DEVINING, S. (4.-N.) Divination. DEVISE, v. (A.-N.) (1) To direct; to order; to relate.

(2) To get knowledge of; to espy. (3) At point devise (a French phrase), with the utmost ex

actness.

DEVOIDE, v. (A.-N.) (1) To re

move.

(2) To avoid, or shun. DEVOIR, S. (4.-N.) Duty.

Than the saide sir Rauf Grey deperted from the saide heroud, ant put hym in devoir to make deffence.

MS. Coll. Arm., L ix.

DEVOLUTED, part. p. (Lat.) Rolled down.

DEVOTERER, S. (4.-N.) An adul

terer.

DEVOTION, S. A thing consecrated. DEVOURE, V. To deflower, or ravish. DEVOUTEMENT, adv. (A.-N.) Devoutly.

DEVOW, V. (1)To disavow. Fletcher. (2) To dedicate to. DEVULSION, S. A breaking up. DEW, V. To rain slightly. DEW-BEATERS, S. Coarse oiled shoes that resist the dew. DEWBERRY, S. (A.-S.) (1) The rubus chamamorus, often confused with the blackberry, but its fruit is larger.

(2) The gooseberry. Var. d. DEW-BIT, S. A first meal in the

morning. West. DEW-DRINK, s. The first allow

DEW-CUP, ance of beer to har

vest men. East.

DEWE, pret. t. of daye. Dawned. DEWEN, v. (A.-S.) To deafen. DEWING, 8. The dew. DEWLAP, S. (1) A coarse woollen stocking, buttoned over another to keep the leg dry. Kent. (2) The nymphæ pudendi. See Cotgrave, v. Landie. DEWRE, v. To endure. See Dure. DEW-ROUNDS, s. The ring-walks of deer.

DEW-SNAIL, S. A slug. North.
DEWTRY. See Deutery.
DEXE, S. A desk.

DEXTERICAL, adj. Dexterous.
DEY, S. The servant who had the
charge of the dairy. Dey-wife, a
dairy-woman. Palsgrave.
DEYE, v. (A.-S.) To die.
DEYER, S. (A.-S.) A dier.
DEYKE, s. A hedge. Cumb.
DEYL, S. A part. See Dele.
DEYLED, adj. Careworn. Cumb.
DEYNOUS, adj. (A.-N.) Disdainful.
Deynoushede, scornfulness. Dey-
nyd, disdained.

DEYRE, v. (A.-S.) To injure.
DEYTRON, S. Daughters.

DEZICK, S. A day's work. Sussex.
DEZZED, part. p. Injured by cold.
Cumb.

DEZE, V. (A.-S.) To die.

DIABLO, excl. (Span.) The devil! DIAL, S. A compass. Var. d. DIALOGUE, S. The eighth part of a sheet of writing paper. North. DIAMER-WINDOW, 8. The projecting window in a roof. Northampt. DIAPENIDION, 8. (Gr.) An electuary.

DIAPER, (1) v. (A.-N.) To decorate with various colours; to embroider.

(2) s. A rich figured cloth;
a sort of printed linen.

DIB, (1) v. To dip.

(2) s. A valley. North.

also

(3) s. The cramp-bone. Dorset. DIBBEN, s. A fillet of veal. Devon. DIBBITY, S. A pancake. Var. d. DIBBLE, S. A setting stick. Var. DIBBER, dial.

DIBBLE-DABBLE, S. Rubbish. North. DIBBLER, 8. A pewter plate. Cumb.

DIBLES, S. Difficulties. East. DIBS, 8. (1) The small bones in the knees of a sheep, uniting the bones above and below the joint.

(2) A game played with sheep bones.

(3) Money.

DIBSTONE, S. Tossing pebbles. A child's game.

DICACIOUS, adj. (Lat.) Talkative.
DICARE, S. A digger.
DICE, s. A piece. Yorksh.
DICHE, v. (4.-S.) To dig. Dicher,
a digger.

DICHT. See Dight.

DICK, (1) s. A leather apron and bib, worn by poor children in the North.

