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 30 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. Deval, Deyalye, or Develye, v. to desist. Devuihion, sh, ridicule. ' Makin' divarthion^ taming into ridicule. Devil's chnm staff, the sun spurge. Euphorbia Jidioscopia. Devil's eoaohman, sb, an insect. Same as CofBn cutter. Dhirl, «6. a good-for-nothing person. Dhrap wifh hunger, v. to die of hunger. ' If I was dhrappin* with hunger I wouldn't ask him for a &rden.' Dhruv, V. drove ; driven. 'lef^ruvpaathim.' ' A've cf^rut? that horse these five year.' Dibble, eb. a pointed wooden implement for making holes in the ground for planting in. Dibble, or Dibble in, t^. to plant by means of a dibble. Diddles, sb. the breasts of a woman. Differ, ab. the di£ference. Dig, (1) sb. a blow. ' I wish I had three digs at him.' f 2) ' To dig with the wron^ foot,' is a way of saying that Ihe person reierred to lielongs to a religious persuasion different from that of the speaker. Dig wi' baith feet, this is said of a clever person. Compare Two hand boy. Dig with the same fbot, to belong to the same religious denomination. Dimpsy brown, adj ' Dimpsy brown, the colour of a mouse's waist- coat^' an undecided colour. Din, adj, dun, or brown-coloured. Dinge, (1) «2^. a dint, (2) v. to dint Dingle, or Dinle, v. to throb ; to vibrate ; to tingle. Dinlin, adj. trembling; vibrating. Directly, just so ; precisely. Dirt bird, sb. the skua. It follows flocks of sea-gulls, and chases these birds till they disgorge the contents of their stomachs, and the vomited matter the dirt bird eats. See AUan hawk. Discomfdffle, v, to incommode. Discoorse, v. to talk to. ' Come here till I discoorse you.' Disgist, V, to digest. Disremember, v. to forget. Distress, sb. a sickness. ' Since I had that distress in my head.' Ditch, sb. a fence, generally of earth. Divil mend ye. ' Served you right' * Tou deserved it ridily.'