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DioMHAii, a. {Ir. id.) Dark, mystical; secret; lonely;
private. Written also diomhair.
DioMHARACiiD, s./. {Ir.id.) Durkiicss ; mystery; a secret;
secrecy; loneliness; privateness. See also Diomhaih-
KACIID.
DioMiiAiiAN, ain, S.Hi, (/rora diomhair.) A hermit's cell ;
a mystery ; a hermit.
Di-MOLADAiR, 4-. m. A slanderer; one who dispraises or
disparages.
Di-MOLADii, aidh, s. m. (Ir. id.) A dispraising, a disparag-
ing ; dispraise, disparagement, slander.
Di-MOLTA, o. Dispraised, blamed, censured, disparaged,
slandered.
DioMRAC, aic, s. m. (Ir.id.) A temple.
Dion, s. (Ir.id.) Shelter, protection, defence, refuge ; a
covert, a fence. Dion is targaid, a shelter and a shield. —
Sm. Dh' fhalbh an dion, their defence is (/one. — Steiv.
Numh. Cnm dion, shelter, protect. Asp. form, dhion.
Fu dhion, sheltered.
Dion, s. m. (Ir. id.) The second semimetre or leth-rann of
a verse, consisting of two quartajis ; it is more commonly
called comhad.
Dion, !'. a. (Ir.id.) Shelter, protect, guard, cover. Dion mi
le d' sgeith, protect me with thy wing. — Sm, Prct. a. dhion,
sheltered ; fit. aff. a. dionaidh, shall shelter ; dionaidh e le
ghràs, he ivill protect with his grace. — Sm. Dion am fuar,
cover the cold. — Id.
DiONACH, a. (/rom dion.) Secure, sheltered; affording
shelter; water-proof, water-tight; closely joined ; firmly
built, as a vessel. Aite dionach, a sheltered place, a shel-
tering place ; leis is dionaiche long, whose ships are the
firmest built. — Oss. Lodin.
DiONACHADii, aidh, s. m. A securing, a defending; a
making water-tight or water-proof ; a siieltering ; securitv.
DroNACHD, s.f. .Security, shelter; the state of being water-
proof.
DiONADAiR, s. m. A defender, a protector ; a fender. IX.pl.
dionadairean.
DiONADH, aidh, s. m. A defending, a protecting, a shelter-
ing; a defence, a shelter, security. Sruthan dionaidh,
streams of defence. — Stew. Is.
DiONADH, (a), pr. part, of dion ; which see.
DioNAG, aig, s.y. A hoggerel. iV. p/. dionagan.
DiONAiCH, V. a. Secure ; join closely, as a vessel ; make
water-tight or water-proof; shelter. Pret. a. dliionaich ;
fut. aff. a. dionaichidh, shall make secure.
DioNAiciiE, com. and sup. of dionach. More or most water-
tight. See Dionach.
DioNAiRM, s.7n. Refuge. — Shaw.
t DiONAisG, V. a. Disjoin, loosen, undo.
Dioji-AiTE, s. wi. A refuge, a place of shelter, a sanctuary.
N. pi. dion-aiteachan.
DioNASGACH, a. (Ir. dionasgtha.) Dissolute.
DioxASGADH, aidh, s. m. A disjoining, an unloosening.
DioN-BHREiD, S.f. An apron. — Shaw.
DiON-CHAiNNT, S.f. A speech in defence of any pcrson. —
Shaw.
DioN-FTiEACnn, s.f. Fcncibles.
DiONG, r. a. and n. Make a tinkling noise. Pret. a. dhiong ;
fut. aff. diongaidh.
DioNG, V. a. (ia<. jungo.) .loin; match, equal ; overcome,
conquer. Pret. a. dhiong, joined; fut. aff. a. diongaidh,
shall join. Diongam-sa righ Inniscon, let me match the
king of Inniscon. — Oss. Fing. Is ioma ceud a dhiong thu,
many a hundred hast thou conquered. — Death of Carril.
