Part 19
Teut. _dicht-en_, Sw. _dickt-a_, to compose; Germ. _dicht-en_, sententiam dicere, literis mandare.
~Dyte~, _s._ Composition.
_Wyntown._
~Ditement~, _s._ Any thing indited.
_Sir W. More._
~Dittay, Dyttay~, _s._ Indictment.
_Wallace._
DIV, DO. _I div_, I do, S.
DIVE, _s._ The putrid moisture, which issues from the mouth, &c. after death, S. B.
~Divie~, _adj._ Having much _dive_, S. B.
_To_ DIVERT, _v. n._ To turn aside; Lat. _divert-ere_.
_Baillie._
DIVET, DIFFAT, DIVOT, _s._ A thin flat oblong turf, used for covering cottages, and also for fuel, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Lat. _defod-ere_, to dig.
DIUINE, _s._ A soothsayer.
_Douglas._
Fr. _devin_, id.
DYVOUR, _s._ A bankrupt.
_Skene._
Fr. _devoir_, duty.
~Dyuourie~, _s._ Declaration of bankruptcy.
_Skene._
DIXIE, _s._ Severe reprehension, S. q. the sentence of a pedagogue, Lat. _dixi_, "I have said it."
_To_ DO, _v. a._ To avail.
V. ~Dow~.
_Wallace._
_To_ DO _in-to_, to bring into.
_Wyntown._
DO, _s._ pron. _doe_, A piece of bread, S. A.
Fr. _dôt_, a portion.
DOACH, DOAGH, _s._ A wear or cruive.
_Statist. Acc._
DOCHT, _pret._ Could, availed.
V. ~Dow~, 1.
DOCHTER, DOUCHTYR, _s._ Daughter, S.
_Bellenden._
~Dochter-Dochter~, _s._ Grand daughter.
Sw. _doter doter_, id.
_Wyntown._
DOCHLY, _adv._ Perhaps for _dochtely_, powerfully; from A. S. _dochtig_.
_Houlate._
DOCHTY, _adj._ Malapert, S. an oblique sense of E. _doughty_.
_To_ DOCK, _v. a._ To flog the hips, S.
Teut. _dock-en_, dare pugnos.
DOCK, DOK, _s._
1. Podex, S.
_Kennedy._
2. Stern of a ship.
_Pitscottie._
DOCKEN, DOKEN, _s._ The dock, an herb, S.
_Ritson._
DOCKER, _s._ Struggle, S. B.
V. ~Dock~, _v._
_Ross._
DOCKUS, _s._ Any thing very short, S.
DOCUS, _s._ A stupid fellow, S.
Germ. _docke_, a puppet.
DOD, _s._ A slight fit of ill-humour, S.
Gael. _sdoid_, id.
~Doddy~, _adj._ Pettish, S.
Gael. _sdodach_.
_To_ DODD, _v. n._ To jog, _Fife._
Isl. _dudd-est_, segnipes esse.
DODDY, DODDIT, _adj._
1. Without horns, S.
2. Bald, without hair, S. B.
~Doddie~, _s._ A cow wanting horns, S.
_To_ DODGE, _v. n._ To jog, S. A.
_Gl. Sibb._
DOFART, _adj._ Stupid.
V. ~Duffart~.
DOGDRIVE, DOG DRAVE, _s._ A state of ruin.
_Ramsay._
DOG-HIP, _s._ The fruit of the Dog-rose, S.
DOG-NASHICKS, _s._ Something resembling the gall-nut, produced by an insect depositing its _ova_ on the leaves of the Trailing willow, S. B.
DOG'S CAMOVYNE, Weak-scented feverfew, also _Dog-gowan_, S. B.
DOG'S SILLER, Yellow rattle or Cock's comb, S.
DOG'S TANSY, _s._ Silver-weed, S.
~Doggis~, _s. pl._ Swivels.
_Complaynt S._
Norm. Fr. _dagge_, a small gun.
DOG-LATIN, _s. Macaronic_ Latin. S.
_Ruddiman._
DOGONIS, _s. pl._ Suitors.
_Dunbar._
_To_ DOYCE, _v. a._ To give a dull heavy stroke, Ang.
~Doyce~, _s._
1. A dull heavy stroke, Ang.; _douss_, a blow, S.
V. ~Dusch~.
2. The flat sound caused by the fall of a heavy body, Ang.
DOID, _v. imp._ It becomes, Fr. _doit_.
