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CUCK-STULE, CUKSTULE.

V. ~Cock-stule~.

CUD, _s._ A strong staff, S.

Teut. _kodde_, a club.

_To_ ~Cud~, _v. a._ To cudgel, S.

~Cuddy-rung~, _s._ A cudgel.

_Dunbar._

CUDBEAR, _s._ The Lichen omphalodes, dark purple dyer's lichen, S.

_Statist. Acc._

CUDDIE, _s._ An ass, often _cuddie-ass_, S.

CUDDIE, CUTH, _s._ The cole-fish.

_Statist. Acc._

CUDDING, _s._ The char, a fish, Ayrs.

_Statist. Acc._

_To_ CUDDLE, CUDLE, _v. n._ To embrace, S.

_Ramsay._

Teut. _kudd-en_, coire, convenire.

CUDDLIE, _s._ A secret muttering among a number of people, S. B.

Teut. _quedel-en_, garrire.

_To_ CUDDUM, CUDDEM, _v. a._

1. "To _cuddum_ a beast," to make it tame and tractable, S. B.

2. To bring into domestic habits; applied to persons, S.

_Ross._

Fr. _accoutum-er_, to accustom.

~Cuddum~, _adj._ Tame, usually applied to a beast, S. B.

CUDE, CUDIE, _s._ (pron. as Gr. υ.). A small tub, Ang.

V. ~Coodie~.

CUDE, CODE, _s._ A chrysom, or facecloth for a child at baptism.

_Spotswood._

From C. B. _cudd-io_, to cover.

CUDE, CUID, _adj._ Harebrained, appearing as one deranged, Border.; synon. _skeer_.

Isl. _kuid-a_, to fear.

CUDEIGH, _s._ A bribe; a premium for the use of money, Loth.; a gift conferred clandestinely, S.

_Ramsay._

Gael. _cuidaigh-am_, to help.

CUFE, _s._ A simpleton, S.

V. ~Coof~.

CUFF _of the neck_, the fleshy part of the neck behind, S.

Isl. _kuf-r_, convexitas.

_To_ CUINYIE, _v. a._ To strike money.

_Acts Ja. II._

Fr. _coign-er_, id. L. B. _cun-ire_, id.

~Cuinyie~, _s._

1. Coin, S. B.

_Acts Ja. IV._

2. The mint.

_Acts Ja. IV._

~Cuinyie-House~, _s._ The mint.

_Skene._

~Cuinyioure~, _s._ The master of the mint.

CUIRIE, _s._ Stable, mews.

V. ~Quirie~.

Fr. _escurie_, id.

_Pitscottie._

CUISSER, CUSSER, _s._ A stallion, S.

V. ~Cursour~.

_Ferguson._

CUIST, _s._ A reproachful term.

_Polwart._

CUITCHOURIS, _s. pl._ Gamblers; also smugglers.

_Gl. Sibb._

CULDEES, _s. pl._ A body of teaching presbyters, who, from the sixth century downwards, had their establishments in Ireland, the Hebrides, Scotland, and Wales; were greatly celebrated for their piety; and, acknowledging no bishop, were subject to an abbot chosen by themselves.

_D. Buchanan._

Gael. _cuildeach_, a sequestered person, from _cuil_, a retired
corner, a cave, a cell.

_To_ CULYE, CULYIE, _v. a._

1. To coax, to cajole, S.

_Douglas._

2. To soothe.

_Douglas._

3. To cherish, to fondle.

_Douglas._

4. To gain, to draw forth.

_Kelly._

5. To train to the chace.

_Douglas._

6. _To culye in with_ one, to curry favour, S.

Su. G. _kel-a_, to fondle; _kela med en_, to make much of one.

~Culyeon~, _s._ A poltroon, E. _cullion_.

_Hamilton._

~Cullionry~, _s._ The conduct of a poltroon.

_Baillie._

CULLAGE, _s._ The characteristic marks of sex.

Fr. _couille_, testes, &c. whence _couillage_, _culaige_, tributum
a subditis matrimonio jungendis, domino exsolvendum.

CULLOCK, _s._ A species of shell-fish, Shetl.

_Neill._

CULMES, CULMEZ, _s._ A rural club.

_Douglas._

CULPIT, _part. pa._ Leg. _cuplit_, coupled.

_Lyndsay._

CULREACH, _s._ A surety given to a court, when one is repledged from it.

V. ~Repledge~.

_Quon. Attach._

Gael. _cul_, custody, and _reachd_, a law.

