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DIRR, _adj._
1. Torpid, benumbed, Loth.
2. Insensible, used in a moral sense, Loth.
Su. G. _daer-a_, infatuare.
_To_ ~Dirr~, _v. n._ To be benumbed, ibid.
DIRT, _s._ Excrement, S.
~Dirtin~, _adj._
1. Defiled with excrement, S.
2. Mean, contemptible, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
~Dirt-fear'd~, _adj._ So much afraid as to lose the power of retention, S.
_Hamilton._
_To_ DISAGYIS, To disguise.
_Gl. Complaynt._
DYSCHOWYLL, _adj._ Undressed.
Fr. _deshabille_, id.
_Wallace._
DISCENSE, _s._ Descent.
_Douglas._
Lat. _descens-us_.
DISCREET, _adj._ Civil.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
~Discretion~, Civility, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
_To_ DISCRIUE, _v. a._ To describe.
_Douglas._
_To_ DISCURE, _v. a._ To observe accurately.
_Douglas._
Fr. _discour-ir_, to survey.
~Discourrour~, _s._ A scout.
_Barbour._
DISDOING, _adj._ Not thriving, Clydes.
DISEIS, DISSESE, _s._
1. Want of ease.
_Barbour._
2. State of warfare.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _desaise_, "a being ill at ease," Cotgr.
_To_ DISHAUNT, _v. a._ To leave any place or company.
_Spotswood._
Fr. _deshant-er_.
_To_ DISHERYS, _v. a._ To disinherit.
_Barbour._
~Disherysown~, _s._ The act of disinheriting.