_Henrysone._
DOIL, _s._ A piece of any thing, as of bread, Ang. _dole_, E.
DOIL'D, DOILT, _adj._
1. Stupid, confused, S.
_Polwart._
2. Crazed, S.
_Gl. Shirr._
Su. G. _dwal-a_, stupor; _ligga i dwala_, jacere in sopore.
DOYN, DONE, DOON, DOONS, DUNZE, _adv._ Very, in a great degree, a mark of the superlative, S.
_Bellenden._
_Doon weil_, or _dunze weil_, very well, S.
Isl. _daeends_, id. as _daeends wael_, excellently, _dae waenn_, very beautiful, from _daa_, an old primitive or particle, denoting any thing good, worthy or excellent.
~Doonlins~, _adv._ The same. _No that doonlins ill_, not _very bad_, S. B.
DOISTER, DYSTAR, _s._ A storm from the sea, Ang.
Isl. _thustar_, aer incipit inclemens fieri.
DOIT, _s._ A small copper coin formerly current in S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
_To_ DOYTT, _v. n._
1. To dote.
_Lyndsay._
2. To move as signifying stupidity, S.
DOITIT, DOYTIT, _part. adj._ Stupid, confused. S.
_Dunbar._
Belg. _dot-en_, delirare, Dan. _doede_, stupid.
~Doit~, _s._ A fool, a numskull, S.
~Doit~, _s._ A disease, perhaps stupor.
_Watson._
~Doittrie~, _s._ Dotage, S.
_Philotus._
~Doitrified~, _part. pa._ Stupified, S.
DOKEN, _s._ The dock.
V. ~Docken~.
DOLE, _s._ A doxy.
_Gl. Shirr._
DOLENT, _adj._ Mournful.
_Lyndsay._
DOLESS, DOWLESS, _adj._ Without exertion, S. _Doingless_, id.
Sw. _dugloes_, id.
DOLF, _adj._
V. ~Dowf~.
~Dolfness~, _s._ Want of spirit.
_Douglas._
DOLFISH, _s._ Leg. _Dog-fish_.
_Statist. Acc._
DOLLY, DOLIE, DULLY, _adj._ Dull, S. _dowie_.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _daalig_, tristis.
DOLLYNE, _part._ Buried.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _be-dolfen_, id., Teut. _dolv-en_, inhumare, humo tegere, sepelire, Kilian.
DOLPE, _s._ A cavity, S. _dowp_.
_Douglas._
Belg. _dop_, a shell or husk.
DOME, _s._ Judgment, sentiment.
_S. P. Repr._
DOMINIE, _s._
1. A pedagogue, S.
_Forbes._
2. A contemptuous name for a minister, S.
_Ritson._
DON, _s._ A favourite, S., perhaps from Hisp. _Don_.
DONGYN, DOUNGIN, _part. pa._ of _Ding_.
DONIE, _s._ A hare, Ang.
A. S. _don_, damula?
DONK, _adj._ Damp, E. _dank_.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _dunk-en_, id.
~Donk~, _s._ Moisture, perhaps mouldiness.
_Douglas._
_To_ DONNAR, _v. a._ To stupify, Fife.
_A. Douglas._
~Donnard~, ~Donner'd~, _adj._ In a state of gross stupor, S.
_Ramsay._
Germ. _donner-n_, to thunder, q. stupified with noise, like _bedundert_.
DONSIE, DONCIE, _adj._
1. Affectedly neat and trim, implying the idea of self-importance, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Obliquely signifying pettish, testy, S.
3. Restive, applied to a horse, S.
_Burns._
4. Unlucky; in a moral sense.
_Burns._
5. Dull and dreary.
_Hamilton._
Germ. _duns-en_, to swell; intumescere.
DONTIBOURS, DOUNTIBOURIS, _s. pl._ Probably, courtezans.
_Knox._
Fr. _domter_, to tame, and _bourse_, the purse; unless the last term be used in the grosser sense mentioned by Cotgr.
DOOCK, DUCK, _s._ Strong coarse cloth, Ang.
_Sail-doock_, that used for sails. Pron. _doock_.
_Statist. Acc._
Teut. _doeck_, id. Su. G. _duk_.
_To_ DOODLE, _v. a._ To dandle, S. B.
