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

Dirl, s.
1. A slight tremulous stroke, S.
2. The pain caused by such a stroke, S.
3. A vibration, S.
Burns.

Dirling, s. A short-lived smarting pain, S.
Douglas.

DIRR, adj.
1. Torpid, benumbed, Loth.
2. Insensible, used in a moral sense, Loth.

Su. G. daer-a, infatuare.

To Dirr, v. n. To be benumbed, ibid.

DIRT, s. Excrement, S.

Dirtin, adj.
1. Defiled with excrement, S.
2. Mean, contemptible, S.
Bellenden.

Dirt-fear'd, adj. So much afraid as to lose the power of retention, S.
Hamilton.

To DISAGYIS, To disguise.
Gl. Complaynt.

DYSCHOWYLL, adj. Undressed.