(2) v. To deck, or adorn. North. (3) s. The bank of a ditch. Norf. (4) s. A sort of hard cheese. Suff. DICK-A-DILVER, S. The periwinkle. East.

DICKASS, S. A jack-ass. North. DICK-A-TUESDAY, s. A sort of hobgoblin. "Ghosts, hobgoblins, Will with a wisp, or Dicke-a-Tuesday." The Vow-breaker, 1636, ii, 1. DICK-DANDIPRAT, s. Three-halfpence.

DICKEN, 8. The devil.
DICKER, (perhaps from Lat. decas.)
The quantity of ten, of any com-
modity; as a dicker of hides.
Behold, said Pas, a whole dicker of wit.
Pembr. Arc., p. 393.

DICK-HOLL, 8. A ditch. Norf. DICK-POT, S. A brown earthen pot, sometimes pierced with holes, and filled with bright coals or wood embers, placed by women under their petticoats to keep their feet and legs warm. Northampt. DICKY, S. (1) A common leather apron.

(2) A woman's under-petticoat.
(3) The top of a hill. West.
(4) A donkey.

(5) It is all dickey with him, it is all over with him. See Dicken. DICKY-BIRD, s. A louse. DICT, 8. (Lat.) A saying. DICTITATE, . (Lat.) To speak often.

DICTOUR, 8. (A.-N.) A judge.
DID, v. To hide. Craven.
DIDAL, (1) 8. A triangular spade.
East.

(2) v. To clean a ditch or river. DIDAPPER, S. The little diver. DIDD, s. A cow's teat. Var. d.

DIDDY,

DIDDER, v. To shiver. North.
DIDDLE, (1) v. To cajole.

(2) v. To dawdle. East.
(3) v. To hum a tune. North.
(4) s. A contrivance for taking
salmon. West.

DIDDLECOME. Sorely vexed. West.
DIDDLES, 8. (1) Young ducks. East.
(2) Sucking pigs. Northampt.
DIDEN, pret. t. pl. of do.
DIDO, S. A trick, or trifle.
DIERE, 8. (4.-S.) A wild beast.
DIERN, adj. Severe; stern. West.
DIET, 8. To take diet, to be put

under a regimen for the lues

venerea.

DIET, 8. (A.-N.) Daily food. DIETE, Diet-bread, a daily allowance of bread. Diet-house, a boarding house.

Diffade, v. (A.-N.) To damage, or destroy.

DIFFAME, (1) 8. (A.-N.) Bad repu

tation.

(2) v. To disgrace.

(3) v. To spread abroad the fame of any one. DIFFIBULATE, v. (Lat.) To un

button.

DIFFICILE, adj. (A.-N.) Difficult. DIFFICILITATE, v. (Lat.) To make difficult.

DIFFICULT, adj. Peevish; fretful. North.

DIFFIDE, v. (Lat.) To distrust. DIFFIGURE, v. (Fr.) To disfigure. DIFFIND, v. (Lat.) To cleave. DIFFINE, V. (A.-N.) To determine. DIFFINISH, v. To define. DIFFODED, part. p. Digged. DIFFUGOUS, adj. (Lat.) Flying di

vers ways.

(4) To prepare, or clean. North. (5) To foul, or dirty. Ray. DIGHTINGS, S. Deckings. DIGNE, adj. (A.-N.) (1) Worthy. Digneliche, deservedly. (2) Proud; disdainful. DIGNOSTICK, S. (Gr.) An indication.

DIGRAVE. See Dike-reve.
DIGRESS, v. To deviate.
DIKE, (1) s. (A.-S.) A ditch.

(2) v. (A.-S.) To dig; to make

DIKE-STOUR, 8. A hedge-stake. Cumb.

DILANIATE, v. (Lat.) To tear in pieces.

DILATORY, 8. (Lat.) A delay. DILDE, v. (A.-N.) To protect. DILDOE, S. Mentula factitia. Cotgrave in Godemiche.

DILDRAMS, S. Improbable tales.
West.

