An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 219

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 219

Fr. _debat-re_, to strive.


DEBAITMENT, _s._ Contention.


Fr. _debatement_, id.


_Palice Honour._


_To_ DEBORD, _v. n._ To go beyond proper bounds.


_More_.


Fr. _debord-er_, to exceed rule.


~Debording~, _s._ Excess.


_To_ DEBOUT, _v. a._ To thrust from; Fr. _debout-er_.


_G.o.dscroft_.


DECAY, _s._ A decline, S.


_Brand_.


_To_ DECORE, _v. a._ To adorn, Fr. _decor-er_.


_R. Bruce_.


DECOURTED, _part. pa._ Dismissed from court.


_Melvill._


DEDE, DEID, _s._


1. Death, S., O.E.


_Dunbar._


2. The cause of death, S.


_Minstrelsy Border._


3. The manner of dying.


_Wyntown._


A. S. _ded_, Su. G. _doed_, id.


~Dedechack~, _s._ The sound made by a woodwoom, S. _Chackie-mill_, S. B.


~Dede-Ill~, _s._ Mortal sickness.


_Wyntown._


~Dedlyke~, _adj._ Deadly.


A. S. _deadlic_.


_Wyntown._


~Dede-Nip~, _s._ A blue mark in the body, ascribed to necromancy; _witchs nip_, synon. S.


Teut. _doode-nep_, id.


~Dede-Thraw~, _s._


1. The agonies of death.


A. S. _thrawan_, agonizare.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


2. Meat is said to be _in the dead-thraw_, when neither cold nor hot, S.


3. _Left in the dead-thraw_, left unfinished, S.


_To_ DEDEINYE, DEDANE, _v. n._ To deign.


_Douglas._


DEE, _s._ A dairy-maid.


V. ~Dey~.


DEEP, _s._ The deepest part of a river.


_Law Case._


DEEPDRAUCHt.i.t, _adj._ Designing, crafty, S. from _deep_, and _draucht a_ plan.