. _todde_, portio, tomus.
~Dawds and Blawds~. The _blades_ of colewort boiled whole, S.
_Gl. Shirr._
DAWDIE, _s._ A dirty slovenly woman, S. B. O. E. _dowdy_.
Isl. _dauda doppa_, foemella ignava.
~Dawdie~, _adj._ Slovenly, sluttish, S. B.
_To_ ~Dawdle~, _v. n._ To be indolent or slovenly, Perths.
DAW-FISH, _s._ The lesser Dog-fish, Orkn.
_Barry._
DAWING, _s._ Dawn of day.
_Barbour._
A. S. _dagung_, aurora.
DAWPIT, _adj._ In a state of mental imbecility, Ayrs.
V. ~Dowf~.
_To_ DAWT, DAUT, _v. a._
1. To fondle, to caress, S.
_Ross._
2. To dote upon.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _dad-ur_, gestus amatorius.
~Dauting, Dauteing~, _s._ The act of fondling.
_Dunbar._
~Dawtie~, ~Dawté~, _s._
1. Kindness, endearment.
_Dunbar._
2. A darling, a favourite, S.
_Sherrifs._
~Dawtit~, ~Dauted~, _part. pa._ Fondled.
DAY NOR DOOR. _I canna hear day nor door_, I can hear nothing for noise, S. B.
_Journal Lond._
_To_ DE, DEE, _v. n._ To die.
_Douglas._
~Done to de~, Killed.
_Douglas._
DEAD MEN'S BELLS, Foxglove, S.
DEAF, _adj._
1. Flat, applied to soil, S.
Su. G. _daufjord_, terra sterilis.
2. Without vegetable life; often applied to grain, S.
A. S. _deaf corn_, frumentum sterile.
3. Rotten; as, _a deaf nit_, S. Teut. _doove noot_, id.
DEAMBULATOUR, _s._ A gallery.
Lat. _deambulator-ium_, id.
_Douglas._
DEAN, DEN, _s._
1. A hollow where the ground slopes on both sides, S.
_Statist. Acc._
2. A small valley, S.
_Statist. Acc._
A. S. _den_, vallis.
_To_ DEAR, _v. n._ To savour.
_Polwart._
DEARCH, DERCH, _s._ A dwarf.
V. ~Droich~.
_Evergreen._
DEASOIL, DEISHEAL, _s._ Motion contrary to that of the sun, Gael.
_To_ DEAVE, _v. n._ To deafen.
V. ~Deve~.
_To_ DEAW, _v. n._ To rain gently, to drizzle, S. B.
A. S. _deaw-ian_, Belg. _daw-en_, id.
DEBAID, _s._ Delay.
_Barbour._
_To_ DEBAIT, _v. a._ To protect.
_Bellenden._
_To_ DEBAIT, _v. a._ To lower.
_Douglas._
_To_ DEBAIT, _v. a._ To be diligent in procuring any thing.
_Bellenden_.
Fr. _debat-re_, to strive.
DEBAITMENT, _s._ Contention.
Fr. _debatement_, id.
_Palice Honour._
_To_ DEBORD, _v. n._ To go beyond proper bounds.
_More_.
Fr. _debord-er_, to exceed rule.
~Debording~, _s._ Excess.
_To_ DEBOUT, _v. a._ To thrust from; Fr. _debout-er_.
_Godscroft_.
DECAY, _s._ A decline, S.
_Brand_.
_To_ DECORE, _v. a._ To adorn, Fr. _decor-er_.
_R. Bruce_.
DECOURTED, _part. pa._ Dismissed from court.
_Melvill._
DEDE, DEID, _s._
1. Death, S., O.E.
_Dunbar._
2. The cause of death, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
3. The manner of dying.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _ded_, Su. G. _doed_, id.
~Dedechack~, _s._ The sound made by a woodwoom, S. _Chackie-mill_, S. B.
~Dede-Ill~, _s._ Mortal sickness.
_Wyntown._
~Dedlyke~, _adj._ Deadly.
A. S. _deadlic_.
_Wyntown._
~Dede-Nip~, _s._ A blue mark in the body, ascribed to necromancy; _witch's nip_, synon. S.
Teut. _doode-nep_, id.
~Dede-Thraw~, _s._
1. The agonies of death.
A. S. _thrawan_, agonizare.
_Bellenden._
2. Meat is said to be _in the dead-thraw_, when neither cold nor hot, S.
3. _Left in the dead-thraw_, left unfinished, S.
_To_ DEDEINYE, DEDANE, _v. n._ To deign.
