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dingel, dingeling, dinglan, dingle, dinglin,
dingle [dɪŋl]
v. To tingle, vibrate, resound, jingle, dent, mark with an impression. I.Sh. To wander aimlessly, to potter.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dinglin [ˈdɪŋlɪn]: Tingling, vibrating, jingling.
Dengleton, Dennleton, Dingleton,
Dingleton [ˈdɛnltən, ˈdɛŋltən, ˈdɪŋltən]
pn. Dingleton (Melrose, Borders).
bail$a_chàil, Ballichal, Dingwal, Dingwall,
Dingwall [ˈdɪŋwal]
pn. Dingwall (Ross and Cromarty).
 
The Gaelic nickname for the town is bail'a chàil
bedink, denk, dink, dinkie, dinkit, dinklie, dinkly, dinky,
dink [dɪŋk, dɛŋk]
adj. Of women: neat, trim, finely dressed. Prim, precise, haughty.
adv. Neatly, sprucely, trimly.
v. To dress neatly or sprucely, to adorn.
pt. pp. dinkit
 
dinky
adj. Neat, trim.
 
dinkly [dɪŋkli, dɛŋkli]
adv. Neatly, sprucely, trimly.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bedink [bəˈ-]: To bedeck.
dinmont,
dinmont [ˈdɪnmɔnt]
n. A wether between one and a half and two and a half years old.
dinnan, dinnan, dinnen, dunnan, dunnen, dunny,
dinnen [ˈdɪnən, ˈdʌnən]
n. MN. The thornback ray Raja clavata.
dannle, dindle, dinle, dinlin, dinnel, dinnelin, dinnell, dinnellin, dinnelt, dinnle, dinnled, dinnlin, dunled, dunlin, dunnelt, dunnle, dunnlin,
dinnle [ˈdɪn(ə)l, ˈdan(ə)l]
n. A vibration, tremor. A vibrating or tingling sensation, such as is caused by a knock on the elbow, a sharp knock, causing such a sensation. A rattling or rumbling noise, a peal of thunder.
v. To tremble, to shake, to vibrate. To tingle with cold or pain. To cause to tremble, vibrate, or tingle with pain.
pt. pp. dinnelt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dinnlin [ˈdɪnlɪn]: Vibrating, tingling.
dint, dintie, dinty,
dint [dɪnt]
n. A chance, occasion, opportunity. A shock, deep impression, impact.
v. To pierce with an elf-arrow.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ding dinty: To beat everything.
steal a dint: To seize an opportunity against someone.
 
See dunt also.
dip, dippet, dippit,
dip [dɪp]
n. A dip. Melted fat in which potatoes are dipped to make them more palatable
v. To dip. To question.
pt. pp. dippit adj. Daft, stupid.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dipper: Something that dips.
dippit him on it: Challenged him over it.
diphtherie, dipthairy,
diphtherie [ˈdɪpθɛri]
n. Diphtheria.

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