Fr. _dodin-er_, _dodelin-er_, id.
DOOF, _s._, A stupid fellow.
V. ~Dowf~.
DOOK, _s._ A peg, S.
Belg. _deuvig_, id.
DOOL, _s._ The goal in a game.
V. ~Dule~.
DOOL, _s._ To _thole the dool_, to bear the evil consequences of any thing, Ang.
Fr. _deuil_, grief.
~Dool-like~, _adj._ Having the appearance of sorrow.
_Rutherford._
DOOLIE, _s._
1. A hobgoblin, S. B.
2. A scarecrow, a bugbear, S. B.
A. S. _deoul_, diabolus, Isl. _dolg-r_, spectrum.
DOOMSTER, _s._ One who pronounces _doom_.
_Rutherford._
DOOR, _s. Durk and door_.
_Ritson._
DOOZIL, _s._
1. An uncomely woman, S. B.
2. A lusty child, S. B.
Isl. _dusill_, servus, servulus.
DORDERMEAT, _s._ A _bannock_ given to farm-servants, after loosing the plough, between dinner and supper, Ang.
Su. G. _dagwerd_, a meal, from _dag_, day, and _ward_, food, sometimes _dogoerdar_.
DORECHEEK, _s._ The door-post, S.
DORESTANE, _s._ The threshold, S.
DOREN. Probably, dare.
_Wallace._
DORLACH, _s._ A bundle, or truss, Gael.
_Baillie._
DORNICK, _s._ Linen cloth used in S. for the table; from Tournay, Teut. _Dornick_.
_Lyndsay._
DORT, _s._ Pet, commonly in pl.
_Ross._
_To_ ~Dort~, _v. n._ To become pettish, S.
_Shirrefs._
~Dorty~, _adj._
1. Pettish, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
2. Saucy, malapert, S.
3. Applied to a female who is saucy to her suitors, S.
_Ramsay._
4. Applied to plants, when difficult to rear, S. B.
Gael. _dorrda_, austere.
~Dortyness~, _s._ Pride, arrogance.
_Douglas._
DOROTY, _s._
1. A doll, S.
2. A female of a very small size, S.
DOSK, _adj._ Dark-coloured.
_Douglas._
DOSS, _adj._ Neat, spruce, Clydes.
Teut. _doss-en_, munire vestibus suffultis.
~Dost up~, _part. pa._ Dressed sprucely.
_Kennedy._
DOSS, _s._ A tobacco pouch, Aberd.
Isl. _dos_, Germ. _dose_, a box.
_Shirrefs._
_To_ ~Doss~, ~Dossie down~, _v. a._ To pay, S.
_Ferguson._
DOTAT, _part. pa._ Endowed.
_Bellenden._
DOT, _s._
1. A dotard.
_Sir Tristrem._
2. A state of stupor.
_Z. Boyd._
DOTED, _part. pa._ Given as a donation.
_Acts Ja. VI._
DOTHER, _s._ Daughter, Ang.
_Ross._
_To_ DOTTAR, _v. n._ To become stupid.
_Evergreen._
DOTTLE, _s._ A small particle, S. _dot_, E.
DOTTLE, _adj._ In a state of dotage, S.
Teut. _ver-doetelt_, repuerascens.
DOUBLE, _s._ A duplicate, S.
_Baillie._
_To_ ~Double~, _v. a._ To take a duplicate of, id.
_To_ DOUCE, _v. a._ To knock, Fife.
V. ~Doyce~.
_Douglas._
~Douce~, _s._ A stroke, Fife. Id.
DOUCE, DOUSE, _adj._
1. Sedate, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Modest, opposed to wantonness, S. B.
3. Of a respectable character, S.
_Burns._
Fr. _doux, douce_, mild, gentle.
~Doucely~, _adv._ Soberly, prudently, S.
DOUD, _s._ A woman's cap with a caul, Ang.
_To_ DOVER, _v. n._ To slumber, S. synon. _sloom_, S. B.
_A. Douglas._
Isl. _dofw-a_, stupere.
~Douerit~, ~Dowerit~, _part. pa._ Drowsy.
_Douglas._
~Dover~, _s._ A slumber, S.
Isl. _dur_, somnis levis.
_To_ DOUK, _v. a._ To duck, S.
_Douglas._
Belg. _duck-en_, id.
