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

DEWOR, DEWORY, s. Duty.
Barbour.

DEW-PIECE, s. A piece of bread given to servants when going out early to their work, S. B.
Sinclair.

DGUHARE, Houlate. Leg.
Alquhare.

DIBBER-DERRY, s. Confused debate, S. B.
Ross.

DIBLER, s. A large wooden platter.
Burrow Lawes.

O. E. dobeler, O. Fr. doublier, assiette.

To DICE, v. a. To sew in a waved form, S. B.
Ross.

To DICHT, DYCHT, v.
1. To prepare.
Douglas.

A. S. diht-an, Germ. dicht-en, parare.

2. To deck, S.
Douglas.
3. To dress food.
Ritson.
4. To polish.
Douglas.
5. To wipe, S.
Colvil.
6. To dry by rubbing, S.
Ross.
7. To sift, S. Cumb.
Burns.
8. To treat, to handle.
Douglas.
9. To handle, applied to the mind, S. B.