Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume XXIV Part 39

DAWDIE, _s._ a dirty slovenly female.

_To_ DAWT, DAUT, to fondle; to caress; pet; to dote upon.

DAWTIE, _s._ a favourite; a darling.

DAWt.i.t, _part. pa._ doted; fondled; caressed.

DAYWERK, DAWERK, _s._ a day's work.

_To_ DEE, _v. n._ to die.

DEAN, DEN, _s._ hollow with sloping banks on both sides; a small valley.

_To_ DEAVE, DEEVE, _v. n._ to deafen.

DEDE-THRAW, _s._ in the agonies of death.

DEED-DAIL, _s._ the board on which the dead are laid before being coffined.

'DEED, _adj._ indeed.

DEEIN', _v. n._ dying.

DEEVIL, _s._ the devil.

DEIL, DEEL, _s._ the devil.

DEIL'S-BUCKIE, _s._ a wicked imp.

DEIS, _s._ the upper part of a hall, where the floor was raised, and a canopy erected over it, as for festivals, etc.

DELIERET, _adj._ delirious.

_To_ DEMENT, _v. n._ to deprive of reason.

DEMENTED, _adj._ insane; unsettled in mind; crazy.

DEN, _s._ a hollow in a hill or mountain.

_To_ DEPONE, _v. n._ to testify on oath.

_To_ DEVALL, DEVALD, _s._ to cease; to intermit.

_To_ DEVE, _v. n._ to stupify with a noise.

DEUCHANDORACH, DEUCHANDORIS, _s._ a drink taken at the door before departing.

DICHT, DYCHT, _v._ to wipe.

DIDNA, did not.

DIKE, d.y.k.e, _s._ a wall either of mud or stones.

DING, _v. a._ to beat; to drive.

DINNA, do not.

_To_ DINLE, _v. n._ to tremble.

DIRD, _s._ a stroke.

DIRDUM, _s._ an uproar.

DIRK, a dagger.

_To_ DIRLE, _v. a._ to tingle.

DIRL, _s._ a vibration.

DIRT, _s._ excrement.

DIRTIN, _adj._ mean; shabby; contemptible.

DISNA, DOESNA, does not.

DISJASKET, _part. pa._ having a dejected or downcast look.

_To_ DISPARAGE, _v. n._ to despise on account of want of rank.

_To_ DISPLENISH, _v. a._ to disfurnish.

DIV, _v. a._ do. _I div_, I do.

DIVET, DIFFAT, DIVOT, _s._ a thin oblong turf used for covering cottages and mud walls.

DIZEN, _s._ dozen.

DOCHTER, DOUGHTYR, _s._ daughter.

DOCKEN, DOKEN, _s._ the dock; an herb.

DODDY, DADDIT, _adj._ dest.i.tute of horns; bald.

DOGGIT, _adj._ stubborn.

DOIN, _v. n._ doing.

DOIt.i.t, DOITED, _adj._ stupid lack of mental activity.