DEDST, or DIDST.—Did you?
DEEDILY.—Earnestly, intently.
DEEDY.—Industrious.
DELVE.—To dig (but nearly obsolete).
DEMIREP.—A word applied to a woman for whom contempt is felt.
DERLIN'.—The smallest pig in a litter. The same as "Dall."
DERN.—An imprecation.
DESPERD.—Very great, desperate.
DEW-BIT.—A small meal that perhaps could equally well be done without.
DEWSIERS.—The gristle of valves adjoining a pig's heart.
DIBBLE.—A gardener's implement. To hole for planting seeds; also to fish by dropping the bait on the surface of the water, and then alternately lifting it and letting it fall.
DIBS.—A game played with the small knuckle bones taken from legs of mutton; these bones are themselves called dibs.
DICKY.—"Upon my dicky" is a phrase sometimes used in support of an assertion.
DlCKY-BIRDS.—Children's phrase for all wild birds.
DIDDLE.—To cheat; to play a trick; to out-wit.
DIDDLED.—Out-witted.
DIDN'T OUGHT.—Ought not.
DIFFICULTER.—Comparative of difficult.
DILL, or DILLY.—The call for ducks, either word is repeated about four times in the call.