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DIOMBANACHD
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DITH
r\', fteeting, transient; more properly
diomain, the b being changed into m,
which often happens.
DiOMBUANACiiD, dyèm'an'-achg, n.f. tran-
sitoriness, evanescence, short duration.
DiOMBUANAS, same as above.
DiOMBUiL, dyèmb'-bùl, n.f. misapplication.
DiOMHAiR, dyèv'-ur', a. secret, mysterious,
private; gnothach diomhair, a private
affair; lonely, solitary.
DioMHAiREACHD, dyèv'ar'achg, re. f. pri-
vacy, mystery ; solitude.
OiOMHANACH, jjev'-an'-aeh, a. idle, lazy;
in vain; vain; is diomhanach dhuit
teannadh ris, it is idle, it is in vain for
you to attempt such.
DiOMHANAs, jjev'-an-as, n.f. idleness, la-
ziness; labour in vain; emptiness, vanity.
DioMOL, dyem'-ol, v. dispraise, libel, de-
preciate, undervalue, disparage.
DioMOLADH, dyèm'ol-X, n. m. dispraise,
disparagement; abuse; pt. dispraising,
undervaluing, abusing.
Dion, dyen, n. m. shelter, covert, defence ;
fo dkion do sgèith, under the covert of
thy wing or shield ; airson mo dh ion, for
my defence, for my protection ; state of
being wind and water tight ; tha d'lon san
tigh, the house is wind and water tight;
V. protect, defend, shield, save; shelter,
guard ; dion thu f hèin, defentl yourself;
dion mi le d' sgèith, defend me unth thy
shield ; dion aite, a place of refuge.
DiONACH, dyen'-ach, a. water-tight, air-
tight ; not leaky as a vessel ; tigh d'wti-
ach, water-tight house; long dhionach,
a ship without a leak ; safe, secure.
DiONACHAnH, dyen'-ach-i, n. m. security,
DioNACHD, dyen'-achg, n. m. security.
DioVARAiR, dyen'-add-er, n. m. a fender,
a defender, protector.
DioNAicn, dyèn'-èch, v. secure.
DlONAU, dyen'-ag, n. f. a two-year old
sheep or goat, (jean-ag. N.'t
Dio.N-BHREiD, jen'-vhraj, n. m. apron.
DioNG, jung, aliiilock; y. join, if. match;
dions-amsa righ Innescon, let me match
the king of Inncscon. Oss.
DioxG, Jung, a. worthy, unmoveable.
DiONGALTA, jung'-alt.a, a. firm, secure,
efficient, completely certain.
DioNGALTAS, jung'-àlt-as, n. f. security,
complete certainty, efficiency, sufficien-
cy, tightness ; also diongaltachd.
DioRAs, jerr'.as, n. m. tenacity, pertinaci-
ty ; childish efforts.
DiORASACH, jerr'-as-aeh, a. tenacious, per-
tinacious; opinionative, striving in vain.
DioRASACiiD, jèrr'-as-achg, n.f. extreme
iwrtinacity O' tenacity.
DiosG, jjcssg, J), creak as hinges, gnash as
teeth ; n. m. state of being without milk,
as a female ; a dish. North.
DiosGAiL, dyesg'-al, n. 7?» pt. creaking.
DiOT, dyeàt, n. f. diet, meal.
DiPiN.v, dyep'ènn, n. f. deepening of a
net, a certain quantity of net.
DiR, dyerr, v. ascend, go up; a direadh
a' bhruthaich, ascending the acclivity or
steep.
DiREAcn,dyèrr'-ach, fl.straight; an ni sin a
tha cam, cha ghabh e dheanadh d'lreach,
that which is crooked cannot be made
straight, B. ; adv. directly, exactly so ;
d'lreach mar thuirt thw, just as you said;
dlreach 1 direach ! just so! just so ! up.
right, is d'lreach Dia, God is upright.
DiREACHAN, dyer'-ach-an, n. f. perpendi-
cular.
Direadh, dyèrr'-A, n. m. pt. ascending;
ceo a' direadh aonaich, mist ascending a
hill.
DiRicH, dyerr'-èch, v. make straight,
mount, climb; cha dirich thu am fir-
each, thou shall not climb the steep, Oss.
dhirich e an carbad, he mounted the cha-
riot, M'L.; am fear nach d'lnch a
dhriom, he that wi I not be at the trouble
of raising his head, straightening his
back. Maclachlan.
Dis, dyiishz, a. fond of the fire; suscepti.
ble of, or not capable of bearing cold;
11. m. a Celtic Deity, a God.
Di-SATHUIRNE, dyÈ.sa'-hum-à, n. m. Sa.
turday.
DisiNN, dyesh'-ènn, n. m. a die, dice ; geru
disne, ag iomairt air disnean, playing at
bagammon; a cube, a wedge, as in the
shaft of any thing.
Disi.E, another form of dillse, more nearly
connected.
DiT, dyejt, v. condemn, sentence ; co a
dhiteas iad, who shall condemn them,
S'l'. ; reproach, despise ; na dd mi airson
sin, reproach me not for that. C.
DiTEADii, dyejt'-X, n. m. condemnation;
'se so an d'lteadh gu d' thàinig an solus
do 'n t-saoghail, and this is the condor^
nation, that light is come into the world.
Bible.
DiTH, dye, n. / want, deficiency ; d'dh
c'eiWe, want of sense; cha 'n 'eil dilh ah,
he wants for nothing; dè tha dhith ort,
what do you want f is mòr a tha dh'tth
orm, I want much ; chuir thu dh'ith onn,
you deprived me of this; is mòr a tha
sin a dh'ith orm, / want that very much ;
is beag a tha sin a dh'tth ort, you stand
very little in need if Vmt; tlieid iad a
dh'ith orm, I shall be depiivcd of i/icm ;
a d/nth fasgaidh, for want of shelter ; tha
mòran a dhith, there is a great deficiency.
DiTH, dye, n.f. a layer, a course, a streak;