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 HAMPSHIRE GLOSSARY. 23 Daffodil [daf 'odil], sb. FritiUaria MeleagrU. See Cowslip. Daglets [dag'lutz], eh. pi, icicles. ^Ak. Dain [dain], v. a, to sharpen, or beat out, a pick, fork, hoe, &c. — Darks [daaks], sb, pi, nights on which the moon does not shine. Used by sailors and smugglers. — Cooper. Darling [daa'Iin], sh, the smallest or youngest of a farrow or litter of pigs, &c. — Cooper ; Wise. Dawg [daug], sh, a dog. Dead-horse [ded'haus], sh. To * work out a dead-horse* is to work out an old debt — Cooper. To ride the dead-horse is to be behind- hand. — J. Dead-man [ded-man], sb, the line of string marking the next course of bricks, in bricklapng. — ^N. H. Dead Han's Hands [ded-manz handz], sh. pi. Orchis mcLsctda, — J. B. Dean [deen], sb. a hollow am mg downs. As Finch-cZeaw, Bram- dean, — J. Deaw [di'au ]], sb, dew. A.S. deaw, *Ak. Deaw-bit [di'au-bit?] sb, a dew-bit, q, v. *Ak. Deaw-bitter [di'au-bitT 1], sb, a dew-beater ; one who has large feet or who turns his toes out, so that he brushes the dew off the grass in walking. "^Ak. Deaw-claw (written deaw-ddw), [di'au-klau], sh, a dew-claw. ♦Ak. It means a bone or nail behind a deer's foot. — Webster. Also behind a dog's foot. — N. H. Decker, Dicker [dek*ur, dik'iir], v. to ornament, to spangle. ' A lady's fingers are said to be dechered with rings, or the sky with stars.' — Wise, New Forest, Dedocky [ded'okil, adj, failing, likely to die. Said of trees. ' That tree has been dedocky some time.' — ^N. H. See Daddicky. Dee [dee], sb, day. So also to-dee, to-dfty. — Cooper. Deedily [dee*dili], adv. diligently ; it applies to anything done with a profound and plodding attention, or an action which engrosses all the powers of the mind and body. See note to Our Village Sketches, by Mary Russell Mitford, vol. i. p. 244. — F. M. Deedy [dee'di], adj, diligent, plodding, attentive. Ex. said of a servant : * She's very deedy,^ — ^N. H. Deer's-milk [deeTz-milk],^ft. wood-spurge ; Euphorbia amygdaloides, when gathered.' — Wise, New Forest, Denial [denei'ul], sb, an encumbrance. Ex. ' His children be a great denial to 'un.'--J. Desperd [desp'urd], adj, desperate. *Ak.
 * So called from the white viscous juice which exudes from its stalks