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_Douglas._

DAIL, _s._ A ewe, which not becoming pregnant, is fattened for consumption.

_Complaynt S._

DAIMEN, _adj._ Rare, occasional, S. _auntrin_, synon.

~Daimen-Icker~, _s._ An ear of corn met with occasionally, S.

_Burns._

From A. S. _aecer_, an ear of corn, and perhaps _diement_, counted, from A. S. _dem-an_, to reckon.

DAINTA, DAINTIS, _interj._ It avails not, Aberd.

_Ross._

Teut. _dien-en_, to avail, and _intet_, nothing.

DAYNTe, _s._ Regard.

_Wyntown._

~Dainty~, _s._

1. Pleasant, good-humoured, S.

2. Worthy, excellent, S.

_Burns._

Isl. _daindi_, excellenter bonum quid; _dandis madr_, h.o.m.o virtuosus; rendered in Dan., _en brav mand_, S. a _braw man_; perfectly synon. with ”a _dainty_ man.”

~Daint.i.th~, _s._ A dainty, S.

_Kelly._

DAISE, _s._ The part of a stone bruised in consequence of the strokes of the pickaxe or chizzel, Ang.

DAYIS. _To hald dayis_, to hold a truce.

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