_To_ DAG, _v. n._ To rain gently, S.
Isl. _dogg-ua_, rigo, Sw. _dugg-a_, to drizzle.
~Dag~, _s._
1. A thin, or gentle rain, S.
Isl. _daugg_, pluvia, Sw. _dagg_, a thick or drizzling rain.
2. A thick fog, a mist, S.
Su. G. _dagg_, dew.
DAY-NETTLES, Dead nettles, an herb, S.
DAIGH, _s._ Dough, S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _dah_, id.
~Daighie~, _s._
1. Doughy, S.
2. Soft, inactive, dest.i.tute of spirit, S.
DAIKER, _s._ A decad.
_Skene._
Su.G. _deker_, id.
DAIKIT, _part. pa._ "It has ne"er been _daikit_," it has never been used, Ang.
DAIL, _s._
1. A part, a portion; E. _deal_.
2. A number of persons.
_Chr. K._
_To have dale_, to have to do.
_Douglas._
DAIL, _s._ A ewe, which not becoming pregnant, is fattened for consumption.
_Complaynt S._
DAIMEN, _adj._ Rare, occasional, S. _auntrin_, synon.
~Daimen-Icker~, _s._ An ear of corn met with occasionally, S.
_Burns._
From A. S. _aecer_, an ear of corn, and perhaps _diement_, counted, from A. S. _dem-an_, to reckon.
DAINTA, DAINTIS, _interj._ It avails not, Aberd.
_Ross._
Teut. _dien-en_, to avail, and _intet_, nothing.
DAYNTe, _s._ Regard.
_Wyntown._
~Dainty~, _s._
1. Pleasant, good-humoured, S.
2. Worthy, excellent, S.
_Burns._
Isl. _daindi_, excellenter bonum quid; _dandis madr_, h.o.m.o virtuosus; rendered in Dan., _en brav mand_, S. a _braw man_; perfectly synon. with "a _dainty_ man."
~Daint.i.th~, _s._ A dainty, S.
_Kelly._
DAISE, _s._ The part of a stone bruised in consequence of the strokes of the pickaxe or chizzel, Ang.
DAYIS. _To hald dayis_, to hold a truce.