CULROUN, _s._ A rascal, a silly fellow.

_Douglas._

Belg. _kul_, testiculus, and _ruyn-en_, castrare.

_To_ CUM _to_, _v. n._

1. To recover, S.

_Knox._

2. To make advancement in art, S.

3. To rise to honour, S.

_Presb. Eloq._

~Cumd~, _part. pa._ Come, Loth.

_Burel._

CUMERLACH, CUMBERLACH, _s._ A servant attached to a religious foundation.

~Cumerb~, id.

_Chart. MS._

Gael. _comhairleach_, an adviser; _com-harba_, a partner in church
lands, a vicar, pron. _coarb_.

CUMLIN, _s._ Any animal that attaches itself to a person or place of its own accord, S.

E. _comeling_, one newly come.

CUMMAR, _s._ Vexation, entanglement, E. _cumber_.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

Belg. _kommer_, id.

CUMMER, KIMMER, _s._

1. A gossip, S.

_Kelly._

Fr. _commere_, a she-gossip.

2. A young girl, Ang.

~Cummerlyke~, adj. Like _cummers_ or gossips, Dunbar.

CUMMOCK, _s._ A short staff with a crooked head, S. O.

_Burns._

Gael. _cam_, crooked, with the mark of diminution added.

CUMRAYD, _pret. v._ Encumbered, embarrassed.

_Wyntown._

_To_ CUN, _v. a._

1. To learn, to know, E. _con_.

_Douglas._

2. To taste.

_Montgomerie._

A. S. _cunn-an_. scire.

~Cunnand~, _part. pr._ Knowing, skilful.

_Wyntown._

~Cunning~, _s._ Knowledge.

_Acts Ja. I._

A. S. _cunnyng_, experientia.

CUNNAND, _s._ Covenant.

V. ~Connand~.

_Barbour._

CUNDIE, _s._ An apartment, a concealed hole, Ang.

O. Fr. _conduit_, a shop; boutique.

CUNING, _s._ A rabbit; S. _kinnen_, E. _conie_.

_Dunbar._

Belg. _konyn_, Sw. _kanin_, Gael. _coinnin_, id.; Lat. _cuniculus._

~Cuningar~, _s._ A warren, S.

_Acts Ja. I._

Sw. _kaningaard_, from _kanin_, id. and _gaard_, an inclosure.

V. ~Yaire~.

CUNYSANCE, _s._ Badge, cognisance.

Fr. _cognoissance_, id.

_Gawan and Gol._

CUNTENYNG, _s._ Generalship.

V. ~Contenyng~.

CUPPIL, _s._ Rafter.

V. ~Couple~.

CUPPLIN, _s._ The lower part of the backbone, S. B.

CURAGE, _s._ Care, anxiety.

_Douglas._

CURCUDDOCH,

1. _To dance curcuddoch_, or _curcuddie_, a play among children, in which they sit on their houghs, and hop round in a circular form, S.

2. Sitting close together, S. B.

_Ross._

3. Cordial.

_Kelly._

_To_ CURE, _v. a._ To care for.

_Lyndsay._

~Cure~, _s._ Care, anxiety; Fr.

_Palice Hon._

CURER, _s._ A cover, a dish.

_Houlate._

_To_ CURFUFFLE, _v. a._ To discompose, to dishevel, S.

V. ~Fuffle~.

_Ross._

CURIE, _s._ Search, investigation.

_Douglas._

Fr. _quer-ir_, to inquire.

CURIOUS, _adj._ Anxious, fond, S.

_Baillie._

_To_ CURL, CURLE, _s._ To cause a stone to move alongst ice towards a mark, S.

_Pennecuik._

~Curler~, _s._ One who amuses himself by _curling_, S.

_Baillie._

~Curling~, _s._ The act of pushing stones on ice, S.

_Pennant._

~Curling-Stane~, _s._ A stone used in curling, S.

_Ramsay._

Teut. _krull-en_, sinuare, flectere.

CURLDODDY, _s._

1. Ribgrass.

_Evergreen. Border Minstrelsy._

2. Natural clover, S. Orkn.

_Neill._

~Curldoddies~, _s. pl._ Curled cabbage, S.

CURLIES, _s. pl._ Colewort, of which the leaves are _curled_. S. B.

CURLOROUS, _adj._ Churlish, niggardly.

_Bannatyne Poems._

A. S. _ceorl_, rusticus.

CURMURRING, _s._ Grumbling; that motion of the intestines produced by slight gripes, S.

