Chapter L: B. delat-are, id

~Delator~, _s._ An accuser, S.

_Rollocke._

DELF, _s._

1. A pit.

_Douglas._

2. A grave.

_Wyntown._

Belg. _delve_, a pit; _delv-en_, to dig.

3. Crockery, S. Hence _delf-house_, a pottery, S.

DELIERET, DELIRIE, _adj._ Delirious.

_Burns._

_To_ DELYVER, _v. n._

1. To deliberate.

_Wyntown._

2. To determine.

_Bellenden._

Lat. _deliber-are_.

DELIUER, _adj._ Light, agile.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _delivre_, libre, degagé.

~Deliuerly~, _adv._ Nimbly.

_Barbour._

DELTIT, _part. adj._ Treated with great care, for preventing injury, Banffs.

Isl. _daella_, indulgentius, _dalaeti_, admiratio; _vera i dalaeti_,
haberi in delitiis.

_To_ DELUGE, _v. n._ To dislodge.

Fr. _delog-er_, to remove.

_Lyndsay._

_To_ DEMANE, DEMAINE, _v. a._ To treat; generally to maltreat, S. B.

O. Fr. _demain-er_, traiter.

_Dunbar._

_To_ DEMAINE, DEMEAN, _v. a._ To punish by cutting off the hand.

_Crookshank._

Lat. _de_ and _manus_, Fr. _main_, hand.

DEMANYT, _part. pa._ Demeaned.

_Barbour._

DEMELLE, _s._ Rencounter.

_Ruddiman._

Fr. _demel-er_, to contest.

DEMELLIT, _part. pa._ Hurt, injured, Ang.

~Demellitie~, _s._ A hurt, Ang. q. the effects of a broil.

_To_ DEMENT, _v. a._ To deprive of reason.

_Baillie._

~Demented~, _adj._

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 pronounces 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 title prefixed to names.

V. ~Dan~.

_Wyntown._

2. A dean.

_Houlate._

_To_ DEN, _v. a._ To dam.

_Barbour._

DENCE, _adj._ Danish.

_Godly Ball._

~Densman~, _s._ A Dane.

_Dunbar._

DENK, _adj._

1. Trim.

V. ~Dink~.

_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. _denté_, id.

_Gawan and Gol._

DENTILIOUN, _s._ Dandelion, an herb, S.

Fr. _dent de lyon_.

_Douglas._

DEPAYNTIT, Painted.

_King's Quair._

_To_ DEPAIR, _v. a._ To ruin.

_Palice Hon._

Fr. _deper-ir_, to perish.

_To_ DEPART, DEPERT, _v. a._ To divide.

Fr. _depart-ir_, id.

_Barbour._

_To_ DEPESCHE, DEPISCHE, _v. a._ To dispatch.

_Bellenden._

Fr. _despesch-er_, id.

_To_ DEPONE, _v. n._ To testify on oath, S.