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DÒIRTEACH, a. Pouring; leaky; spilling; shedding; also,
one who sheds or spills. Dòirteach tola, a spiller of blood.
DÒIRTEAL, eil, s. ?«., from dòirt. {Ir. id.) A sink or drain.
N. pi. dòirtealan.
DòiRTEAR, flit. pass, of dòirt. Shall be spilt. See Doirt.
DoiRTHEAs, s. See Doirbheas.
DÒIRTIDH, fut. aff. a. of doirt; which see.
DÒITE, a. and pnri. (Ir.id.) Singed, scorched, burnt. Is
dòite cinn gach fireach, scorched are the tops of every hill.
— Macdon.
DoiTnciiEALL, s. m. Niggardliness, illiberality, grudging ;
churlishness.
DoiTiiCHEALLACH, a. Niggardly, illiberal, churlish.
DoiTHiR, a. {Ir.id.) Dark, gloomy, obscure; ill-featured;
ugly, deformed; dull; unpleasant; ill-humoured.
t DoiTiiiR, s.f. {Ir. id.) A contract, a covenant,
t DoL, s. m. Cunning; a trap ; a kind of fishing-net.
Lat. dol-us, guile. Ir. Arm. dol.
DoL, s. m. {Ir. dul.) A going, a travelling; proceeding;
ways ; walking ; a space, a distance. Seallaibh air dol an
t-saaoghail, observe the ways of the world. — Old Song.
Dol as, escape ; cha 'n 'eil dol as aige, he has no way of
escaping.
Dol, (a), pr. part, of rach, irr. v. A dol as, extinguishing
or dying away, as a flower ; escaping.
DoLACH, a. Each ; individual ; single. Gach dolach la,
every single day.
Do-LABiiAiRT, a. Unspeakable, inexpressible. A thiodh-
lacan do-labhairt, his unspeakable gifts. — Stew. Cor.
DoLAiDii, s./. {Ir.id. Lat. (io\o, to hurt.) Harm ; loss ;
injury; defect; damage. Cha 'n 'eil dolaidh ann, ?/ieJc is
no harm done ; cuir dholaidh, abuse, destroy; is lionmhor
fear a chuir e dholaidh, many a man it has injured. — Old
Song. Chaidh e dholaidh, he [or it'\ has gone wrong, or
useless ; air dholaidh, damaged, useless.
DoLAiDH,a. {Ir.id.) Impatient, restless, intolerable. — Shaw.
DoLAR, air, s. ?«. A dollar. Dolar Spiiinnteach, a Spanish
dollar.
DÒLAS, ais, s. »n. (do, priv. and solas.) Eng. dole. Ir. dolas.
Grief, woe, trouble ; mourning, desolation ; abhorrence,
disdain, loathing. Fògraidh e gach dolas, he will drive
away all grief . — Sm.
DoL AS, s. An escape. Cha'n 'eil dol as aig, he has no escape.
DÒLASACH, a., from dolas. {Ir. id.) Sad, grieved, melan-
choly, mournful, grievous, sick. — Stew. Exod. ref. Com.
and sup. dòlasaiche. Gu dòlasach, sadly.
DÒLASACHD, s. Sadness, melancholy, mournfulness.
Do-LASDA, a. Not inflammable ; not easily blown to a flame,
t Doi-BH, a. {Ir. id.) Sorcery, witchcraft,
t DoLBiiAD, aid, s. m. {Ir. id.) Fiction.
Do-LEAGiiADA, a. Not casily melted.
Do-LEAXACiin, a. Inimitable; that cannot be followed;
difficult to be followed.
Do-LEANMHuiNN, o. Inimitable ; that cannot be followed ;
difficult to be followed.
Do-LEANMHUiNNEACjiD, S.f. Inimitablcness.
Do-LEASACHADH, o. Irreparable, incurable, that cannot be
helped.
Do-LEiGHEAS, u. Incurablc ; not easily healed. Creuchd
do leigheas, an incurable wound.
Do-LEiGiiEASACUD, S.f. Incurablcness.
Do-LÌiRsxNN, a. Dark, invisible, hidden ; inexplicable. loma
slochd do-leirsinn, many a hidden gulf. — Sm.
Do-LEiRsiNNEACiiD, S.f. Invisibleness.
