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del, dell, dellin, dellt, delt, delve, delved, delvit,
del [dɛl]
v. To delve, to dig.
pt. pp. delt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dellin: A portion of a yard or field allocated to a crop.
delaation, delait, delate, delation, delatioun, delaution, delawtion, dilate,
delate [ˈdɛlet]
v. To accuse, denounce.
 
delation [ˈdɛleʃən, arch. -ɑːʃən]
n. An informing against, a denouncement.
deleeberate, deleeberately, deleebrit, deleiberate,
deleeberate [dəˈlib(ə)rət]
adj. Deliberate.
 
deleeberately
adv. Deliberately.
deleecious, deleicious,
deleecious [dəˈliʃəs]
adj. Delicious.
deleer, deleeret, deleeries, deleerit, deleery, deleir, deleirit, deler, delier, delire, delirit, leerie,
deleer [dəˈliːr]
v. To intoxicate, to render delirious.
pt. pp. deleerit adj. Delirious, mad, temporarily out of one's senses.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
deleeries: A delerium.
$liverin$, deleever, deleeverance, deleeverin, deleiver, liverin,
deleever [dəˈliːvər]
v. To deliver.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
deleeverance: leg. A judicial decision. The findings or decision of the Kirk General Assembly or a lesser Church Court on a report presented by a committee or special commission.
deleeverin: Delivering ( a catch of fish onto the pier).
delet, delete, deletit,
delete [dəˈlit]
v. To delete.
pt. deletit
pp. delete Deleted, scored out.
delf,
delf [dɛlf]
n. A place dug out. What is removed by digging.
v. To cut mould, clay etc. in large masses. To make deep imprints on the earth, to churn the soil.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
muir-delf-clod: The wood bluegrass Poa nemoralis.
delf, delft, delph,
delf [dɛlf]
adj. Made of china from Delft.
delicht, delichted, delichtfu, delichtit, delichtsome, delite, delitefu, delitesome, delitit, delychtfu, delychtit, delyte, delytesome, delytit,
delite [ˈdəleit]
n. Delight.
v. To delight.
pt. pp. delitit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
delitesome [-səm]: Delightful.
delitefu [-fə S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]: Delightful.
deevil's-delite: U. col. Buttermilk.
 
From Anglo-French deliter
The form delicht is an erroneous form based on delight by analogy with licht as the Scots cognate of light.

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