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

DEMANYT, part. pa. Demeaned.
Barbour.

DEMELLE, s. Rencounter.
Ruddiman.

Fr. demel-er, to contest.

DEMELLIT, part. pa. Hurt, injured, Ang.

Demellitie, s. A hurt, Ang. q. the effects of a broil.

To DEMENT, v. a. To deprive of reason.
Baillie.

Demented, adj.
1. Insane, S.
Wodrow.
2. Unsettled in mind, S.
Baillie.

Lat. demens, insane.

Dementation, s. Derangement.
Wodrow.

DEMPSTER, DEMSTER, s.
1. A judge, S. B.
2. The officer of a court, who pronounces doom.
Justice Air.