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DIRD, _s._ An achievement; used ironically, S. B.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

Teut. _dagh-vaerd_, Isl. _dagferd_, a day's journey.

~Dirdum~, _s._ Deed, achievement, S.B. ibid.

~Dirdum-Dardum~, _s._ A term, expressive of contempt for an action.

_Chr. Kirk._

DIRD, _s._ A stroke, Aberd.

_Ross._

Fr. _dourd-er_, to beat.

DIRDUM, s.

1. An uproar, S.

_King Hart._

C. B. _dowrd_, sonitus, strepitus.

2. Damage. ”To dree the _dirdum_,” to do penance, S. B.

3. Pa.s.sion, ill humour, Perths.

Gael. _diardan_. surliness, anger.

DIRK, _s._ A dagger.

V. ~Durk~.

DIRK, DYRK, _adj._ Dark.

_Wallace._

A. S. _deorc_.

_To_ DIRK, _v.n._ To grope in utter darkness.

_Ferguson._

_To_ ~Dirkin~, _v. n._ To act clandestinely.