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

DEAF, adj.
1. Flat, applied to soil, S.

Su. G. daufjord, terra sterilis.

2. Without vegetable life; often applied to grain, S.

A. S. deaf corn, frumentum sterile.

3. Rotten; as, a deaf nit, S. Teut. doove noot, id.

DEAMBULATOUR, s. A gallery.

Lat. deambulator-ium, id.

Douglas.

DEAN, DEN, s.
1. A hollow where the ground slopes on both sides, S.
Statist. Acc.
2. A small valley, S.
Statist. Acc.

A. S. den, vallis.