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Do-LEUGiiADH, o. Illegible.
DoL MAcn. A going out; conduct, behaviour. Is olc an
dol mach th' agad, your behaviour is bad.
Do-LORGACHAiDii, a. Difficult to be traced, impossible to
be traced. Cia do-lorgachaich a shlighean ! hoiv fiard to
be traced are his luays ! — Stew. Rom.
Do-LUAiDii, a. Unspeakable; unutterable.
Do-LÙBACiiD, s.f. Inflexibility, stiffness, stubbornness;
inexorableness.
Do-LUBAiDii, a. Inflexible, stiff, stubborn.
DoLTRUM, uim, s. m. Grief, anguish, vexation.
DoLTRUMACH, o. Gricvous, vexatious.
DoLUM, a. {Ir. id.) Surly, morose, peevish, mean. On bha
thusa dolum, as thou wert surly. — Old Song.
t DoM, s. m. A house.
Heb. doni, to abide. Arab, dam, to abide. Syr. doma,
a house. Turk. dam. Scyth. duni. Sclav, dom. Styr. and
Carinth. dom. Boh. dum. Pol. domu. Lus. dom. Gr. iofta,
according to Heyschius. Lat. domus. It. domo. Eng. dome,
Ir. dom, house. Georgian, doma, a garret.
Do'm, {for do am.) To their; of their. Do 'ra bailtean, to
their towns.
Do m', {for do mo.) To my ; of my. Do m' athair, to my
father ; do m' dheòin, of my own accord.
t Domain, a. {Ir. id.) Transitory. — Shaw.
DoMAiRM, s. f. (dom, house, and alrm.) An armonry, a
depot; a magazine ; race/y, speech.
DoMBLAS, ais, s. m. (do and bias.) Ir. id. Gall, bile, choler,
anger.
DoMBEASDA, Do.MBi.ASTA, o. Sour, like gall; unsavoury,
biliary, choleric ; disgustful. Uisge domblasda, water of
gall. — Steiu. G. B.
DoMBuiDnEACii, a. Unthankful, ungrateful; dissatisfied.
Gu dombuidheach, untlurnhful.
t DoMii, s. m. {Ir. id. Lat. domus.) A house.
DoMH, comp. pron. To me. Cha'n fhios domh, I know not. —
Stew. Jos. Asp. form, dhomh.
DoMHAiL, f(. {perhaps do-àha.ì\.) Crowded ; throng; dense;
thick, clumsy, large, bulky in person. Tigh domhail, a
croivded house. Asp. form, dhomhail. Cuideachd dom-
hail, a croivded company ; dubh dhomhail, dark and dense.
— Oss. Tern. Gun bhi meanbh no domhail, without being
puny nor bulky. — Old Song.
Do.MiiAiN, gen. sing, of domhan.
DoMiiAiNN, a. Deep ; profound ; deep or insidious ; double-
minded ; hollow. Is domhainn a chreuchd, deep is his
wound. — Ull.
The Celtic root is don. Heb. adon, a bottom. Arab.
douna, under. Gr. iuyw, sink. Box. Lex. divin. W. duvun.
Corn, and Arm. doun. Ir. doirahin. Hence Eng. down ;
Scotch, doun. Toll domhainn, a deep hole ; in the Armoric
dialect of the Celtic it is tout doun.
DoMiiAiNNEACUD, S.f. Contracted doimhneachd ; which see.
DoMHAiN-SGRiOBHADH, s. m. {Ir. id.) Cosmography.
DoMHALACHD, S.f (/rom domhail.) Crowdedness, bulkiness.
DoMiiALAS, ais, s. m. A crowd; a crowded condition; a
throng.
DoMiiAN, ain, s. m. {Ir. id.) The world. Chroch e n
domhan mòr, he hung the spacious world.— Sm. Righ au
domhahi. King of the world. — Oss. Com. Domhain-sgrio-
bhadh, cosmography.
DoMHAR, air, s. m. Water. {Ir. id. Arm. dour and doura.)
See DuR and Dobiiar.
Do-MiiARBiiADii, a. Immortal; difficult to be killed.
•(• DoMiiGHNAS, ais, s. m. (Ir. id.) Inheritance, patrimony. •
Shaw. Also, hereditary.