_Douglas._
DEE, _s._ A dairy-maid.
V. ~Dey~.
DEEP, _s._ The deepest part of a river.
_Law Case._
DEEPDRAUCHTIT, _adj._ Designing, crafty, S. from _deep_, and _draucht a_ plan.
DEER-HAIR, DEERS-HAIR, _s._ Heath clubrush, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
_To_ DEFAIK, _v. a._ To relax, to remit; Fr. _defalqu-er_.
_Bellenden._
_To_ DEFAILL, _v. n._ To wax feeble.
Fr. _defaill-er_.
_Wallace._
_To_ DEFAISE, _v. a._ To deduct.
_Acts Marie._
~Defaisance~, _s._
1. Excuse, subterfuge.
Fr. _defaite_, a shift.
_Acts Ja. IV._
2. Defalcation, deduction.
_Acts Marie._
DEFAME, _s._ Infamy.
_Douglas._
DEFAWTYT, _part. pa._ Forfeited.
_Barbour._
Fr. _defaill-er_, to make a default.
_To_ DEFEND, _v. a._ To ward off.
Fr. _defend-re_, id.
_King's Quair._
_To_ DEFOUL, _v. a._
1. To defile.
_Douglas._
2. To dishonour.
_Gawan and Gol._
~Defowle~, _s._ Disgrace.
_Wyntown._
_To_ DEFOUND, _v. a._ To pour down.
Lat. _defund-o_.
_Douglas._
DEGEST, _adj._ Grave.
_Douglas._
Lat. _digest-us_.
~Degestlie~, _adv._ Sedately.
_Douglas._
DEGESTEABLE, _adj._ Concocted.
Fr. _digest-er_, to concoct.
_Wallace._
DEGYSIT, _part. pa._ Disguised.
_King's Quair._
Fr. _deguis-er_, to disguise.
DEGOUTIT, _part. pa._ Spotted.
_King's Quair._
DEY, _s._ A dairy-maid, S. B. _Dee_, Loth.
Sw. _deja_, a dairy-maid.
_Ross._
_To_ DEY, _v. n._ To die.
_Wyntown._
DEIL, DEILLE, _s._ Part, quantity.
_A deille_, any thing.
_Wallace._
_Half dele_, the one half.
_Douglas._
DEIL, DEEL, _s._ The devil, S.
_Ramsay._
~Deil's Dozen~, the number thirteen, S.
Apparently from the idea, that the thirteenth is the _devil's_ lot.
~Deil's Dung~, Assafoetida, named from its stench, S.
~Deil's Snuffbox~, the common puff-ball, S.
~Deil's Spoons~,
1. Great water plantain, S.
2. Broadleaved pondweed, S.
DEIR, _adj._ Bold, daring.
_Gawan and Gol._
DEIR, _adj._ Wild.
_Gawan and Gol._
Isl. _dyr_, a wild beast.
DEIR, DERE, _s._ A wild animal.
DEIR, _s._ Perhaps, precious.
_Gawan and Gol._
DEIS, DESS, DEAS, _s._
1. The upper place in a hall, where the floor was raised, and a canopy spread over head.
_Douglas._
2. A long seat erected against a wall, S.
_Wallace._
3. A table.
_Popular Ball._
4. A pew in a church, S. B.
_Popular Ball._
O. Fr. _dais_, a throne or canopy.
_To_ DELASH, _v. a._ To discharge.
O. Fr. _deslach-er_, id.
_R. Bruce._
_To_ DELATE, _v. a._ To accuse, a law term, S.
_Rollocke._
L. B. _delat-are_, id.
~Delator~, _s._ An accuser, S.
_Rollocke._
DELF, _s._
1. A pit.
_Douglas._
2. A grave.
_Wyntown._
Belg. _delve_, a pit; _delv-en_, to dig.
3. Crockery, S. Hence _delf-house_, a pottery, S.
DELIERET, DELIRIE, _adj._ Delirious.
_Burns._
_To_ DELYVER, _v. n._
1. To deliberate.
_Wyntown._
2. To determine.
_Bellenden._
Lat. _deliber-are_.
DELIUER, _adj._ Light, agile.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _delivre_, libre, degagé.
~Deliuerly~, _adv._ Nimbly.
_Barbour._
DELTIT, _part. adj._ Treated with great care, for preventing injury, Banffs.
Isl. _daella_, indulgentius, _dalaeti_, admiratio; _vera i dalaeti_, haberi in delitiis.
_To_ DELUGE, _v. n._ To dislodge.
Fr. _delog-er_, to remove.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ DEMANE, DEMAINE, _v. a._ To treat; generally to maltreat, S. B.
