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_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, dest.i.tute 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.

DAYNTe, _s._ Regard.

_Wyntown._

~Dainty~, _s._

1. Pleasant, good-humoured, S.

2. Worthy, excellent, S.

_Burns._

Isl. _daindi_, excellenter bonum quid; _dandis madr_, h.o.m.o virtuosus; rendered in Dan., _en brav mand_, S. a _braw man_; perfectly synon. with "a _dainty_ man."

~Daint.i.th~, _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.

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