DOUL'D, _part. pa._ Fatigued, Fife.
V. ~Doud~.
_A. Douglas._
DOULE, _s._, A fool.
_Houlate._
A. S. _dole_, fatuus.
DOUNGEOUN, _s._
1. The strongest tower belonging to a fortress.
_Barbour._
Fr. _donjon_.
2. A tower in general.
_Lyndsay._
DOUNT, _s._ A stroke, a blow.
V. ~Dunt~, _s._
_To_ DOUN THRING, _v. a._
1. To overthrow.
_Lyndsay._
2. To undervalue.
V. ~Thring~.
_Douglas._
DOUNWITH, _adv._
1. Downwards, S.
_Wallace._
A. S. _adun_, deorsum, and _with_, versus.
2. As a _s. To the dounwith_, downwards, S.
_To_ DOUP, _v. n._ To incline the head or shoulders downwards, S.
_Evergreen._
Teut. _dupp-en_, verticem capitis demittere.
~Doup~. _In a doup_, _adv._ In a moment.
_Ramsay._
DOUP, DOWP, DOLP, _s._ The breech or buttocks, S.
_Ramsay._
2. The bottom, or extremity of any thing.
_Ruddiman._
3. A cavity, S.
_Ferguson._
Isl. _doef_, clunes, posterior pars beluae.
DOUR, DOURE, _adj._
1. Hard.
_Lyndsay._
2. Bold, intrepid.
_Douglas._
3. Hardy, synon. with _derf_.
_Douglas._
4. Inflexible, obstinate, S.
_Douglas._
5. Stern; _a dour look_, S.
_Wallace._
6. Severe; applied to the weather, S.
_Burns._
Lat. _dur-us_; C. B. _dewr_, audax.
~Dourly~, _adv._
1. Without mercy.
_Lyndsay._
2. Pertinaciously.
_Bannatyne Poems._
DOURTY, Leg. _dourly_.
_Gawan and Gol._
DOUSE, _adj._ Solid.
V. ~Douce~.
DOUSS, _s._ A blow, a stroke.
V. ~Doyce~.
DOUT, DOUTE, _s._
1. Fear, S.
_Barbour._
2. Ground of apprehension.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _doute_, id.
~Doutance~, _s._ Doubt.
_Lyndsay._
Fr. _doubtance_.
DOUTSUM, _adj._
1. Hesitating.
_Nat. Cov._
2. Uncertain, as to the event.
_Bellenden._
_To_ DOW, _v. n._
1. To be able. _Pret. docht_, _dought_.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _dug-an_, valere.
2. To avail, to profit.
_Douglas._
Teut. _doogh-en_, prodesse.
~Dow~, _s._ Worth, avail.
_Gl. Sibb._
Teut. _doogh_, commodum.
DOW, _s._ A dove, S.
A. S. _duua_.
_Douglas._
_To_ DOW, _v. n._
1. To thrive, as to health, S.
_Ross._
2. To thrive, in a moral sense, S.
Alem. _douch-en_, _doh-en_, crescere, proficere.
_To_ DOW, _v. n._
1. To fade, to wither, S.
_Ferguson._
2. To lose freshness, S.
_Ramsay._
3. To dose, S. B.
_Ross._
4. To neglect, S. B.
_Morison._
Alem. _douu-en_, perire.
DOWBART, _s._ A stupid fellow.
V. ~Dowfart~.
_Dunbar._
DOWBRECK, _s._ A species of fish, Aberd.
Gael. _dubhbreac_, a smelt.
DOWCATE, _s._ A pigeon-house.
_Acts Ja. IV._
DOWCHSPERIS, DOWSY PEIRS, _s. pl._ The twelve peers, the supposed companions of K. Arthur.
_Wyntown._
O. Fr. _les douz pers_, or _pairs_.
DOWF, DOLF, _s._
1. Destitute of courage or animation, S.
_Douglas._
2. Melancholy, gloomy, S.
_Ramsay._
3. Lethargic.
_Douglas._
4. Hollow; applied to sound, S.
5. Silly, frivolous, S.
_Burns._
Su. G. _dauf_, stupidus; Isl. _daup-r_, subtristis.
~Douf~, ~Doof~, _s._ A dull stupid fellow.
