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

DECOURTED, part. pa. Dismissed from court.
Melvill.

DEDE, DEID, s.
1. Death, S., O.E.
Dunbar.
2. The cause of death, S.
Minstrelsy Border.
3. The manner of dying.
Wyntown.

A. S. ded, Su. G. doed, id.

Dedechack, s. The sound made by a woodwoom, S. Chackie-mill, S. B.

Dede-Ill, s. Mortal sickness.
Wyntown.

Dedlyke, adj. Deadly.

A. S. deadlic.

Wyntown.

Dede-Nip, s. A blue mark in the body, ascribed to necromancy; witch's nip, synon. S.

Teut. doode-nep, id.