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DEGOUt.i.t, _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, quant.i.ty.
_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~, a.s.safoetida, 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._
