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Decency, s. 1. Propriety of form, becoming cere-
mony : eireachdas, ciibhaidlieachd loinn. 2. suit-
ableness to character, propriety : eireachdas, cubh-
aidheachd, iomchuidheachd. 3. modesty, not ri-
baldry, not obscenity : beusachd, beusaichead,
modh.
Decennial, adj. Deich bliadhnail.
Decent, adj. 1. Becoming, fit, suitable : eireachd-
ail, ciatach, loinneil, freagarrach, iomchuidh, cubh-
aidli. 2. grave, not gaudy : eireachdail, coir. 3.
not wanton, not immodest : beusach, ceanalta,
modhail, stuama.
Decently, adv. See Decent.
Deceptible, adj. So-mheallaidh.
Deception, «. 1. The act, or means of deceiving,
cheat, fraud: chiipireachd, mealladh, foil!, cealg,
cuilbheart. 2. the state of being deceived : meall-
adh, diobradh.
Deceptious, \ adj. Meallta, mealltach, cealgach,
Deceptive, j foilleil, carach, mi-ch!easach.
Decerpt, adj. Lomairte, beàrrta, sgathta.
Decerptible, adj. So-bhearraidh, so-sgathaidh.
Decerption, 4'. Bearradh, lomradh, sgathadh.
Decerptation, s. Connsachadh, tagradh.
Decession, s. Sgaradh, dol air falbh.
Decide, v. a. et n. Thoir breith, comh-dhiàin, cuir
gu crich, no, ceann.
Decidedly, adv. Gu cinnteach, gun teagamh, gu
deirahinn.
Decidenxe, s. 1. The quality of being shed, or of
falling off: malcadh, tuiteam dheth. 2. the act of
falling away : malcadh, seargadh, seacadh.
Decider, s. 1. One who determines causes : breith-
eamh, fear comh-dhùnaidh cùise. 2. one who de-
termines quarrels : breithearah, fear reite.
Deciduous, adj. Seargach, meo-mhaireannach,
meathach.
Deciduousness, s. Seargachd, seachdachd.
Decimal, adj. Deich-roinneach, deicheadh.
Decimate, I). «. I. Tithe, take the tenth : deach-
maich, tog an deachamh. 2. select by lot, every
tenth soldier in a general meeting, for punishment :
deichmhich.
Decimation, s. 1. A tithing : deachamh. 2. a se-
lection of every tenth man for punishment : deich-
mheachadh.
Decipher, v. a. 1. Explain that which is written
in cyphers : leugh dorch sgrlobhadh. 2. mark
down in characters: sgriobh a sios. 3. stamp,
mark : comharraich, cuir comharradh air. 4. un-
fold, unravel : minich, dean soilleir, dean so-thuig-
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Decipherer, s. Fear mineachaidh dorch-sgriobh-
aidh.
Decision, s. 1. Determination of a difference, or of
a doubt : breth, breitheanas comh-dhùuadh. 2.
determination of an event : crioch, ceann mu dheir-
eadh. 3. the act of separation: sgaradh, iou;-
sgaradh.
Decisive, adj. Comh-dhùnach, dearbhach, crioch-
nach.
Decisively, adv. See Decisive.
Decisiveness, s. Dearbhachd, cinnteachd.
Deck, v. a. 1. Cover, spread : còmhdaich, sgeud-
aich, sgaoil thairis air. 2. dress, array: eidich,
sgeudaich, breaghaich, sgiamhaich, maisich. 3. a-
dorn, embellish : breaghaich, sgiamhaich, mais-
ich, sgeadaich.
Deck, s. Bòrd-luinge.
Decker, s. 1. A dresser, one that apparels, or a-
dorns : fear-sgeadaichidh. 2. two-decker : long
da bhùird.
Decking, s. Sgeadas, usgar.
Declaim,' ij. a. et n. 1. Advocate, speak in favour
of : tagair. 2. harangue, speak to the passions :
dean òraid, labhair gu snas-bhriathrach, dean àrd-
ghlòir.
Declaimer, s. Fear snas-bhriathrach, fear àrd-ghlòir-
each, òraideach, tagaireach.
Declaiming, s. Àrd-ghlòir, briathrachas, òraiddheas-
chainnteach.
Declamatory, adj. 1. Relating to the practice
of declaiming : snas-bhriathrach, àrd-ghlòireach,
òraideach. 2. appealing to the passions : snas-
bhriathrach, deas-fhocalach àrd-ghloireach, òraid-
each.
Declarable, adj. So-dhearbhta.
Declaration, s. 1. A proclamation, or affirma-
tion: gairm, aithris, cur an ceill, taisbeanadh,
foillseachadh. 2. (in law) the shewing forth, or
laying out of an action in any suit : foillseachadh,
iiochdadh, seasamh ciiise.
Declarative, \ adj. Foillseachail, taisbeanach, a'
Declaratory, j cur an ceill.
Declaratorily, adv. See Declaratory.
Declare, v. a. et n. 1. Make known, tell openly :
nochd taisbein, innis, aithris, cuir an ceill. 2.
publish, proclaim : cuir an ceill, aithris. 3. shew
an opinion in plain terms : cuir an ceill. 5. make
a declaration : abair, dean aideachadh.
Declaredly, adv. Gu follaiseacli, gun cleith.
Declarer, s. Fear-aithris, fear-nochdaidh, fear cuir
an ceill.
Declaring, s. Cur an ceill, innseadh, nochdadh,
taisbeanadh.
Declension, s. 1. Tendency from a greater to a
less degree of excellence : isleachadh, cromadh,
tèarnadh, seargadh, dol sios. 2. declination, de-
scent : tearnadh, cromadh, isleachadh, lùbadh,
claonadh, aoniadh. 3. inflexion, manner of chang-
ing nouns : liibadh, cromadh, dol troimh chùisean
focail.
Declinable, adj. Aig am bheil ciiisean.
Declination, s. 1. Descent, change from a better
to a worse state, decay : isleachadh, lagachadh,
seargadh, beul sios, dol le bruthach. 2. the art of
bending down : cromadh, lùbadh. 3. variation
from rectitude, oblique motion : camadh, fiaradh,
lubadh, cromadh. 4. deviation from moral recti-
tude : seacharan, claonadh. 5. variation from a
fixed point : mùthadh, fiaradh. 6. the act of
shunning : seachnadh.
Declinator, \ j , f j ; . chòmhnaird.
Declinatory, J