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_To_ ~Dill Down~, _v. n._ To subside.
_Baillie._
DILATOR, _s._ A delay; old law term.
L. B. _dilatare_, to delay.
_Baillie._
DILP, _s._ A trollop.
_Ross._
Sw. _toelp_, an awkward fellow.
_To_ DYMENEW, _v. a._ To diminish.
_Douglas._
_To_ DIN, DYN, _v. n._
1. To make a noise.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. To resound.
A. S. _dyn-an_, id.
_Barbour._
DYND, _part. pa._
_Bannatyne Poems._
_To_ DING, _v. a._
1. To drive,
_S. b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
2. To exert one's self.
_Henrysone._
3. To beat.
_Wyntown._
4. To strike by piercing.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
5. To scourge, to flog.
_Acts Ja. I._
6. To overcome, S.
_Ferguson._
7. To excel. S.
_Ramsay._
8. To discourage, S. B.
_Ferguson._
9. _To ding down_, to overthrow, S.
_Barbour._
10. _To ding in_, to drive in, S.
11. _To ding off_, to drive from.
_Douglas._
12. _To ding on_, to attack with violence.
_Barbour._
13. _To ding out_, to expel.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
_To ding out the bottom of_ any thing, to make an end of it, S.
_Baillie._
14. _To ding ouer_, to overthrow, also to overcome, S.
