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defaar, defar, defarred, defer, deferrt, defert,
defer [dəˈfɛr, MN. dəˈfar]
v. To defer.
pt. pp. defert, deferred
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
deference: Deference.
defeecit, defeicit, deficeet, deficeit,
deficeet [ˈdɛfəsit]
n. A deficit.
defineetion, defineition, definishin,
defineetion [ˈdɛfəniʃən]
n. A definition.
deflucion, defluction, defluxtion,
defluction [ˈdɛflʌkʃən]
n. A running or discharge, expectoration, phlegm.
deg,
deg [deg]
n. A sharp stroke. The hole or indentation thus produced.
adv. With a sharp blow.
v. To strike a sharp-pointed object into any thing, by means of a smart stroke, to pierce holes.
degree, degrie,
degree [dəˈgriː]
n. A degree.
daed, daid, daid-kist, daidlie, daidly, dead-house, deaid, deaid-kist, dede, deed, deed-kist, deid, deidhoose, deid-hoose, deid-hous, deid-house, deid-houss, deidkist, deid-kist, deidlie, deidly, deid-palsie, deid-palsy, deyd, how-dumb-deid, howe_dum_deid, howe_dumb_deid, howe_dumm_deid, howe-dumb-deid,
deid [did, ded, NN.b. dəid]
n. Death. See deith also.
adj. Dead.
 
deidly [ˈdidlɪ, ˈdedlɪ]
adj. Deadly.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
deid-box: A coffin.
deid-hoose: A mortuary.
deid-kist: A coffin.
deid-palsy: Apoplexy.
gloam o deid: The shadow of death.
howe dumm deid: The dead of night.
passions o deid: The death throes, the last agonies.
daef, deafie, deafy, deef, deif, deifen, deifie, deifin, deyf, diffie, diffy, stanedeef, stane-deef, stanedeif, stane-deif, steen-deif, sten-deef,
deif [dif, def]
adj. Deaf, hard of hearing. Quiet, silent. Of soil: unproductive, empty, barren. Of coal: dead, burning without flame.
 
deifie [ˈdifi, ˈdefɪ, ˈdɪfɪ]
adj. Of sound: dull. Dull in action, without bounce. Numb, partially or totally devoid of sensation.
 
deifen
v. To deafen. See deave also.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
deifness: Deafness.
sling a deifie: To ignore something.
stane-deif: Stone-deaf.
dair, deare, deer, deir, dere,
deir [diːr, deːr dɛr]
n. I.Sh. Injury.
v. NN. I.Sh. With upon: to affect, to make an impression.
daeth, daith, deaffin, deathin, deeth, deith, deithin, deth, strae-daith, strae-death, strae-deeth, strae-deith,
deith [diːθ, deːθ, SN. deɪθ]
n. Death.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
deithin: EC. The water hemlock Cicuta virosa
strae-deith: A natural death (in a straw bed).

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