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 24 EAMPSUIRE GLOSSART. Beusiers [deuz-yerzl], tth. pi. the valves of a pig's-beart. Grose says this is a oorruption of Jetv's ear9, *Ak. A person with large ears is said to have deusiers. — ^Wise. Be^il's Coach-wheels fdevulz-koa'ch-wheelzl, ab. pi. Eanunetdus arvefuis. Hayling IslcL Dr. Bromfield*8 M^. — J. B. Deyil'i-giits [devmlz-guts], sb. pi. the dodder plant Cuscuia Europcea. — J. Devil's purses [devulx-puis-izl sb. pi. skate-eggs, commonly found empty on the sea-shore. — ^F. M. Also called Mermaid* s-purses, and in some places SkcUe^harrowd, from a fancied resemblance to a hand- barrow. Bew-beater. See Deaw-bitter. Bew-berries [deu'beriz], sb.pl. The large wild berry resembling the bramble-berry, but generally growing closer to the gronnd. — P. M. Bubus cosiu$. See Dew-berry in Halliwell. In a letter in the (jfentleman*$ Magazine^ Feb. 1836, p. 126, the writer says that, in Sussex, the dewberry is the gooseberry, and refers to Culpepper^s HerbaL Bew-bit [deu'bit], ab. the first meal in the morning, not so sub- stantial as a regular breakfast. — Halliwell ; Wise, New Furest, p. 193. ^Ak. defines it---a breakfast, a meal taken while the dew is on the grass ; on which Wise notes—only in hay and com harvest See Deaw-bit. Dew-claw. See Deaw-claw. Dew-cap [deu'kop], sb. the first allowance of beer to harvestmen. •—Halliwell, s. v. dew-drink. Dey-hos [dai-us,], sb. a dairy. ♦Ak. (who writes Z>a'i», Datfus^ DeyhuB). Dik [dik], sb. a ditch. — Cooper. Dill-cup [dil'kup], or Tellow-cup, sb. Ranunculus arvensis; the 'tufted crow-toe ' of Milton {Lycidaa, 143).— Wise, North IlanU. Diliyon [dil-yaun], sb. a heavy two- wheeled cart. The similarity of this word to the JPi-ench diligence is apparent. N. and Q. 1st Ser. v. 251. The writer had only heard it at Fullerton, a secluded spot in Hampshire. Dirt [durt], sb. loose earth, or mould ; it has no reference to want of cleanliness. — N. H. Dis-sight [dis'seitl, sb. a blemish, a disfigurement Ex. ' 'twill be no diS'Sight to cut tnat tree.' — N. H. Dis-remember [dis-rememb*ur], v. to forget.- Dish-washer [dish-wash 'ur], sb. the wacrtail; doubtless from the constant sweeping motion of the tail. *Ak. In Hants, the wagtail is also called ' Molly di^h-washer.^—'Wiae. Doaty [doat'i], adj unsound, decayed, rotten. Applied to wood. — rf. H.