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DAFT j ftupid, inapt ; oppofed to quick and fen- 



iible. 

 DAITLE (that is day-tab) j by the day; as, 



" daitle-man," a day-labourer j " daitle-work," 



work done by the day. 

 DAP ; fledge, as young birds in the neft. 

 DAW; doughy, underbaked. 

 DAWL'D ; tired ; worn-out with fatigue or re- 

 petition. 

 DEAj do: as, " winnot ye dea't?" will you not 



do it ? 

 DEAF ; blafted, or barren ; as a deaf ear of corn ; 



or a deaf nut ; namely, a nut without a kernel, 

 DEA-NETTLE ; galeopfo tetrahit ; wild hemp. 

 DEEAZ'D; killed, or much injured by cold, or a 



want of due warmth j as vegetables which arc 



froft-nipped ; or chickens which die in the (hell, 



through the hen's abfence. 



DEED; doings: " whent deed ;" great to-do. 

 DEFT; neat; pretty; handfome. 

 To DELVE ; to dint or bruife, as a pewter or a 



tin veflel. 



DESS (of hay) ; a cut of hay. 

 To DESS UP ; to pile up neatly. 

 To DIG ; to break up the ground with a hack, 



mattock, or other tool, which requires a ftrokc in 

 . yfmg it : fee To GRAVE. 

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