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D I R
D I T
(Eng. diet. Gr. ^ixirx. Span, dieta.) Diot-mhor, dinner ;
an deigh thràth diotach, after breakfast ; nan itheadh na
coin do dliiot, if the dogs had eaten your breakfast. — G. P.
DiOT, s.m. (Fr. jet.) A drop, as of water. Cha 'n 'eil diet
ann, there is not a drop. More properly died.
DiOT.^G, aig, s.f (dim. of diot.) A little drop, a drop.
Diotag uisge, a drop of water, a drop of rain. N. pi. diot-
agan, drops. Uisge a tuiteam na dhiotagan, rain falling
in drops. Diotag is more properly written diodag.
t DioTii, V. n. Die, decay. Hence Eng. die, and death.
DioTH, s., written more frequently di<A ; which see.
DiOTiiACiiADH, aidh, s. m. A destroying; destruction.
Diothachadh a shluaigh, the destruction of his people. —
Fingalian Poem.
DiOTiiADn, aidh, s. 7n. A decaying, dying; decay, death.
DiOTHADii, (a), pr. part, of dioth. Decaying, dying, wither-
ing. Mar rainich a searga' 's a diothadh, like fens wither-
ing and dying. — Oss. Fin. and Lor.
DiOTiiAicii, V. a. and n. Destroy, lay waste; die, wither.
Pret. a. dhiothaich, destroyed ; fut. aff. a. diothaichidh,
shall or will destroy.
DiOTiiREAMii, einih, s.m. A wilderness, a desert; a her-
mitage. More properly, dithreabh ; which see.
DioTiiiiuAiLL, V. a. [Ir. id.) Unsheathe. — Shaiv. Pret. a.
dhiothruaill, unsheathed.
DiPiNN, s.f. A net.
^ DiPLiNN, s.f. April.
DÌR, V. Climb, ascend, mount. Pret. a. dhir, mounted;
fut. aff. a. diridh, shall or will mount. Diribh air aghaidh
nam beann, ascend the brow of the hills. — Oss. Fing.
+ Dire, s.f (Ir. id.) A tax or tribute. — Shaw.
DiREACii, a. (//-. direach. Za<. directus.) Straight; even;
perpendicular; upright ; just, honest, right ; direct ; frugal.
Air ceumaibh direach reidh, on a straight plain path. — Sm.
Is direach Dia, God is upright. — Id. Tha dheanadas
direach, his work is right. — Steiv. Pro. Caol direach,
straightway, straightforward ; direach glan, exactly so ;
direach nur thàinig e, just as he came ; direach air adhairt,
straightforward. Direach nasheasamh, standing upright;
dan direach, verse, metre. Com. and sup. diriche
DÌREACHADH, aidh, s. in. A making straight, even, or per-
pendicular ; a becoming straight.
DhiEACHAN, ain, s. m. (from direach.) A perpendicular. —
Shaw.
DÌREACiiAS, ais, s.m. Uprightness; straightness ; honesty;
perpendicularity.
DÌREACiiD, V. a. Geld. — Shaw.
DÌREADH, idh, s.m. (W. dkch.) A climbing, a mounting,
ascending ; ascension ; a direction.
DniEADn, idh, s. m. (Ir. id.) A panegyric. — Shaw.
DÌREADII, (a), pr. part, of dir. Climbing, ascending, mount-
ing; a panegyric. Ceo a d'lreadh aonaich, mist ascending
a hill. — Oss. Trath.
t DiREAGADH, aidh, X. »n. (Ir. id.) A direction.
DJuicii, V. a. (La<. dirigo. /r. dirigh.) Make straight, even,
or perpendicular ; direct ; mount, ascend, climb. Pret. a.
dhlrich ; fut. aff. a. dirichidh, shall or ivilt make straight.
Fear nach dirich a dhruim, one who will not straighten his
back. — Macdon. Cha dirich thu 'm fireach, thou shall not
. cliynb the steep. — Orr. Dhlrich e 'n carbad, he mounted the
, chariot. — Tlfac Lach. Fut. pass, d'lrichear.
DÌR1CIIE, com. and sup. of direach ; which see.
DÌRIC11EAR, fut. pass, of dirich. This tense is also used
impersonally ; as, dlrichear [leinn] am monadh, we climbed
the hill.
t DiRiM, a. (Ir. id.) Numerous, plentiful, great.
