An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

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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.