_Dunbar._
~Dowfart~, ~Dofart~, _adj._
1. Destitute of spirit, S.; pron. as Gr. υ.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
2. Dumpish, melancholy, S.
3. Feeble, inefficient, S.
From _dowf_ and Su. G. _art_, Belg. _aert_, disposition.
~Dowfart~, ~Doofart~, _s._ A dull, inactive fellow, S.
_Ramsay._
~Duffie~, _adj._
1. Soft, spungy, S. _fozie_, synon.
2. Stupid, transferred to the mind, S.
DOWY.
V. ~Dolly~.
DOWYD, _pret._ Endowed.
Fr. _dou-er_.
_Wyntown._
DOWKAR, _s._ A diver.
_Kennedy._
Su. G. _dokare_, Belg. _duycker_, id.
DOWNCOME, DOUNCOME, _s._
1. Act of descending.
_Douglas._
2. A fall, in whatever sense, S.
3. Overthrow.
_Ruddiman._
DOWNDRAUGHT, _s._ Whatsoever depresses, S.
DOWNLYING, _s. At the down-lying_, about to be brought to bed, S.
DOWNLOOK, _s._ Scorn, contempt, S.
_Ross._
DOWNSITTING, _s._ Session of a court, S.
_Baillie._
DOWNTAK, _s._ Cause of imbecility, S.
DOWRE. Q. _dourly_. hardly.
_Wyntown._
DOWRIER, DOWARIAR, _s._ Dowager.
Fr. _Douairiere_, id.
_Acts Marie._
DOWTIT, _part. pa._ Feared.
_Barbour._
Fr. _doubt-er_, to dread.
DOXIE, _adj._ hazy, restive, S.
Isl. _dosk-a_, to delay, _dosk_, inactivity.
_To_ DOZEN, DOSEN, _v. a._
1. To stupify.
_Barbour._
2. To benumb. _Dozent with cauld_, S.
3. Denoting impotency.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _daase_, stupified; Isl. _das-ast_, languere.
_To_ ~Dozen~, _v. n._ To become torpid, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ DRABLE, DRAIBLE, _v. a._ To befoul, to slabber, S.
DRABLE, _s._ Perhaps a servant.
_Houlate._
DRAFF, _s._
1. Grains, S.
_Wallace._
2. Metaph., any moral imperfection, S.
Teut. Isl. _draf_, siliquae excoctae.
~Draff-pock~, _s._
1. A sack for carrying grains, S.
2. Metaph., any imperfection.
_S. Prov._
DRAGON, _s._ A paper kite, S.
DRAGOUN, _s. To raiss dragoun_, to give up to military execution.
_Barbour._
_To_ DRAKE, DRAIK, DRAWK, _v. a._ To drench, S.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Isl. _dreck-ia_, aquis obruo.
~Draiks~. _In the draiks_, in a slovenly disordered state, S. B.
_Popular Ball._
DRAM, _adj._
1. Melancholy. S.B. _drum_, synon.
_Douglas._
2. Indifferent, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _draums_, melancholicus.
DRAMOCK, DRAMMACH, DRUMMOCK, _s._
1. Meal and water mixed in a raw state, S.
_Watson's Coll._
Gael. _dramaig_.
2. Any thing boiled to the state of pulp, Ang.
_To_ DRANT, DRUNT, _v. n._
1. To drawl, S.
2. To pass in a tedious way, S.
Isl. _dryn, drunde_, mugire.
_Ferguson._
~Drant, Draunt~, _s._
1. A drawling enunciation, S.
_Ramsay._
2. A slow and dull tune, S.
DRAP, _s._
1. A drop, S.
_Chron. S. P._
2. A small quantity of drink, S.
_Ross._
_To_ ~Drap~, _v. n._ To drop, S.
_S. Prov._
DRAP-DE-BERRY, _s._ Fine woollen cloth, made at Berry in France.
_Watson's Coll._
_To_ DRATCH, DRETCH, _v. n._ To linger, S. B.
Isl. _dratt-a_, segniter procedere.
_To_ DRAUCHT, _v. a._ To draw the breath in long convulsive throbs, S.
Sw. _drag-as_, id.
DRAUCHT TRUMPET, War trumpet.
_Douglas._
DRAUCHT, DRAUGHT, _s._
1. Lineament of the face, S.
_Z. Boyd._
2. An artful scheme, S.
_Rutherford._
Teut. _draght_, vestigiae.