O. Fr. _demain-er_, traiter.
_Dunbar._
_To_ DEMAINE, DEMEAN, _v. a._ To punish by cutting off the hand.
_Crookshank._
Lat. _de_ and _manus_, Fr. _main_, hand.
DEMANYT, _part. pa._ Demeaned.
_Barbour._
DEMELLE, _s._ Rencounter.
_Ruddiman._
Fr. _demel-er_, to contest.
DEMELLIT, _part. pa._ Hurt, injured, Ang.
~Demellitie~, _s._ A hurt, Ang. q. the effects of a broil.
_To_ DEMENT, _v. a._ To deprive of reason.
_Baillie._
~Demented~, _adj._
1. Insane, S.
_Wodrow._
2. Unsettled in mind, S.
_Baillie._
Lat. _demens_, insane.
~Dementation~, _s._ Derangement.
_Wodrow._
DEMPSTER, DEMSTER, _s._
1. A judge, S. B.
2. The officer of a court, who pronounces doom.
_Justice Air._
A. S. _dem-an_, to judge.
DEMT, _part. pa._ Judged, doomed.
_Barbour._
DEN, _s._ A hollow.
V. ~Dean~.
DEN, _s._
1. A respectful title prefixed to names.
V. ~Dan~.
_Wyntown._
2. A dean.
_Houlate._
_To_ DEN, _v. a._ To dam.
_Barbour._
DENCE, _adj._ Danish.
_Godly Ball._
~Densman~, _s._ A Dane.
_Dunbar._
DENK, _adj._
1. Trim.
V. ~Dink~.
_Dunbar._
2. Saucy, nice.
_Dunbar._
DENSAIXES, _s. pl._ Danish axes.
_Statist. Acc._
DENT, DINT, _s._ Affection.
_To tyne dent_ of a person or thing, to lose regard, Ang.
_Ferguson._
DENT, _part. pa._ Indented.
Fr. _denté_, id.
_Gawan and Gol._
DENTILIOUN, _s._ Dandelion, an herb, S.
Fr. _dent de lyon_.
_Douglas._
DEPAYNTIT, Painted.
_King's Quair._
_To_ DEPAIR, _v. a._ To ruin.
_Palice Hon._
Fr. _deper-ir_, to perish.
_To_ DEPART, DEPERT, _v. a._ To divide.
Fr. _depart-ir_, id.
_Barbour._
_To_ DEPESCHE, DEPISCHE, _v. a._ To dispatch.
_Bellenden._
Fr. _despesch-er_, id.
_To_ DEPONE, _v. n._ To testify on oath, S.
L. B. _depon-ere_, testari.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ DEPRISE, _v. a._ To depreciate.
Fr. _despris-er_.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ DEPULYE, _v. a._ To spoil.
_Douglas._
Fr. _depouill-er_.
_To_ DER, _v. a._ To hazard.
_Barbour._
A. S. _dear-ian_, Belg. _derr-en_, id.
DERAY, _s._
1. Disorder.
_Barbour._
2. Mirthful noise at a banquet.
_Douglas._
Fr. _desroy_, _deroi_, disorder.
_To_ DERE, DEIR, _v. a._
1. To hurt.
_Douglas._
2. _To dere upon_, to make impression, S. B.
A. S. _der-ian_, nocere.
~Dere~, ~Der~, ~Deir~, _s._ Injury.
_Wallace._
_To_ DERE, _v. a._ To fear.
_Burel._
DERE, _s._ Any beast of game.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _deor_, Su. G. _diur_, Isl. _dyr_, id.
DERE, _s._ A precious person.
_Houlate._
_To_ DEREYNE, DERENE, DERENYHE, _v. a._ To determine a controversy by battle.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _derainier_, prouver son droit en justice; Roquefort.
~Dereyne~, ~Derenye~, s. Contest, decision.
_Barbour._
_To_ DERENE, _v. a._ To disorder.
_Dunbar._
DERETH, _s._ Some kind of office anciently held in S.
_Chart. Dunf._
_To_ DERNE, _v. a._ Perhaps for _darren_.
_Hudson._
DERF, _adj._
1. Bold and hardy.
_Douglas._
2. Capable of great exertion.
_Douglas._
3. Possessing a sullen taciturnity, S. B.
4. Severe, cruel.
_Wallace._
Isl. _diarf-ur_, Su. G. _diaerf_, daring.
~Derffly~, _adv._ Vigorously.
_Wallace._
DERGAT, _s._ Target.
_Wyntown._
Gael. _targaid_.