DILE, s. The devil.
DILECTION, 8. (Lat.) Love.
DILL, 8.

dial.

(1) Hedge parsley. Var.

(2) Two-seeded tare. Glouc.
(3) A cant word for a wench.
Dekker.

DILLAR, 8. The shaft-horse. Wilts.
DILLE, (1) v. To soothe; to calm.
(2) v. To dull, or prevent.
(3) adj. Dull; foolish.
DILLED, part. p. Completed. Cumb.
DILLING, S. A darling, or favorite ;
the youngest of a brood.

Whilst the birds billing
Each one with his dilling
The thickets still filling
With amorous notes.

Drayt., Nymphal., 3.

Of such account were-Titus deliciæ humani generis, and, which Aurelius Victor hath of Vespasian, the dilling of his time, as Edgar Etheling was in England, for his excellent virtues.

Burton's Anat. of Mel.

DILLS, S. The paps of a sow. East. DILLY, S. (1) A small public carriage.

(2) A sort of light cart, formed by a hurdle placed on an axletree and wheels. Somerset.

(3) A game played with pieces of
lead. Norf

DILNOTE, S. The plant cidamum.
DILT, v. To stop up. North.
DILVE, v. To cleanse ore. Cornw.
DILVERED, adj. Tired; confused;
drowsy; nervous. East.
DIM, 8. (4.-S.) Dimness.
DIMBER, adj. Pretty. Worc.
DIMBLE, S. A dingle.
DIMHEDE, S. (41.-S.) Dimness.
DIMINIT, v. (Lat.) To diminish.
DIMINUTE, adj. (Lat.) Imperfect.
DIMME, adj. (A.-S.) (1) Dark.

(2) Difficult to understand. DIMMET, S. Twilight. Devon. DIMMING, 8. (4.-S.) The dawn of day.

DIMP, v. To dimple. Northampt. DIMPSE, S. Twilight. Somerset. DIMPSEY, adj. Neat; smart. Northampt.

DIMSEL, S. A large piece of stag

nant water. Sussex. DINCH, adj. Deaf. Somerset. DINCH-PICK, 8. A dung-fork. Glouc. DINDER, S. Thunder. Exmoor. Dinderex, a thunderbolt. DINDERS, 8. The popular name for the small Roman coins found at Wroxeter. Shropsh. DINDLE, (1)v. To tremble, or shake. (2) v. To stagger. North. (3) v. To tingle.

(4) s. The sowthistle. Norf. DINE-DOPPING,

and

He is worse then an otter-hound for a
dine-dopping ale-house-keeper:
hunts him out unreasonably from his
element of liquor; and yet he may seeme
reasonable honest, for he hearkens
readily to a composition.

Stephens's Essays and Characters, 1615. DING, v. (1) To strike violently down; to dash.

This while our noble king,
His broad sword brandishing,
Down the French host did ding.
Drayt., Ballad of Aginc.

(2) To bluster. Worc.
(3) To reprove. West.
(4) To surpass. Chesh.
(5) To reiterate, or importune.
Devon.

(6) To ding on the nose, to taunt.
Northampt.

DING-DING, 8. An old term of endearment.

DING-DONG, adv. In good earnest. DING-DOSSEL, S. Adung-pot. Devon. DINGDOULERS, s. Finery in dress. East.

DING-FUZ, S. A pet; anger. Northampt.

DINGHY, 8. A jolly-boat. North. DINGING, S. (A.-S.) A blow. DINGLE, (1) v. To drizzle. "Dew it rain? No-ta ded dingle just now." Norf.

(2) On the dingle, on trust. Northampt.

DINGNER, adj. More worthy. DING-THRIFT, s. A spendthrift. DINGY, adj. Foul; dirty. Somerset. DINMAN, 8. A two-year sheep. North.

DINNEL, v. To stagger; to tingle from cold, &c. North. DINNICK, 8. The Devonshire name of a small bird said to follow and feed the cuckoo.

DINSPICK, S. A three-pronged fork.
Warw.

DINT, S. (A.-S.) A stroke.
DINTLE, (1) v. To indent. North.

