An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 212

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 212

_To_ DAG, _v. n._ To rain gently, S.


Isl. _dogg-ua_, rigo, Sw. _dugg-a_, to drizzle.


~Dag~, _s._


1. A thin, or gentle rain, S.


Isl. _daugg_, pluvia, Sw. _dagg_, a thick or drizzling rain.


2. A thick fog, a mist, S.


Su. G. _dagg_, dew.


DAY-NETTLES, Dead nettles, an herb, S.


DAIGH, _s._ Dough, S.


_Ramsay._


A. S. _dah_, id.


~Daighie~, _s._


1. Doughy, S.


2. Soft, inactive, dest.i.tute of spirit, S.


DAIKER, _s._ A decad.


_Skene._


Su.G. _deker_, id.


DAIKIT, _part. pa._ "It has neer been _daikit_," it has never been used, Ang.


DAIL, _s._


1. A part, a portion; E. _deal_.


2. A number of persons.


_Chr. K._


_To have dale_, to have to do.


_Douglas._


DAIL, _s._ A ewe, which not becoming pregnant, is fattened for consumption.


_Complaynt S._


DAIMEN, _adj._ Rare, occasional, S. _auntrin_, synon.


~Daimen-Icker~, _s._ An ear of corn met with occasionally, S.


_Burns._


From A. S. _aecer_, an ear of corn, and perhaps _diement_, counted, from A. S. _dem-an_, to reckon.


DAINTA, DAINTIS, _interj._ It avails not, Aberd.


_Ross._


Teut. _dien-en_, to avail, and _intet_, nothing.


DAYNTe, _s._ Regard.


_Wyntown._


~Dainty~, _s._


1. Pleasant, good-humoured, S.


2. Worthy, excellent, S.


_Burns._


Isl. _daindi_, excellenter bonum quid; _dandis madr_, h.o.m.o virtuosus; rendered in Dan., _en brav mand_, S. a _braw man_; perfectly synon. with "a _dainty_ man."


~Daint.i.th~, _s._ A dainty, S.


_Kelly._


DAISE, _s._ The part of a stone bruised in consequence of the strokes of the pickaxe or chizzel, Ang.


DAYIS. _To hald dayis_, to hold a truce.