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DAI 223 DAN
DAIS, -EACHAN, s. m. A fool, a blockhead.
DAISEACH, -EicHE, adj. Having mows
of hay or corn.
DAITE, adj. and jrret. part, v. Dath. Coloured.
See Daithte.
DAITE AC H, -ICHE, adj. (Dath,) Freshcoloured,
fair-coloured.
DAITHEAD, -eid, -ean, s. m. Provin. A
scure, dark.
DALLADH, -aidh, s. j)i. ana pvs. part. v.
Dall. A blinding, misleading; act of blinding,
misleading, darkening.
DALLADH-EUN, -AiBH-EUN,«. wi. (Dal-
ladh, and Eun,) Purblindness, defect of
vision-
DALLAG, -AiGE,AN,s./.(Dall,) A shrewmouse
; a mole; a leech ; any little blind
creature ; a species of fish.
DALLAGACH, adj. Like a shrtw-mouse,
dormouse or mole.
DALL-AIGEANTACH, -aiche, (Dull,
and Aigntadh,) Dull, slow witted, stupid.
DALLAN, -AiN, s. TO. (Dall,) A winnowing
fan.
DALLAN ACH, -aich, s.f. A large winnowing
fan. Scot. Wecbt.
DALLANACH, -aich, s. to. and/. Ine-
briation, state of complete inebriation.
DALLAN-CLOICHE, -ain-chloiche, s.
771. A monumental stone.
DALLAN-DA, s. m. A game, blind man's
buff.
DALLARAN, -ain, s. m. (Dall, and
Fear,) A blind person ; a confused stupid
person.
DALLARAN ACHD,s/. ind. (Dallaran,)
Blindness, confuseduess ; groping in dark-
ness.
DALL-BHRAT,-AN,s.OT.(Dall, and Brat,)
A blinding bandage ; a dark covering.
DALL-CHEO, s. m. ind. A dark, thick
mist.
DALL-CHEÒTHAR, -aire, adj. Very
misty.
DALL-CHREIDIMH, s. m. ind. (Dall,
and Creidlmh,) Implicit faith.
DALL-OIDHCHE, s. f. (Dall, and
Oidhche,) The darkest time of night ; a
dark night.
DALL-INNTINNEACH, -iche, adj.
(Dall, and Inntinn,) Stupid, weak mind-
ed, dull-witted.
DALL-SGIOMH, -a, s. m. (Dall. and
Sgiomh,) The alloy in metals.
DALL-SHÙIL, s.f. A dim eye, a sight-
diet.
DAITHTE, ;>^e^ ;)ar/. tj. Dath. Dyed.
less eye.
DALMA, adj. Bold, forward, audacious,
DÀLA, DÀLACH, geii. of Dàil, which see.
DÀLACHD, s.f. iiid. (Dail,) Delaying,
impudent.
DALMACHD, s.f. ind. (Dalma,) Impu-
act of delaying.
DALAN-DÈ, -AIN-DÈ, s. m. A butterfly.
DALBA, adj. See Dalma. Provin.
f Dalbh, a. m, A lie, contrivance.
DALL, -AiDH, DH-, V. a. Blind, make blind,
mislead, deceive.
dence, audacity, forwardness.
DALTA, -an, and -achan, s. to. A fosterchild;
a god-son or daughter; step-son or
daughter.
DALTA N, -AIN, s. TO. dim. of Dalta, which
DALL, -OILLE, adj. Blind ; ignorant ; ob-
see.
DALTACH, -AiCHE, adj. Betrothed ; of, or
belonging to a foster-child.
DALTA-BAISTIDH, s. to. A god-son or
daughter.
DAM, -aim, s. m. A reservoir, a conduit, a
mill-dam.
DAMAINT, -E, 7 adj. Damned, condemn-
DAMANTA, \ ed.
DÀMH, s. TO. A learned man.
DAMH, -AiMH, s. TO. An ox; a hart, stag,
the male of the red deer ; that part of a
harrow in which the teeth are fixed.
DAMHACH, adj. (Damh,i Of or belonging
to an ox or hart.
D'AMH, dh'amh, prep. Conjoined with
pers. proti. See Domh, Dhomb.
DAMH AIL, -E,-ALA, «/;. Stupid, boorish ;
of, or belonging to oxen.
DÀMHAIR, -E, adj. Earnest, keen, eager,
zealous.
DÀMHAIR, -E,s./ (Damh, and Dàir, v.)
Rutting of deer ; rutting time.
DÀMHAIREACH,-iCHE, adj. (Dàmhair,
V.) Keen, earnest, endeavouring, industri-
ous, diligent.
DÀMH AI REACHD, s.f. Keenness, eager-
ness, diligence, industry.
DAMHAN-ALLUIDH, -ain, -alluidh,
5. 7«. (Damh, and AUuidh,) A spider. *
DAMH-LANN, -ainn, s. m. (Damh, and
Lann,) An ox-stall.
D'AMHSA, prep. Conjoined with pers.
jiron. cmph. See Dòmhsa, Dhòmhsa.
DAMH S A, s. m. Dancing. See Dannsa.
DAMHSAIR, -ean, s. to. A dancer. Written
also Dannsair.
DAMNADH, -aidh, s. to. Cursing; condemnation,
a condemning.
DAMUINTE, adj. See Damaint.
DAN, -ÀIN, pi. DÀNA, DÀIN, and dàintkan.