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DIOMBANACHD
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DITH
ry, fleeting, transient; more properly
diomain, the b being changed into m,
which often happens.
DioMBUANACHD, dyem'-an'-achg, n.f. tran-
sitoriness, evanescence, short duration.
Dio.MBUANAS, same as above.
DiOMBUlL, dyèmb'-bùl, n.f. misapplication.
DioMHAiR, dyèv'-ur', a. secret, mysterious,
private; gnothach diomhair, a private
affair; lonely, solitary.
DiuMHAiREACHD, dyèv'àr'achg, n. f. pri-
vacy, mystery ; solitude.
DiOMHANACH, jjev'-an'.ach, a. idle, lazy;
in vain ; vain ; is diomhanach dhuit
teannadh ris, it is idle, it is in vain for
you to attempt such.
Dio.MHANAs,jjev'-an-as, n.f. idieness, la-
ziness ; labour in vain ; emptiness, vanity.
DioMOL, dyem'-ol, v. dispraise, libel, de-
preciate, undervalue, disparage.
DlOMOLADH, dyèm'ol-X, m. m. dispraise,
disparagement; abuse; pt. dispraising,
undervaluing, abusing.
Dion, dyen, n. m. shelter, covert, defence ;
fo dfiion do sgèith, under the covert of
thy wing or siiield ; airson mo dhion, for
my defence, for my protection ; state of
being wind and water tight ; tha dion san
tigh, the house is wind and water tight ;
r. protect, defend, shield, save; shelter,
guard ; dion thu f hèin, defend yourself,
dion mi le d' sgèith, defend me with thy
shield ; dion àite, a place of refuge.
DioNACH, dyen'-ach, a. water-tight, air-
tight ; not leaky as a vessel ; tigh dion-
ach, water-tight house; long dhionach,
a ship without a leak-; safe, secure.
DiONACHADH, dyèn'~ach-A, n. m. security,
caution, bail.
DioNACHD, dyèn'.aehg, n. m. security.
DioNADAiR, dyen'-add-èr, n. m. a fender,
a defender, protector.
DioNAiCH, dyen'-èch, v. secure.
DioNAG, dyeii'-ag, n. f a tv/o-year old
sheep or goat, (jc.in-ag. iV.)
DiON-BHREiD, jen'-vhraj, n. m. apron.
DiONG.jung, a hillock; v. join, H. match;
diongamsa righ Inneseon, let me match
the king of Iniiescon. Oss.
DioxG, jung, a. worthy, unmoveable.
DioNGALTA, jung'-alt-a, a. firm, secure,
efficient, completely certain.
DiONGALTAS, jung'-alt-as, n. f. security,
complete certainty, efficiency, sufficien-
cy, tiglitness ; also diongaltachd.
DioRAs, jèrr'-as, n. m. tenacity, pertinaci-
ty ; childish efforts.
DiORASACH, jerr'-as-ach, a. tenacious, per-
tinacious; opinionative, striving in vain.
DioRASACHD, jen-'-as-achg, n. f. extreme
pertinacity or tenacity.
Dioso, jjcssg, 7). creak as hinges, gnash as
teeth ; n. m. state of being without milk,
as a female ; a dish. North.
DiosGAiL, dyesg'-al, 71. 7«. pt. creaking.
DioT, dycat, n. f. diet, meal.
DiPiNN, dyep'enn, n. /. deepening of a
net, a certain quantity of net.
DiR, dyerr, v. ascend, go up ; a dlreadh
a' bhruthaich, ascending the acclivity or
steep.
DiRi;ACH,dyèrr'-ach, a.straight; anni sina
tha cam, cha ghabh e dheanadh direach,
that which is crooked cannot be made
straight, B. ; adv. directly, exactly so ;
direach mar thuirt thu, just as you said ;
direach! tihcach \ Just so ! just so .' up-
right, is direach Dia, God is upright.
DiREACHAN, dyer'-ach-an, 71. f. perpendi-
cular.
DiREADH, dyerr'-X, 71. m-. pt. ascending;
ceo a' dheadh aonaich, mist ascending a
hUl.
DiRicH, dyèrr'-èch, v. make straight,
mount, climb ; cha dirich thu am fir-
e.-ich, thou shall not climb the steep, Oss.
dhirich e an carbad, he mounted the cha-
riot, 31' L.; am fear nach d'lrich a
dhriom, lie that tvi I not be at the trouble
of raisiitg his head, straightening his
back: Maclachlan.
Di.s, dyèsh^, a. fond of the fire ; suscepti.
ble of, or not capable of bearing cold ;
n. m. a Celtic Deity, a God.
Di-SATHUIRNE, dyg-sa'-hum-a, ji. m. Sa-
turday.
DisiNN, dyesh'-ènn, n. m. a die, dice ; gen.
disne, ag iomairt air disnean, playing at
bagammon; a cube, a wedge, as in the
shaft of any thing.
DisLE, another form of dillse, more nearly
connected.
DiT, dyejt, v. condemn, sentence ; co a
dh'deas iad, who shall condemn them,
Sni. ; reproach, despise; na di/ mi airson
sin, reproach me not for that. C.
DlTEADH, dycjt'-A, n. m. condemnation;
'se so an diteadh gu d' thainig an solus
do 'n t-saoghail, and this is the condem-
nation, that light is come into the world.
Bible.
DiTH, dye, n. f. want, deficiency ; dith
cèiUe, want of sense; cha 'n 'eil ditk air,
he wants for nothing; dè tha dhith ort,
what do you want ? is mòr a tha dhith
orm, / want much ; chuir thu dh'ith orra,
you deprived me of this; is mòr a tha
sin a dhtth orm, / want that very mxcch ;
is beag a tha sin a dhith ort, you stand
very little in need if iliat; thèid iad a
dhith orm, I shall be deprived of them;
a dhith fasgaidh, for ivantol shelter ; tha
mòian a dhith, there is a great deficiency.
DiTH, dye, n. f. a layer, a course, a streak ;