To DANDER, v. n. to wander slowly; to roam.

DANDERS, s. pl. the hard refuse of a smithy fire.

DANG, the pret. of ding.

DARKLINS, adv. in the dark; hidden; sly.

To DASE, DAISE, v. a. to stupify; to benumb.

DAW, DA, s. a sluggard; appropriated to a female, a drab.

To DAW, v. n. to dawn.

DAWDIE, s. a dirty slovenly female.

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

DAWTIE, s. a favourite; a darling.

DAWTIT, 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, DYKE, 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.