_To_ DERN, _v. a._ To hide.
V. ~Darn~, _v._
_To_ DERT, _v. a._ To dart.
_King's Quair._
To DESCRIVE, DISCRYVE, _v. a._ To describe, S.
_Hamilton._
_To_ DESPITE, _v. n._ To be filled with indignation, S. B.
Fr. _se despit-er_.
DET, _s._ Duty.
Fr. _dette_.
_Palice Hon._
~Detfull~, _adj._ Due.
_Knox._
~Dettit~, _part. pa._ Indebted.
_Bellenden._
DETBUND, _adj._ Predestinated.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _det_, a die.
_To_ DEUAIL, DEUAL, _v. n._
1. To descend.
_Douglas._
2. _v. a._ To let fall.
_Palice Honour._
Fr. _devall-er_.
~Devall~, _s._ A sunk fence, Clydesd.
_To_ DEVALL, DEVALD, _v. n._ To cease, to intermit, S.
_Ferguson._
Su. G. _dwal-a_, to delay.
~Devall~, ~Devald~, _s._ A cessation, S.
Isl. _duaul_, mora.
DEUCH, TEUCH, _s._
1. A draught, a potation, S.
V. ~Teuch~.
2. Drink in general, S. B.
~Deuchandorach~, ~Deuchandoris~, _s._
1. A drink taken at the door, S.
2. Equivalent to _stark-love and kindness_, S.
Gael. _deoch an doruis_, the parting drink.
_To_ DEVE, DEAVE, _v. a._ To stupify with noise, S.
_King Hart._
Su. G. _doef-wa_, Isl. _deyf-a_, to deafen.
DEVEL, _s._ A stunning blow.
V. ~Davel~.
_To_ DEVISE, DIUISS, DEUYS, _v. a._ To talk.
Fr _deuis-er_, id.
_Barbour._
DEUGIND, _adj._ Wilful, litigious, Caithn.
DEUK, _s._ Covert, shelter, S. B.
V. ~Jouk~.
DEULE WEEDS, mourning weeds.
Fr. _deuil_, mourning.
_Acts Ja. VI._
DEVORE, DEUORE, _s._ Service.
Fr. _devoir_.
_Wyntown._
DEW, _adj._ Moist.
_Douglas._
DEW, _pret._ Dawned.
V. ~Daw~.
_Wallace._
DEWGAR, _s._ A salutation.
_Wallace._
Fr. _Dieu garde_.
DEWGS, _s. pl._ Rags, shreds, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ DEWYD, DEWOYD, _v. n._ To divide.
_Wallace._
_To_ DEWYSS, DIUISS, _v. a._ To divide.
Fr. _devis-er_, id.
_Barbour._
DEWYT, deafened, stunned.
V. ~Deve~.
DEWOR, DEWORY, _s._ Duty.
_Barbour._
DEW-PIECE, _s._ A piece of bread given to servants when going out early to their work, S. B.
_Sinclair._
DGUHARE, Houlate. Leg.
_Alquhare._
DIBBER-DERRY, _s._ Confused debate, S. B.
_Ross._
DIBLER, _s._ A large wooden platter.
_Burrow Lawes._
O. E. _dobeler_, O. Fr. _doublier_, assiette.
_To_ DICE, _v. a._ To sew in a waved form, S. B.
_Ross._
_To_ DICHT, DYCHT, _v._
1. To prepare.
_Douglas._
A. S. _diht-an_, Germ. _dicht-en_, parare.
2. To deck, S.
_Douglas._
3. To dress food.
_Ritson._
4. To polish.
_Douglas._
5. To wipe, S.
_Colvil._
6. To dry by rubbing, S.
_Ross._
7. To sift, S. Cumb.
_Burns._
8. To treat, to handle.
_Douglas._
9. To handle, applied to the mind, S. B.
Belg. _dicht-en_, Su. G. _dicht-a_, to compose.
10. To drub, S. B.
_Hamilton._
11. To make an end of.
_Douglas._
~Dichtings~, _s. pl._
1. Refuse, S.
_Ross._
2. The refuse of corn, S. synon. _shag_.
_To_ DICT, _v. a._ To dictate.
V. ~Dite~.
_To_ DIDDLE, _v. n._
1. To move like a dwarf, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To shake, to jog.
_Burns._
Isl. _dudd-est_, segnipes esse.
DIE, s. A toy, a gewgaw, Loth.
DIET-BOOKE, s. A diary.
_Calderwood._
L. B. _diaet-a_, iter unius diei.
DIFFER, _s._ A difference, S.
