An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 221 : DEGOUt.i.t, _part. pa._ Spotted. _Kings Quair._ DEY, _s._ A dairy-maid, S. B. _Dee_, L

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._