DRAVE, _s._
1. A drove of cattle, S.
2. A shoal of fishes, S.
_Statist. Acc._
3. A crowd, S.
A. S. _draf_, agmen.
_To_ DRAWL, _v. n._ To be slow in action, S.
Teut. _drael-en_, cunctari.
_To_ DRE, DREE, DREY, _v. a._ To endure, S.
_Barbour._
A. S. _dreog-an_, pati.
_To_ DRE, DREY, _v. n._ To endure.
A. S. _adreog-an_, pati.
_Barbour._
DREICH, DREEGH, _adj._
1. Slow, S.
_Ross._
2. Tedious, S.
_Montgomerie._
3. Denoting distance of situation.
Goth. _drig_, _driug-r_, prolixus.
_Ritson._
~Dreich~, ~Dregh~. _On dreich_, _adv._ At a slow pace.
_Douglas._
DREDOUR, DRIDDER, _s._
1. Dread; _drither_, S. B.
_Douglas._
2. Apprehension, S. B.
A. S. _draed_, timor.
_To_ ~Dridder~, _v._ To dread, S. B.
_Ross._
_To_ DREEL, _v. n._ To move quickly, Ang.
Teut. _drill-en_, motitare.
_Ross._
DREFYD, _pret._ Drave.
_Wallace._
DREGY, DERGY, _s._
1. The funeral service.
_Dunbar._
2. The compotation of the funeral company, S.
_Herd._
From the Lat. word _dirige_, frequently repeated in the office for the dead.
DREGGLE, _s._ A small drop of any liquid, S.
Su. G. _dregel_, saliva.
_To_ DREGLE, DRAIGLE, _v. n._ To be tardy, S.
V. ~Dreich~.
DREIK, _s._ Excrement.
Teut. _dreck_.
_Gl. Sibb._
To DREIP, _v. n._ To distil in drops, S.
_Sel. S. Ball._
A. S. _dryp-an_, Isl. _dreip-a_, id.
DREIRE, _s._ Leg. _deire_, hurt.
_Fordun._
DRENE, _s._ Constant repetition.
_Dunbar._
_To_ DRESS, _v. a._
1. To treat well or ill.
_Wyntown._
2. To chastise, to drub, S.
3. To iron linens, S. _Dressing_-iron, a smoothing iron, S.
DRESSE, _s._ Exhibition.
_Godly Ball._
DRESSER, _s._ A kitchen table, S.
Teut. _dressoor_, Fr. _dressoir_, a sideboard.
DREVEL, _s._ A driveller.
_Dunbar._
DREUILLYNG, DRIUYLLING, _s._ The vagaries of the mind, during unsound sleep.
_Douglas._
Isl. _draefl_, _drafl_, sermo stultus; also apinae, fooleries.
DREW, _s._
1. A species of sea-weed that grows very long, Orkn.
_Neill._
2. Sea laces, Fucus filum, S.
Isl. _driugr_, prolixus.
DREW, _s._ A drop.
_Palice Honour._
DRIB, DRIBBLE, _s._
1. A drop, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Drizzling rain, S.
_Burns._
Belg. _druppel_, a drop.
DRY GOOSE, a handful of the finest meal, pressed very close together, dipt in water, and then roasted among the ashes of a kiln, S. A.
DRYCHYN, DRYCHYNG, _s._ Delay.
V. ~Dreich~.
_Wallace._
_To_ DRIDDER, _v. a._
V. ~Dredour~.
_To_ DRIDDLE, _v. n._
1. To spill from carelessness, Loth.
2. To have a diarrhoea.
_Montgomerie._
_To_ DRIDDLE, _v. n._
1. To move slowly, S. B., same as _druttle_, q. v.
2. To be diligent without progress, Border.
DRIDDLES, _s. pl._ The intestines of a slaughtered animal, Fife.
DRIDDLINS, _s. pl._ The knotted meal left after baking, S.
Germ. _trodel_, _treidel_, veteramenta.
DRIESHACH, _s._ The dross of a turf fire which glows when stirred, S. B.
DRIFLING, _s._ A small rain.
_Baillie._
Isl. _dreif-a_, spargere.
DRIFT, _s._ Drove; as of cattle, Ayrs.
Teut. _drifle_, id.
_To_ DRIFT, _v. n._ To delay.