_Burns._

Teut. _koer-en_, gemere; _morr-en_, mur-murare.

CURN, KURN, _s._

1. A grain, a single seed, S.

2. A particle, part of a grain, S.

_Chalm. Air._

3. A quantity, an indefinite number, S.

4. A number of persons, S.

_Journ. Lond._

Moes. G. _kaurno_, Su. G. _korn_, a grain.

~Curny~, _adj._ Grainy, S. Germ. _kernicht_.

CURPHOUR, _s._ The curfew.

_Bannatyne Poems._

CURPLE, _s._ A crupper, S.

Fr. _croupe_.

CURPON, CURPIN, _s._

1. The rump of a fowl, S.

2. Applied ludicrously to the buttocks of man, S.

_Burns._

Fr. _cropion_, the rump.

_To_ CURR, _v. n._ To coo, S.

V. ~Curmurring~.

_To_ CURR, _v. n._ To lean.

Isl. _kure_, avium more reclinatus quiesco.

CURRACH, CURROK, _s._ A skiff or small boat.

Gael. _curach_.

_Bellenden._

CURRACK, CURROCH, _s._ A small cart made of twigs, S. B.

_Statist. Acc._

Gael. _cuingreach_, a cart or waggon.

CURSOUR, S. COUSER, CUSSER, _s._ A stallion.

_Wallace._

Fr. _coursiere_, a tilting horse.

CUSCHÉ, CUSSÉ, _s._ Armour for the thighs.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _cussot_, id. from _cuisse_, the thigh.

CUSCHETTE, _s._ A ringdove.

V. ~Kowschot~.

CUSHLE-MUSHLE, _s._ Earnest and continued muttering, S. B.

_Ross._

Su. G. _kusk-a_, to soothe; _musk-a_, to hide.

CUSYNG, _s._ Accusation.

_Wallace._

CUSSER, _s._

V. ~Cursour~.

CUSTOC, _s._

V. ~Castock~.

CUSTOMAR, CUSTOMER, _s._ One who receives duty on goods, S.

_Acts Ja. IV._

CUSTROUN, _s._ A low-born fellow.

_Polwart._

O. Fr. _coestron_, bâtard, enfant illegitime; Gl. Roquefort.

CUT, _s._ A lot. _To draw cuts_, to determine by lot.

_Douglas._

CUT, _s._ A certain quantity of yarn, S.

_Statist. Acc._

CUTE, COOT, _s._ The ankle, S.

Teut. _kuyte_, sura.

_Lyndsay. Dunbar._

CUTE, _s._ A thing of no value.

_Dunbar._

CUTE, _adj._ Clever, expert, S. B.

A. S. _cuth_, expertus.

_To_ CUTER, _v. a._ To cocker, S.

V. ~Kuter~.

CUTH, COOTH, _s._ The coalfish, before it be fully grown, Orkn.

_Statist. Acc._

CUTHERIE, CUDDERIE, _adj._ Very susceptible of cold, S. B.

Belg. _koud_, cold, and _ryk_, denoting full possession of any
quality.

CUTIKINS, _s. pl._ Spatterdashes, S.

From _cute_, the ancle.

_To_ CUTLE, _v. n._ To wheedle; _To cutle in with_ one, id. S.

_Pitscottie._

Teut. _quedel-en_, garrire.

_To_ CUTLE, _v. a. To cutle corn_, to carry corn out of water-mark to higher ground, W. Loth. _cuthil_. Perths.

Sax. _kaut-en_, Su. G. _kiut-a_, mutare.

CUT-POCK, _s._ The stomach of a fish, S. B.

_Ross._

CUTTIE, _s._ The Black Gulliemet, S. O.

_Fleming._

CUTTY, CUTTIE, _adj._ Short, S.

Gael. _cutach_, short, bobtailed.

Hence,

~Cuttie~, ~Cutie~, _s._

1. A popgun.

_Bp. Galloway._

2. A spoon, S. Gael. _cutag_, id.

_Ross._

3. A short tobacco pipe, S.

_Ramsay._

~Cuttie-Boyn~, _s._ A small tub for washing the feet in; Lanerks. Ayrs.

~Cutty-Free~, _adj._ Able to take one's food, S. B.

~Cutty-Rung~, _s._ A crupper, formed by a short piece of wood fixed to the saddle at each end by a cord, Mearns.

