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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.
2. Damage. "To dree the _dirdum_," to do penance, S. B.
3. Pa.s.sion, ill humour, Perths.
Gael. _diardan_. surliness, anger.
DIRK, _s._ A dagger.
V. ~Durk~.
DIRK, DYRK, _adj._ Dark.
_Wallace._
A. S. _deorc_.
_To_ DIRK, _v.n._ To grope in utter darkness.
_Ferguson._
_To_ ~Dirkin~, _v. n._ To act clandestinely.
_Dunbar._
_To_ ~Dirkin~, _v. a._ To darken.
_Douglas._
~Dirkit~, _part. adj._ Darkened.
_Dunbar._
~Dirkness~, _s._ Darkness.
_Dunbar._
_To_ DIRLE, _v. a._ To pierce, E. _drill_.
_Bannatyne MS._
Su. G. _drill-a_, perforare.
_To_ DIRLE, _v. n._
1. To tingle, to thrill, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To emit a tingling sound, S.
_Burns._
~Dirl~, _s._
1. A slight tremulous stroke, S.
2. The pain caused by such a stroke, S.
3. A vibration, S.
_Burns._
~Dirling~, _s._ A short-lived smarting pain, S.
_Douglas._