_R. Bruce._
_To_ ~Drift~, _v. a._ To put off.
_Z. Boyd._
~Drift~, _s._ Procrastination.
_R. Bruce._
DRIGHTIN, _s._ Lord.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _drichten_, Alem. _drohtin_, id.
DRIMUCK, _s._ The same as _Dramock_.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ DRING, _v. a._ To obtain with difficulty, S. B.
_Henrysone._
Belg. _dring-en_, to urge, to press.
_To_ DRING, _v. n._ To be slow, S. B.
~Dring~, _adj._ Dilatory, S. B.
_Ross._
_To_ DRING, DRINGE, _v. n._ To sound as a kettle before boiling.
_Ramsay._
~Dring~, _s._ The noise of a kettle before it boils.
DRING, _s._
1. A servant.
_Lyndsay._
Sw. _dreng_, id.
2. A miser.
_Bannatyne Poems._
DRINK-SILVER, _s._ A vale given to servants, S.
_Rutherford._
DRYNT, _pret._ Drowned.
_Douglas._
A. S. _adrenct_, mersus.
DRITHER, _s._ Dread.
V. ~Dredour~.
_To_ DRIZZEN, _v. n._
1. To low as a cow or ox, Ang.
2. Applied to a sluggard groaning over his work, S. O.
Teut. _druyssch-en_, strepere.
_To_ DRIZZLE, _v. n._ To walk slow; Gl. Shirr.
Isl. _drosl-a_, haesitanter progredi.
DRIZZLING, _s._ Slaver.
_Gl. Shirr._
_To_ DROB, _v. a._ To prick, Ang.
Isl. _drep-a_, perforare.
~Drob~, _s._ A thorn, a prickle, Perths.
DRODDUM, _s._ The breech.
_Burns._
DROG, _s._ A buoy attached to the end of a harpoon line, S.
DROGARIES, _pl._ Drugs.
_Bellenden._
Fr. _drogueries_, id.
DROICH, _s._ A dwarf, _droch_, S. B. _dreich_, Border.
_Bannatyne Poems._
A. S. _dweorh_, Isl. _droeg_, homuncio.
~Droichy~, _adj._ Dwarfish, S.
DROILE, _s._ A slave; Isl. _driole_, id.
_Z. Boyd._
DRONACH, _s._ Penalty, S. B.
Isl. _drungi_, molestia, onus.
DROTES, _pl._ Nobles.
_Sir Gawan._
Su. G. _drott_, a lord.
DROUBLY, DRUBLIE, _adj._
1. Dark, troubled.
_Dunbar._
2. Muddy; applied to water.
Teut. _droef_, turbidus.
_Henrysone._
DROUERY, DROURY, _s._
1. Illicit love.
_Barbour._
2. A love-token.
_Douglas._
3. A gift of any kind.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _drurie_, la vie joyeuse.
_To_ DROUK, _v. a._ To drench, S.
_Douglas._
DROUTH, _s._
1. Drought, S.
_Chron. S. P._
2. Thirst, S.
_R. Bruce._
~Drouthy~, _adj._
1. Droughty, S.
2. Thirsty, S.
_Pennecuik._
DROW, _s._ A fainting fit, Ang.
A. S. _throw-ian_, pati.
DROW, _s._ A squall.
_Mellvill's MS._
Gael. _drog_, motion of the sea.
DROWP, _s._ A feeble person.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _driup-a_, tristari.
_To_ DRUG, _v. a._ To pull forcibly, S.
_Douglas._
Isl. _thrug-a_, premere, vim inferre.
~Drug~, _s._ A rough pull, S. B.
_Ross._
DRUGGARE, _adj._ Drudging.
_King's Quair._
Isl. _droogur_, tractor, bajulus.
DRUM, _adj._ Melancholy, S. B.
V. ~Dram~.
DRUM, _s._ A ridge, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Gael. _druim_, id.
Applied, S. B. to little hills, which rise as ridges above the level of the adjacent ground.
_To_ DRUMBLE, _v. n._ To raise disturbance.
_Ramsay._
~Drumly~, ~Drumbly~, _adj._
1. Troubled.
_Douglas._
2. Muddy, S.
_Douglas._
3. Having a gloomy aspect, S.
_Ramsay._
4. Confused; as to mind.
_Ferguson._
5. Troubled; applied to the state of public matters, S.
_Baillie._
_To_ DRUNE, _v. n._ To low in a hollow or depressed tone, Ang.