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DioNO, dionga, s.m. A tinkling noise ; the chime of a bell.
+ DiONO, a. (Lat. dignus.) Worthy. PI. dionga.
DioNGACH, a. Able to overcome; matching; suitable;
proper, meet, worthy. Com. and sup. di(jngaiche.
DioNGAiL, a. (dion-gabhail.) Worthy; fit, proper, suitable;
fit to bear.
DiONGAiL, s.f. A continued tinkling.
DiONOALTA, a. (perhaps diongbhuailte. Ir. diongmhalta.
Firmly joined ; fastened; fast; fixed; sufficient; firm,
tight; strong, effective, able-bodied; meet, proper, suit-
able. Seachd cathaich diongmhalta, seven able-bodied
warriors. — Old Poem.
DiONGALTACiiD, s. /. Firmncss ; tightness; the state of
being fast, fixed, or firaily bound.
Diongmhalta, a. (Ir. id.) See Diongalta.
DiON-LONG-PiroRT, -phuirt, s. m. A garrison. — Shaw.
t DioNN, s. (Ir. id.) A hillock, a hill. See Dinn.
DioNNAL, ail, s. m. A shot. More frequently written dcannal.
DiONNAN, ain, s. m., dim. of dionn. (Ir. id.) A little hill.
DiONTA, dionte, p. part, of dion. Defended, protected,
t Dior, a. (Ir. id.) Meet, proper, decent. — Shaw.
t DioUANG, V. n. (Ir. id.) Belch,
t Dior, s.m. (Ir.id. 1,«^ jur-is.) A law.
t Dioracii, a. (from dior.) Lawful. See Dìreach.
t Diorgas, ais, s. ?n. (Ir.id.) Uprightness, integrity. — Shaw.
t Dioraciiracii, a. (Ir. id.) Lawless.
t DioRMA, s. »!. A troop; a crowd ; a company, ia^ turma
and turba. Ir. diorma. W. tyrva.
DioRMACii, a. In troops; in companies; crowded; nume-
rous ; infinite.
t DiouNA, ai, s. m. (Ir. id.) A quantity.
DiORRASACii, a. Irascible, hasty in temper ; rash, forward,
fierce. Farpuis diorrasacb, rash rivalry. — Macfar. Com.
and sup. diorrasaiche.
DiORRASACUD, 6. /. IrascibiJity, hastiness, rashness, for-
wardness, fierceness.
DiOKRASAN, ain, s.m. A fretful person; a grasshopper; a
snarl.
DioRRASANACii, a. Irasciblc ; fretful; snarling.
DioRRASANAicii, S.f. Irascibility ; snarling.
DioRRASG, aisg, s.f. Hastiness of temper, rashness, for-
wardness, fierceness.
DioRRASGACH, ffl. Irascible, rash, forward, fierce.
t DioRSAN, ain, s. m. (Ir. id.) Bad news.
DiosG, a. (/?•. deasc.) Dry, barren ; an epithet applied to
a cow that yields no milk. Bo dhiosg, a cow that yields no
7nilk.
f Dioso, i-. m. (Ir. id. Lat. discus.) A plate or platter; a
dish. Is brathair do 'n diosgan tuairnear, the turner is
brother to the dish. — G. P.
DiosGADH, aidh, s.m. Dryness, barrenness; the state of
a cow when she yields no milk ; a grating, a squeaking
noise. Tha bhò dol an diosgadh, the cow begins to groiu
dry.
Diosgan, ain, s. m. A grating of tlie teeth; a gnashing, a
crashing. Diosgan air gach maide, every timber cracking.
— Macdon.
Diosgar, air, s. m. A mob, a rabble.
Diosgarnacii, aich, s. m. A mob, a rabble; one of a mob.
+ DiosMUiG, V. (Ir.id.) Snuff a candle.
Diosnaiohm, a. Smooth, without knots, eveu.
Dior, com. pron. Of thee, from thee; off thee. Asp. form,
dhiot. Ir. diot.
DioT, gen. diota and diotach. A breakfast, a meal of meat.