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Fr. _Dieu garde_.
DEWGS, _s. pl._ Rags, shreds, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ DEWYD, DEWOYD, _v. n._ To divide.
_Wallace._
_To_ DEWYSS, DIUISS, _v. a._ To divide.
Fr. _devis-er_, id.
_Barbour._
DEWYT, deafened, stunned.
V. ~Deve~.
DEWOR, DEWORY, _s._ Duty.
_Barbour._
DEW-PIECE, _s._ A piece of bread given to servants when going out early to their work, S. B.
_Sinclair._
DGUHARE, Houlate. Leg.
_Alquhare._
DIBBER-DERRY, _s._ Confused debate, S. B.
_Ross._
DIBLER, _s._ A large wooden platter.
_Burrow Lawes._
O. E. _dobeler_, O. Fr. _doublier_, a.s.siette.
_To_ DICE, _v. a._ To sew in a waved form, S. B.
_Ross._
_To_ DICHT, DYCHT, _v._
1. To prepare.
_Douglas._
A. S. _diht-an_, Germ. _dicht-en_, parare.
2. To deck, S.
_Douglas._
3. To dress food.
_Ritson._
4. To polish.
_Douglas._
5. To wipe, S.
_Colvil._
6. To dry by rubbing, S.
_Ross._
7. To sift, S. c.u.mb.
_Burns._
8. To treat, to handle.
_Douglas._
9. To handle, applied to the mind, S. B.
Belg. _dicht-en_, Su. G. _dicht-a_, to compose.
10. To drub, S. B.
_Hamilton._