Isl. _dryn-ia_, Sw. _droen-a_, mugire.
~Drunt~, _s._ A drawling enunciation, S.
DRUNT, _s._ Pet, sour humour, S.
_Burns._
O. Fland. _drint-en_, tumescere.
DRUSH, _s._
1. Atoms, fragments.
_Watson._
2. The dross of peats, Banffs.
Moes. G. _drauhsna_, a fragment, from _drius-an_, to fall.
_To_ DRUTTLE, _v. n._
1. To be slow in motion, S.
2. To trifle about any thing, S.
Teut. _dreutel-en_, pumilionis passus facere.
DUALM, DWALM, DWAUM, _s._
1. A _swoon_, S.
_Ross._
2. A sudden fit of sickness, S.
_Ritson._
Alem. _dualm_, caligo mentis stupore correptae.
~Dualmyng~, ~Dwauming~, _s._
1. A Swoon.
_Douglas._
2. Metaph. the fall of evening, S. B.
_Shirrefs._
DUB, _s._
1. A small pool of rain-water, S.
_Douglas._
2. A gutter, S.
Ir. _dob_, a gutter; Celt. _dubh_, canal.
DUBLAR, _s._
V. ~Dibler~.
_Bannatyne Poems._
DUCHERY, _s._ Dukedom.
_Bellenden._
DUCK, _s._ A leader.
V. ~Duke~.
DUCK, _s._ Sail-cloth.
V. ~Doock~.
DUD, _s._
1. A rag, S.
_Ross._
_Daily dud_, the dish-clout, S. B.
2. _Duds_, _dudds_, pl. clothing, especially of inferior quality, S.
_Polwart._
Gael. _dud_, a rag, and _dudach_, ragged. Isl. _dude_, indumentum levioris generis.
~Duddy~, _adj._ Ragged, S.
_Ramsay._
DUDDROUN, _s._ Sloven, drab.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _dudr-a_, to act in a slovenly manner.
DUDE, for _do it_, S.
_Diallog._
_To_ DUEL, DUELL, DWELL, _v. n._
1. To delay, to tarry.
_Douglas._
2. To continue in any state.
_Barbour._
3. To cease or rest.
_Wallace._
4. _Dwelt behind_, left behind.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _dwael-ias_, id. Isl. _duel_, moror.
~Duelling~, _s._ Delay, tarrying.
_Barbour._
DUERGH, _s._ A dwarf.
V. ~Droich~.
_Gawan and Gol._
DUKE, DUCK, _s._ A general.
_Evergreen._
DUKE, DUIK, _s._ A duck, S.
_Bannatyne Poems._
DULCE, _adj._ Sweet; Lat. _dulc-is_.
_Lyndsay._
DULDER, _s._ Any thing large, S. B.
_To_ DULE, _v. n._ To grieve.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _doul-oir_, Lat. _dol-ere_.
~Dule~, ~Dool~, _s._ Grief, S.
_Wyntoun._
_To sing dool_, to lament.
_Gl. Shirr._
DULE, DOOL, _s._ The goal in a game.
_Chr. Kirk._
Teut. _doel_, aggesta terra, in quam sagittarii jaculantur sagittas.
DULL, _s._ Hard of hearing, S.
_Sir John Sinclair._
DULSE, _adj._ Dull, heavy, S. B.
Isl. _dollsa_, appendere ignavum.
DULSE, _s._ The fucus, a species of seaweed, S.
_Martin._
Gael. _duilliasg_, Ir. _dulisk_, id.
DUM TAM, a bunch of clothes on a beggar's back, under his coat, S. B.
_To_ DUMFOUNDER, _v. a._ To confuse, to stupify, S.
DUMBIE, _s._ pron. _Dummie_. One who is _dumb_, S.
_Z. Boyd._
_To_ DUMP, _v. a._ To strike with the feet, Ang.
Sw. _domp-a_, rudius palpare.
DUMPY, _adj._ Short and thick; also used as a _s._, S.
Isl. _doomp_, ancillula crassa.
DUMSCUM, _s._ A game of children, much the same as _pallall_, or the _beds_.
DUN, _s._ A hill, eminence, S.
_Stat. Acc._
A. S. _dun_, mons; Gael. id. a fortified hill.