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Webster 1913 Edition


Derne

Derne

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[AS.
dyrnan
to hide. See
Dern
,
Adj.
,
Dearn
,
Adj.
]
To hide; to skulk.
[Scot.]
He at length escaped them by
derning
himself in a foxearth.
H. Miller.

Definition 2024


derne

derne

English

Verb

derne (third-person singular simple present dernes, present participle derning, simple past and past participle derned)

  1. (Scotland) To hide; to skulk.
    • Hugh Miller
      He at length escaped them by derning himself in a fox-earth.