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dem, dim, dimm, dimmer, dimriv, dim-rive, dimsket, dimskit, simmer_dim, simmer-dim, summer_dim,
dim [dɪm]
also dimmer
n. Dusk, twilight.
adj. Dim.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dimskit: I.Sh. Downhearted, dispirited.
dim-rive: I.Sh. The dawn.
rivin o the dim: I.Sh. Daybreak.
simmer dim: I.Sh. Evening twilight in summer.
dimeenish [dɪˈmiinɪʃ]
v. To lessen in amount or extent.
dimension [dɪˈmɛnʃən]
n. Dimension, size.
dimpelt, dimple, dimpled, dimplit, dumple,
dimple [ˈdɪmpl, ˈdʌmpl]
n. A dent.
 
dimpelt
adj. Dimpled.
din, dun,
din [dɪn]
adj. Dun. Of a dingy colour, mouse-coloured. Dark-complexioned, sallow.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dour and din: stubborn and sallow
din, din-raiser, din-raisin, dinsome, dinsum, dun, dunsome, yirddin, yird-din, yirdin,
din [dɪn]
n. A slight noise such as running water. A fuss, to-do. A report, rumour, a scandal.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
din-raisin: Quarrelsome, trouble-making.
din-raiser: A trouble-maker.
dinsome [-səm]: Noisy.
raise din: Make trouble.
yird-din: Thunder in the bowels of the earth.
dine,
dine [dəin]
n. Dinner.
v. To dine.
dang, deng, denger, ding, ding$er, ding$r, dingdang, ding-dang, dinge, dinged, dinger, dingin, dingit, ding-on, dingt, dung, ondin, onding, on-ding, ootdang, ootding, ootdung, outdang, outding, rumdinger,
ding [dɪŋ]
n. A knock or blow. A smart push, a nudge.
v. To strike, hit, surpass, get the better of.
pt. dang [daŋ]
pp. dung [dʌŋ], dingt, dinged [ˈdɪŋd] adj. dung, dingit Stricken, knocked, surpassed, etc.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ding dang: Speedily, in rapid succession, pell-mell, helter-skelter, in confusion.
ding dinty: To beat everything.
ding doun: Overthrow.
dinger [-ər]: A smashing blow, a masterful or vigorous person, a vigorous course of action.
dingin: Striking, hitting etc.
gae ane's dinger: Go at something very vigorously or boisterously. To become extremely angry.
onding, ding-on: A downpour, a fall of snow.
ootding: Exceed, beat, surpass.
rumdinger: SW. An exceptionally good thing.
sair dung: Hard-pressed.
dindge, dinge, dinnage,
dinge [SW. U. dɪn(d)ʒ]
n. A blow, the impression made by a blow, a dent.
v. To dent, bruise etc., to indent.
dinghie, dinghied, dinghies, dinghy, dinghyed, dingie, dingied, dingies, dingy, dingyed, dingys,
dinghy [dɪŋi]
n. A small boat often inflateable and made of rubber.
pl. dinghies
v. sl. To ignore someone, to cold shoulder. From the resemblance of a dinghy to a big rubber ear.
pt. pp. sl. dinghied
 
From Bengali ḍiṅgi

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