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

DIFFICIL, adj. Difficult.
Complaynt S.

To DIFFOUND, v. a. To diffuse.
Douglas.

DIGNE. adj. Worthy.
V. [Ding].

DIKE, DYK, s.
1. A wall, S.
Kelly.
2. A vein of whinstone, traversing the strata of coal, S.
Statist. Acc.
3. A ditch.
Wallace.

A. S. dic, Su. G. dike, id.

To Dyk, v. a. To inclose with ramparts or ditches.
Barbour.

Diker, Dyker, s. One who builds inclosures of stone, generally without lime; also dry-diker, S.
Statist. Acc.

To DILL, v. a. To conceal.
Callander.

Isl. dyll-a, Su. G. doel-ja, occultare.

To DILL, v. a. To assuage or remove.
Bannatyne Poems.