An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 223
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 223
1. Insane, S.
_Wodrow._
2. Unsettled in mind, S.
_Baillie._
Lat. _demens_, insane.
~Dementation~, _s._ Derangement.
_Wodrow._
DEMPSTER, DEMSTER, _s._
1. A judge, S. B.
2. The officer of a court, who p.r.o.nounces doom.
_Justice Air._
A. S. _dem-an_, to judge.
DEMT, _part. pa._ Judged, doomed.
_Barbour._
DEN, _s._ A hollow.
V. ~Dean~.
DEN, _s._
1. A respectful t.i.tle prefixed to names.
V. ~Dan~.
_Wyntown._
2. A dean.
_Houlate._
_To_ DEN, _v. a._ To dam.
_Barbour._
DENCE, _adj._ Danish.
_G.o.dly Ball._
~Densman~, _s._ A Dane.
_Dunbar._
DENK, _adj._
1. Trim.
V. ~d.i.n.k~.
_Dunbar._
2. Saucy, nice.
_Dunbar._
DENSAIXES, _s. pl._ Danish axes.
_Statist. Acc._
DENT, DINT, _s._ Affection.
_To tyne dent_ of a person or thing, to lose regard, Ang.
_Ferguson._
DENT, _part. pa._ Indented.
Fr. _dente_, id.
_Gawan and Gol._
DENTILIOUN, _s._ Dandelion, an herb, S.
Fr. _dent de lyon_.