Definition of Derig

1. to dismantle [v DERIGGED, DERIGGING, DERIGS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Derig

derezing
derezz
derezzed
derezzes
derezzing
derham
derhams
derhotacization
deride
derided
derider
deriders
derides
deriding
deridingly
derig (current term)
derigged
derigging
derigs
derilict
dering
deringer
deringers
derisible
derision
derisions
derisive
derisively
derisiveness
derisivenesses

Literary usage of Derig

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Publications of the Thoresby Society by Thoresby Society (1895)
"derig w* messe of Requie' ther to be songen in the ... in Craven, for my derig w' messe of Requie' ther to be songen & for myn ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Roger Meeson, Court of Exchequer Chamber, William Newland Welsby, Great Britain, John Innes Clark Hare, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Court of Exchequer, Horace Binney Wallace (1838)
"... situate between a certain river or stream of water called Gwy-derig ... of the bed of a stream called Gwy-derig, flowing between the plaintiff's farm, ..."

3. The Revised Reports by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1900)
"JONES Gwy-derig, and the defendant's farm called ... ownership of a portion of the bed of a stream called Gwy- derig, flowing between the plaintiff's farm, ..."

4. The Art of Deer-stalking: Illustrated by a Narrative of a Few Days' Sport in by William Scrope, Charles Landseer, Edwin Henry Landseer (1897)
"Ah, my poor, gallant derig!" "May your hand be steady, and your aim true, for my nerves ... Of the two dogs that were at bay, derig was the more fierce and ..."

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