_Bp. Forbes._
DIFFICIL, _adj._ Difficult.
_Complaynt S._
_To_ DIFFOUND, _v. a._ To diffuse.
_Douglas._
DIGNE. _adj._ Worthy.
V. ~Ding~.
DIKE, DYK, _s._
1. A wall, S.
_Kelly._
2. A vein of _whinstone_, traversing the strata of coal, S.
_Statist. Acc._
3. A ditch.
_Wallace._
A. S. _dic_, Su. G. _dike_, id.
_To_ ~Dyk~, _v. a._ To inclose with ramparts or ditches.
_Barbour._
~Diker~, ~Dyker~, _s._ One who builds inclosures of stone, generally without lime; also _dry-diker_, S.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ DILL, _v. a._ To conceal.
_Callander._
Isl. _dyll-a_, Su. G. _doel-ja_, occultare.
_To_ DILL, _v. a._ To assuage or remove.
_Bannatyne Poems._
A. S. _dilg-ian_, delere; Isl. _dill-a_, lallare.
_To_ ~Dill Down~, _v. n._ To subside.
_Baillie._
DILATOR, _s._ A delay; old law term.
L. B. _dilatare_, to delay.
_Baillie._
DILP, _s._ A trollop.
_Ross._
Sw. _toelp_, an awkward fellow.
_To_ DYMENEW, _v. a._ To diminish.
_Douglas._
_To_ DIN, DYN, _v. n._
1. To make a noise.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. To resound.
A. S. _dyn-an_, id.
_Barbour._
DYND, _part. pa._
_Bannatyne Poems._
_To_ DING, _v. a._
1. To drive,
_S. Bellenden._
2. To exert one's self.
_Henrysone._
3. To beat.
_Wyntown._
4. To strike by piercing.
_Bellenden._
5. To scourge, to flog.
_Acts Ja. I._
6. To overcome, S.
_Ferguson._
7. To excel. S.
_Ramsay._
8. To discourage, S. B.
_Ferguson._
9. _To ding down_, to overthrow, S.
_Barbour._
10. _To ding in_, to drive in, S.
11. _To ding off_, to drive from.
_Douglas._
12. _To ding on_, to attack with violence.
_Barbour._
13. _To ding out_, to expel.
_Bellenden._
_To ding out the bottom of_ any thing, to make an end of it, S.
_Baillie._
14. _To ding ouer_, to overthrow, also to overcome, S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
15. _To ding throw_, to pierce.
_Bellenden._
16. _To ding to dede_, to kill with repeated strokes.
_Wallace._
Isl. _daeng-ia_, Su. G. _daeng-a_, tundere.
_To_ ~Ding~, _v. n._
1. To drive.
_Douglas._
_It's dingin on_, it rains, or snows, S.
2. _To ding down_, to descend.
_Lyndsay._
DING, DIGNE, _adj._ Worthy.
_Douglas._
Fr. _digne_, Lat. _dign-us_.
DINGLEDOUSIE, _s._ A stick ignited at one end; foolishly given as a plaything to a child; Dumfr.
Su. G. _dingl-a_, to swing, and _dusig_, dizzy.
DINK, DENK, _adj._
1. Neat, trim, S.
_Evergreen._
2. Precise, saucy, Fife.
_A. Douglas._
Alem. _ding_, gay.
~Dinkly~, _adv._ Neatly.
_R. Galloway._
_To_ DINLE, DYNLE, _v. n._
1. To tremble, S.
_Douglas._
2. To make a great noise.
_Ferguson._
3. To thrill, to tingle.
_J. Nicol._
~Dinle~, _s._
1. Vibration, S.
2. A vague report, S. B.
DINMONT, DIMMENT, DILMOND, _s._ A wedder in the second year. S. q. _twelve-months_.
_Complaynt S._
DINNEN SKATE, The young of the Raia Batis.
_Sibbald._
DINT, _s._ An opportunity, S.
_Ross._
DINT, _s._ Affection.
V. ~Dent~.
DYOUR, _s._ A bankrupt.
_Dunbar._
DIRD, _s._ An achievement; used ironically, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
Teut. _dagh-vaerd_, Isl. _dagferd_, a day's journey.
~Dirdum~, _s._ Deed, achievement, S.B. ibid.
~Dirdum-Dardum~, _s._ A term, expressive of contempt for an action.
_Chr. Kirk._
DIRD, _s._ A stroke, Aberd.
_Ross._
Fr. _dourd-er_, to beat.
DIRDUM, s.
1. An uproar, S.
_King Hart._
C. B. _dowrd_, sonitus, strepitus.