An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Daighie, s.
1. Doughy, S.
2. Soft, inactive, destitute of spirit, S.

DAIKER, s. A decad.
Skene.

Su. G. deker, id.

DAIKIT, part. pa. "It has ne'er been daikit," it has never been used, Ang.

DAIL, s.
1. A part, a portion; E. deal.
2. A number of persons.
Chr. K.
To have dale, to have to do.
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.