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

Dede-Thraw, s.
1. The agonies of death.

A. S. thrawan, agonizare.

Bellenden.

2. Meat is said to be in the dead-thraw, when neither cold nor hot, S.
3. Left in the dead-thraw, left unfinished, S.

To DEDEINYE, DEDANE, v. n. To deign.
Douglas.

DEE, s. A dairy-maid.
V. [Dey].

DEEP, s. The deepest part of a river.
Law Case.

DEEPDRAUCHTIT, adj. Designing, crafty, S. from deep, and draucht a plan.

DEER-HAIR, DEERS-HAIR, s. Heath clubrush, S.
Minstrelsy Border.

To DEFAIK, v. a. To relax, to remit; Fr. defalqu-er.
Bellenden.