Glossary.

Letter D

DAFF
to befool
To put off; this seems to be a corruption of 'doff.'
DAMN
to condemn
DANGER
reach, control, power
DANSKER
a Dane
DARE
to challenge
DARKLING
in the dark
DARRAIGN
to set in array
DAUB
to disguise
DAUBERY
imposition
DAY-WOMAN
a dairy-maid
DEAR
dire
That which has to do with the affections Piteous
Important
DEARN
lonely
DEBOSHED
debauched, drunken
DECK
to bedew. This is probably a form of the verb 'to dag,' now a provincial word
DECK
a pack of cards
DECLINE
to enumerate, as in going through the cases of a noun
DECLINED
fallen
DEEM
doom, judgment
DEFEAT
to undo, destroy
DEFEAT
destruction
DEFEATURE
disfigurement
DEFENCE
art of fencing
DEFEND
to forbid
DEFENSIBLE
having the power to defend
DEFTLY
dexterously
DEFY
renounce
DEGREES
a step
DELAY
to let slip by delaying
DEMERIT
merit, desert
DEMURELY
solemnly
DENAY
denial
DENIER
the 12th part of a French sol coin
DENOTEMENT
marking
Note or manifestation
DENY
to refuse
DEPART
departure
DEPART
to part
DEPARTING
parting, separation
DEPEND
to be in service
DERIVED
born, descended
DEROGATE
degraded
DESCANT
a variation upon a melody, hence,
metaphorically, a comment on a given theme
DESIGN
to draw up articles
DESPATCH
to deprive, bereave
DESPERATE
determined, bold
DETECT
to charge, blame
DETERMINE
to conclude
DICH
optative mood, perhaps contracted for 'do it.'
DIET
food regulated by the rules of medicine
DIET
to have one's food regulated by the rules of medicine
DIFFUSED
confused
DIGRESSING
transgressing, going out of the right way
DIGRESSION
transgression
DIG-YOU-GOOD-DEN
give you good evening
DILDO
the chorus or burden of a song
DINT
stroke
DIRECTION
judgment, skill
DISABLE
to disparage
DISAPPOINTED
unprepared
DISCASE
to undress
DISCONTENT
a malcontent
DISCOURSE
power of reasoning
DISDAINED
disdainful
DISLIMN
to disfigure, transform
DISME
a tenth or tithe
DISPARK
to destroy a park
DISPONGE
to squeeze out as from a sponge
DISPOSE
disposal
DISPOSE
to conspire
DISPOSITION
maintenance
DISPUTABLE
disputatious
DISPUTE
to argue, examine
DISSEMBLY
used ridiculously for assembly
DISTASTE
to corrupt
DISTEMPERED
discontented
DISTRACTION
a detached troop or company of soldiers
DISTRAUGHT
distracted, mad
DIVERTED
turned from the natural course
DIVISION
a phrase or passage in a melody
DIVULGED
published, spoken of
DOFF
to do off, strip
To put off with an excuse
DOLT
a small Dutch coin
DOLE
portion dealt
Grief, lamentation
DON
to do on, put on
DOTANT
one who dotes, a dotard
DOUT
to do out, quench
DOWLAS
a kind of coarse sacking
DOWLE
the swirl of a feather
DOWN-GYVED
hanging down like gyves or fetters
DRAB
a harlot
DRABBING
whoring
DRAUGHT
a privy
DRAWN
having his sword drawn
DRAWN
drunk, having taken a good draught
DRIBBLING
weak
DRIVE
to rush impetuously
DROLLERY
a puppet-show
DRUMBLE
to dawdle
DRY
thirsty
DUC-DAME
perhaps the Latin duc-ad-me, bring him to me
DUDGEON
a dagger
DULL
soothing
DULLARD
a dull person
DUMP
complaint
DUP
to do up, Lift up