(2) s. An inferior sort of leather. DIOL, 8. (4.-S.) Dole.

DIP, (1) v. To go downward, as a vein of mineral.

(2) s. Butter, sugar, or any sauce
eaten with pudding. North.
(3) s. Salt. Dorset.

(4) adj. Cunning; deep. West. DIPLOIS, 8. (Gr.) A cloak. DIPPER, (1) s. Á bird, the cinclus aquaticus.

(2) adj. Deeper.

DIPPINGS, 8. The grease, &c., collected by the cook.

DIPPIN-NET, 8. A small net attached to two round sticks for sides, and a long pole for a handle, used for dipping salmon and some other fish, as the shad, out of the water. Somerset.

DIPTATIVE, S. A term in alchemy.
DIRD, S. Thread. Somerset.
DIRDAM, S. An uproar.
DIREMPT, part. p. Divided.
DIRGE-ALE, 8. A funeral wake.
DIRITY, 8. (Lat.) Direness.
DIRK, v. To darken.
DIRKE, v. To injure. Spenser.
DIRL, (1) v. To move quickly.
Yorksh. Dirler, an active person.
(2) v. To shudder.

(3) s. A thrill of pain. North.
DIRSH, S. A thrush. Somerset.
DIRT, S. Rain. North.
DIRT-BIRD, S. The woodpecker.
North.

DIRTEN, adj. Made of dirt. West.
DIRTMENT, S. Rubbish. North.
DIRT-PIES, 8. Earth made into
paste.

I will learn to ride, fence, vault, and
make fortifications in dirt-pyes.
Otway, The Atheist, 1684.

DIRT-WEED, 8. The chenopodium viride, Lin.

DIRUTER, 8. (Lat.) A destroyer.
DISABLE, (1) v. To disparage.
(2) adj. Unable.

DISACTLY, adv. Exactly. Lanc.
DISADMONISH, v. To dissuade.
DISAFFIRM, S. To deny.
DISALLOW, v. (A.-N.) To dis-
approve.

DISANNUL, v. To contradict; to

dispossess; to remove; to injure; to inconvenience. Var. dial. DISAPPOINTED, part. p. Unarmed. DISAR, 1s. An actor. Generally DISARD, applied to the clown. "A dizzard or common vice and jester counterfetting the gestures of any man, and moving his body as him list." Nomen

clator. "Disard in an enterlude. Pantomimus." Huloet. DISARRAY, S. (A.-N.) Disorder. DISAVAIL, v. To prejudice any one in the world.

DISAVAUNCE, v. (A.-N.) To drive

back.

DISAVENTURE, s. (A.-N.) Misfortune.

DISBEAUTIFY, v. To deface anything.

DISBLAME, v. (A.-N.) To clear from blame.

DISCANDY, v. To dissolve. Shakesp.
DISCARD, v. To put one or more
cards out of the pack.
DISCASE, v. To undress.
DISCEYVANCE, 8. (4.-N.) Deceit.
DISCHAITE, S. (A.-N.) Ambush.
DISCHARGE, v. To pay one's

reckoning.

Jacke seeing he no more would pay,
Unto his maister went,

And told him there was one within
That had much victualls spent,
And would not see the house dischargd.
Rowlands, Knave of Clubs, 1611.
DISCHENELY, adv. (A.-N.) Se-
cretly.

DISCIPLE, v. To discipline. DISCIPLINE, s. Church reformation.

DISCLAUNDERER, s. A calumniator. "To stone hym (Stephen) to deth as for a dyssclaunderer." The Festyvall, fol. lxx. DISCLOSE, v. To hatch. DISCOLOURED, adj. Variegated. DISCOMFORT, (1) s. (A.-N.) Displeasure.

To ruffle any

(2) v. To discourage. DISCOMFRONTLE, v. one. East. DISCOMMODITY, 8. Inconvenience. To seeke his own commoditie, even by the discommoditie of another?

Terence in English, 1641.

DISCONVENIENCE, s. (A.-N.) Misfortune.

DISCORDABLE, adj. Disagreeing.