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Dis, a. Two. Span. dos. See Dithis.
Dis, a. Chill, poor, miserable.
Di-SATiiAiRN, s. Saturday. Di-sathairn so chaidh, last
Saturday ; di-Sathairn so tighinn, next Saturday ; an dara
di-Sathairn, the second Satttrday. — Macdon. La Sathairn,
a Saturday ; thainig e air la Sathairn, he caine on a Satur-
day. Lat. dies Saturni. Arm. di-Satorn.
Di-SA, emphatic form of di. Toher, of her; off her; to it,
of it; off it. .4sp. /or/rt, dhi-sa.
DisBEiRT, a. {Ir. id.) Twofold, double.
DisciR, a. (Ir. id.) Sudden, quick, active ; fierce.
t DiscuiiDE, a. (Ir. id.) Discretion.
Disi), disde, s.f. A mow, a rick; a layer of stalked peats
or turf ; a die, dice. iV. pZ. disdean.
DisE, s.f. (Corn, dise.) A mow, a rick.
Di-SE, emphatic form of di. Of her; toher; off her.
DisEART, s. A corruption of ti'sairde; as, Clach an Di-
seart, i. e. clach an Ti 's airde, in Glenorchy.
t DisGiR, a. (Ir. id.) Sudden; quick; active, fierce.
DisLE, com. and sup. of dileas. More or most related.
DÌSLE, s.f. Love, esteem, friendship; fidelity, loyalty;
subjection ; subordination ; also, property ; dice. N. pi.
dislean. Ag iomairt dhislean, playing at dice.
DisLEACiiD, s.f. Faithfulness, relation, connexion; pro-
priety.
Dislean, n. p/. of disle. Relatives; dice.
DisLEAN, ein, s. m. A dice-box.
Disleanaiciie, s.m. A player at dice ; a gambler.
Di-sLiGiiEAcn, a., di, ]}riv. and slighe. (Ir. id.) Devious,
straggling; impervious; immethodical ; uncouth. — Macdoti.
Disne, s.f. A die or dice. N. pi. disnean. A cluich air
dhisnean, playing at dice.
DisNEAN, n. p/. of disne. Dice. i). p/. disnibh ; asp. form.
deud shnaithte mar dhisnibh, teeth polished like dice. — Old
Song. A cluich air dhisnean, playing at dice.
DisNEAR, air, s. m. A dice-player.
DÌSREAD, id, s. m. (Ir. id.) The aspergillum used at mass
to sprinkle holy water on the people.
DlsT, s.f. (W. dist, joist.) A joist; also, a mow, a rick ;
a die or dice.
DÌT, V. a. Condemn; sentence; reproach; surrender,
(Lat. ded-o.) Pret. a. dhit ; fut. aff. a. ditidh, shall con-
demn. Na dit an t-òg, reproach not the youth. — Oss. Duth.
Co dhiteas iad ? who shall condemn them ? — Sm. Fut. pass.
ditear.
DIteadii, idh, s. m. (Gr. ^ixitu, a judgment.) A condemn-
ing, a reproaching ; a condemnation ; a judgment ; a sen-
tence ; a reproach ; a surrender. Ag iarruidh ditidh, asking
judgment. — Stew. Acts.
DÌTEAG, eig, s.f. A peep. Diteag ort, a peep at you ; I
peep at you.
DÌTEAGAICH, s.y. A peeping ; frequent peeping ; continued
peeping. Ri diteagaich, peeping.
DÌTEAM, 1 sing.pres. ind. a. of dit. I sentence. Also, for
ditidh mi, / will sentence.
Dim, s.f (Ir. id.) Want, defect, failure, deficiency ; de-
struction. Dith bicih, want of food : cha robh aon dith air,
he had no want. Asp. form, dhith. Air dhith ceill, void
of understanding. — Stew. Pro. ref. Thid iad gu dith, they
shall go to destruction. — Oss. Tern. A dhith fasgaidh, /or
want of shelter. — Stew. Job. Ciod tha dhith ort? ivhat do
you want ? Written also di.
DÌTII, comp. pron. See D'l.
DItiichealtair, s. m. A necromantic veil that renders
thing's invisible.