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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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DAISE, Daeze, Daize, Dase, Da(a)z, Dease, Deaze, v., n. Sc. forms of Eng. daze. The Eng. form is illustrated in Sc. usages only. [de:z, dɑz]

I. v.

1. As in Eng., to bewilder, to stupefy. Jam. (1808) gives the form dase. Gen. found in ppl.adj. = bewildered, besotted; stupid by reason of old age (Jam.²); “battered, crushed, stupefied” (Ork. 1929 Marw., daazd). Also intr., to be or become dazzled. Obs. in Eng. in 17th c. Sc. 1768 R. Forbes (ed.) Lyon in Mourning (S.H.S. 1895–96) III. 222:
The caprice of an old deazed father.Abd. 1824 G. Smith Douglas, etc. 92:
Whan daiz'd in a hurry, wi' o'er muckle bis'ness, How Babie can touch ilka notion wi' force.m.Sc. a.1846 A. Rodger Poems (1897) 111:
Ye daised drunken guid-for-nocht heir o' the pit.Edb. 1901 J. W. McLaren Poems 39:
Wi' ootstretch'd haun's the figure raise - Whilk gar'd her een the mair to daize.Ayr. 1789 Burns Second Ep. to Davy (Cent. ed.) iv.:
Whyles daez't wi' love, whyles daez't wi' drink.

‡2. To be (or become) cold or benumbed (Rxb. 1825 Jam.²; 1923 Watson W.-B., obsol.). Obs. in Eng. since early 16th cent. (N.E.D.) but still in use in n.Eng. dial. (E.D.D.). Hence daisie(-y), daizie, dazy, deasie(-zy), of the weather: cold, raw (Rxb. 1825 Jam.², daisie, daizie, deasie; 1923 Watson W.-B., dazy, daisy, daizie, deazy, deasie, obsol.).Dmf., Rxb. 1825 Jam.²:
“A daisie day,” a cold raw day, without sunshine.

3. “To wither; to become rotten or spoiled, from keeping, dampness, etc.” (Rxb. 1825 Jam.²; 1923 Watson W.-B., obsol.). Gen. found in ppl.adj. dais(e)d, dazed, deazed, rotten: of wood when it begins to lose its proper colour and texture (Sc. 1825 Jam.²); of eggs, bread, etc., when they become mouldy, or of anything which has lost its efficacy (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., dazed, deazed, obsol.); of cloth that has been discoloured by sun or weather (m.Dmf.³ c.1920). Known to Kcb.¹⁰ 1939. Found also in n.Eng. dial. (E.D.D.).Ork.(D) 1880 Dennison Sketch Bk. 102:
Bit mind the creuk-tree's unco' dais'd.Dmf. 1894 J. Shaw in Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. 146:
A daised sack, one ready to burst into holes.

4. Used imprecatorily in phr. daz the ane = never a one; cf. fient the s.v. Fient Daz(e), etc., is used = damn, in Eng. dial. (E.D.D.).Lnl. c.1750 G. Waldie Hist. Lnl. (1879) 113:
Whan I munt my horse, I'll gi' him the spur . . . , and daz the ane shall gang in the ranks before me.

†II. n. In phr. to get a daise, “to receive such injury as to become rotten or spoiled, applied to clothes, wood, etc.” (Rxb. 1825 Jam.²).