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▪ I. deave, v. Now Sc. and north. dial.|diːv|
In 4–6 (9) deve, (4–5 dewe), 6 Sc. deiv(e, 9 deeve.
[OE. déafian in adéafian (f between vowels = v) to wax deaf. The trans. type *díefan, *dýfan to make deaf, corresp. to Goth. (ga)daubjan, OHG., MHG. touben, töuben, Ger. (be)täuben, does not appear in OE., and the trans. seems to be an extension of the intrans. use in ME.: cf. dead v.]
†1. intr. To become deaf. Obs. rare.
[c1050Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 179/25 Obsurduit adeafede.] 13..in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 224 Hyse eres shullen dewen, And his eyen shullen dymmen.
2. trans. To deafen; to stun or stupefy with noise (formerly also with a blow); to bewilder, worry, or confuse, esp. by ‘dinning’ in one's ears.
c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1286 Þe dunte þat schulde hym deue. a1400Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 348 Wyttys ben revid, Erys ben devid. c1420Anturs of Arth. xxii, Alle the Duseperis of Fraunse [are] with your dyn deuyt. c1470Henry Wallace x. 285 Dewyt with speris dynt. 1500–20Kennedie Flyting w. Dunbar 360 Thow devis the deuill, thyne eme, wyth dyn. 1597Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 671 He greuis vs and deues vs With sophistries and schiftis. 1792Burns Willie's Wife ii, She has..A clapper tongue wad deave a miller. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. v, Dinna deave me wi' you nonsense. 1825in Brockett, Deave. 1874G. W. Dasent Tales fr. Fjeld 31 It deaved one to hear. 1888Sheffield Gloss., Deave, to deafen; to embarrass, to confuse. Also in Glossaries of Northumb., Cumbrld., Lanc., Cheshire, Cleveland, Whitby.
Hence ˈdeaving ppl. a.
1832Motherwell in Whistle-Binkie (Sc. Songs) Ser. i. 45 The deavin' dinsome toun. 1883Reade Tit for Tat i. in Harper's Mag. Jan. 251/2 A new peal of forty church bells, mounting..from a muffin man's up to a deaving dome of bell-metal.
▪ II. deave
obs. inflex. of deaf a. |
