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2. proceeding from another as an original, or an-
cestor : a' teachd o, de shiioclid, de shiol.
Descension, s. 1. Tiie act of going downwards :
tearnadh, tuirling, teachd te bruthach. 2. a de-
clension, a degradation : isleachadh.
Descensive, adj. A' tèarnadli.
Descent, s. 1. The act of passing from a higher to
a lower place : tearnadh, dol a sios. 2. progress
downwards : tearnadh, tuirlin. 3. obliquity, in-
clination : claonadh, cromadh, aomadh, leathad.
4. lowest place : iochdar, bun, grunnd. 5. fall from
a higher state, degradation : isleachadh, tarcuis. 6.
invasion : teachd a nuas, ionnsuidh. 7. transmis-
sion of any thing by succession and inheritance :
dol sios mar oighreachd. 8. the state of proceed-
ing from an original, or progenitor : tàrmachadh,
gineamhuinn. 9. birth, extraction, process of li-
neage : gineamhuinn, sloinneadh, breith, teachd
o. 10. offspring, inheritors: siol, sliochd. 11.
a single step in the scale of genealogy : ceum gin-
ealaich, glùn. 12. a rank in the scale of subordi-
nation : dream, ceum.
Describe, v. a. 1. Delineate, mark out: dealbh,
dreach, tarruing. 2. mark out any thing by the
mention of its properties : comharraich, aithris
cunntas mu ni, minich, thoir tuairisgeul air. 3.
distribute into proper heads, or divisions : tarruing
cunntas air, sgriobh fuidh chinn.
Describer, s. Fear-aithris, fear-tuairisgeil.
Descrier, s. Fear-lorgachaidh, fear-faotainn a mach.
Description, s. 1. The act of delineating by per-
ceptible properties : dreach, dealbh. 2. the sen-
tence, or passage in which any thing is described :
sgriobhadh mu ni, tuairisgeul, cunntas. 3. a lax
definition : tuairisgeul. 4. the qualities expressed
in a description : tuairisgeul, luaidh, sgriobhadh.
Descry, v. a. 1. Give notice of any thing suddenly
discovered : cuir os àird, thoir caismeachd. 2. spy
out, examine at a distance : rannsaich a mach,
beachdaich fad as, dearc, seall fada uait. 3. detect,
find out any thing concealed : faigh a mach, lorg
a mach. 4. discover, perceive by the eye : faic,
faigh a mach, beachdaich.
Descry, s. Faodail, ni air fhaotainn a mach, taisgeal.
Desecrate, I', a. Mi-iiaomhaich, mi-choisrig, truaill.
Desecration, s. Mi-naomhachadh, mi-choisrigeadh,
truailleadh.
Desert, s. 1. A wilderness, solitude: fàsach, dìth-
reabh. 2. qualities, or conduct considered with
respect to rewards, or punishments : toillteanas. 3.
proportional merit, claim to reward : toillteanas.
4. excellence, right to reward : toillteanas, maith-
eas, airidh.
Desert, adj. Fàsachail, fiadhaich, neo-àitichte.
Desert, v. a. et n. 1. Forsake, fall away from :
treig, fag, diobair. 2. leave, abandon : treig, cuir
CÙ1 fi. 3. quit the army, or regiment in which
one is inlisted : teich o 'n arm.
Deserter, s. 1. He that has forsaken his cause, or
his post : fear-teichidh, cladhair. 2. he that leaves
the army in which he is inlisted : fear-teichidh o
'n arm, gealtair. 3. an abandongr : fear-treigsinn.
Desertful, adj. Cliij-thoillteanach, ro-thoilltean-
ach.
Desertion, s. 1. The act of forsaking, or abandon-
ing a cause, or post : treigsinn, teicheadh, fàgail.
2. (in theology) a sense of the dereliction of God :
treigsinn, folach gnùise. 3. quitting the army, or
regiment in which one is inlisted : teicheadh.
Desertless, a(fj. Neo-thoillteanach, neo-airidh, gun
luach.
Desertlessly, adv. See Desertless.
Desertrice, s. Bean-threigsinn.
Deserve, v, a. 1. Be worthy of either good, or ill :
toill, dean airidh, coisinn. 2. be worthy of reward :
toill, bi airidh, dean airidh, coisinn.
Deservedly, adv. Gu toillteanach, gu h-airidh.
Deserver, s. Fear-toillteanais, fear-airidh.
Deserving, s. Toillteanas, airidh.
Deservingly, adv. Gu toillteanach, a reir airidh.
Desiccants, s. Tiormanan.
Desiccate, v. a. et n. 1. Dry up, exhaust of mois-
ture : tiormaich, thoir an sijgh a. 2. exhale mois-
ture : cuir fallus detb. 3. grow dry, be drained
of moisture : fas tioram, traodh.
Desiccation, s. Tiormachadh traodhadh.
Desiccative, adj. Tiormachail.
Desiderate, v. a. larr, ionndrain.
Desideratum, s. Ionndrain, easbhuidh.
Desidiose, adj. Leisg, lunndach, trom, diomhanach.
Design, I', a. 1. Purpose, intend anything: rùn-
aich, cuir fomhad, sònraich. 2. form, or order
with a particular purpose : rùnaich, sònraich, comh-
arraich. 3. devote intentionally : riinaich, son-
raich. 4. plan, project, form in idea : tionnsgainn,
dealbh. 5. mark out by particular tokens : comh-
an-aich.
Design, s. 1. An intention, a purpose : riin, tionn-
sgnadh miann, beachd, smuaiii. 2. a scheme, a
■plan of action : innleachd, dealbh, tionnsgnadh. 3.
scheme formed to the detriment of another: inn-
leachd, droch-bheart. 4. the idea which an artist
endeavours to execute, or express : samhiachas.
Designable, adj. So-aithnichte, comharraichte.
Designate, 0£^'. Ainmichte, roghnuichte, air a shòn-
rachadh.
Designate, v. a. Ainmich, comharraich a mach,
roghnuich, sònraich.
Designation, s. 1. Tlie act of pointing, or mark-
ing out by some particular token : ainmeachadh,
ainm, comharradh. 2. appointment, direction :
rùnachadh, sùnrabhadh. 3. import, intention : ciall-
achadh, ciall, brigh.
Designedly, adv. A dh' aon ghnothach, le Ian
toil, a dh' aon obair.
Designer, s. 1. One that designs : fear-rijnach-
aidh. 2. one that lays schemes : fear-innleachd,
fear-tionnsgnaidh. 3. one that forms the idea of
any thing in painting : fear-samlilachaidh. 4. one
that plans a building, garden, or the like : fear-
dealbh.
Designfulness, «. Innleachd, seòltachd.
Designing, adj. Innleachdach, carach, seòlta.
Designing, s. Tarruing dhealbh.
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