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11. To make an end of.
_Douglas._
~Dichtings~, _s. pl._
1. Refuse, S.
_Ross._
2. The refuse of corn, S. synon. _s.h.a.g_.
_To_ DICT, _v. a._ To dictate.
V. ~Dite~.
_To_ DIDDLE, _v. n._
1. To move like a dwarf, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To shake, to jog.
_Burns._
Isl. _dudd-est_, segnipes esse.
DIE, s. A toy, a gewgaw, Loth.
DIET-BOOKE, s. A diary.
_Calderwood._
L. B. _diaet-a_, iter unius diei.
DIFFER, _s._ A difference, S.
_Bp. Forbes._
DIFFICIL, _adj._ Difficult.
_Complaynt S._
_To_ DIFFOUND, _v. a._ To diffuse.
_Douglas._
DIGNE. _adj._ Worthy.
V. ~Ding~.
DIKE, DYK, _s._
1. A wall, S.
_Kelly._
2. A vein of _whinstone_, traversing the strata of coal, S.
_Statist. Acc._
3. A ditch.
_Wallace._
A. S. _dic_, Su. G. _dike_, id.
_To_ ~Dyk~, _v. a._ To inclose with ramparts or ditches.
_Barbour._
~Diker~, ~d.y.k.er~, _s._ One who builds inclosures of stone, generally without lime; also _dry-diker_, S.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ DILL, _v. a._ To conceal.
_Callander._
Isl. _dyll-a_, Su. G. _doel-ja_, occultare.
_To_ DILL, _v. a._ To a.s.suage or remove.
_Bannatyne Poems._
A. S. _dilg-ian_, delere; Isl. _dill-a_, lallare.