CUTTY-STOOL, _s._

1. A low stool, S.

2. The stool of repentance, S.

V. ~Kittie~.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

From _cutty_, _kittie_, a light woman.

CUTTIT, CUTTED, _adj._

1. Abrupt, S.

_R. Bruce._

2. Laconic and tart, S.

~Cuttetlie~, ~Cuttedly~, _adv._

1. With quick but unequal motion.

_Burel._

2. Suddenly, abruptly, S.

3. Laconically and tartly, S.

_Baillie._

CUTWIDDIE, _s._ The piece of wood by which a harrow is fastened to the yoke, Fife.

CUTWORM, _s._ A small white grub, which destroys vegetables, by _cutting_ through the stem, S.

CUWYN, _s._ Stratagem.

V. ~Conuyne~.

CUZ, _adv._ Closely, Ang.; synon. ~Cosie~, q.v.

D

DA, _s._ Day.

V. ~Daw~.

_Douglas._

DA', DAE, DAY, _s._ Doe.

_Acts Ja. VI._

A. S. _da_, Dan. _daa_, id.

DA, _s._ A sluggard.

V. ~Daw~.

_To_ DAB, DAUB, _v. a._

1. To peck, as birds do, S.

_J. Nicol._

2. To prick.

_Popular Ball._

~Dab~, _s._

1. A stroke from the beak of a bird, S.

2. A smart push.

_Creichton._

DABLET, _s._ An imp, a little devil.

Fr. _diableteau_, id.

_Watson's Coll._

_To_ DACKER, DAIKER, _v. a._

1. To search; to search for stolen goods, S. B.

_Ross._

2. To engage, to grapple, S. B.

_Poems Buch. Dial._

3. To toil as in job work.

_Gl. Sibb._

4. To deal in a peddling way, S.

5. To be slightly employed, S.

Gael. _deachair-am_, to follow; Flem. _daecker-en_, to fly about.

DACKLE, _s._ Suspence, hesitation; applied both to sensible objects, and to the mind, S. B.

~Dacklin~, _part. pr._

1. In a state of doubt, S. B.

2. Slow, dilatory, S. B.

~Dacklin~, _s._ A slight shower; "a _dacklin_ of rain," S. B.

_To_ DAD, DAUD, _v. a._

1. To thrash, S. B.

2. To dash, to drive forcibly, S.

_Knox._

3. To throw dirt so as to bespatter, S.

_J. Nicol._

_To_ ~Dad Down~, _v. n._ To fall or clap down forcibly and with noise, S.

_Ramsay._

~Dad~, _s._ A sudden and violent stroke, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ DADDLE, DAIDLE, _v. a._

1. To draggle, S.

2. To do any work in a slovenly way, Ang.

_To_ DADDLE, DAIDLE, _v. n._

1. To be slow in motion or action, S.

2. To waddle, to wriggle, S.

3. _To daddle and drink_, to tipple, S.

V. ~Dawdie~.

DADDLE, DADDLIE, _s._ A larger sort of bib, S.

_To_ DAFF, _v. n._ To be foolish.

_Polwart._

Sax. _dav-en_ insanire; Su. G. _dofw-a_, sensu privare, _dofn-a_,
stupere.

~Daffery~, _s._

1. Romping, frolicksomeness, S.

2. Thoughtlessness, folly, S. B.

_Ross._

~Daffin, Daffing~, _s._

1. Folly in general, S.

_Ramsay._

2. Pastime, gaiety, S.

_Lyndsay._

3. Excessive diversion.

_Kelly._

4. Matrimonial intercourse.

_S. P. Repr._

5. Derangement, frenzy.

_Mellvill's MS._

~Daft~, _adj._

1. Delirious, stupid; S.

_Bellenden._

2. Foolish, unwise, S.

_Lyndsay._

3. Giddy, thoughtless, S.

_Diallog._

4. Playful, innocently gay, S.

_Ramsay._

5. Gay, to excess, S.

_Ross._

6. Wanton, S.

_Shirrefs._

7. Extremely eager for the attainment of any object, or foolishly fond in the possession of it, S.

Isl. _dauf-r_, _dauft_, fatuus, subtristis; Su. G. _doef_, stupidus.

~Daft Days~, The Christmas holidays, S.

_Ferguson._

~Daftly~, _adv._ Foolishly, S.

_Ramsay._

~Daftlike~, _adj._ Having the appearance of folly, S.

_Ramsay._

~Daftness~, _s._ Foolishness.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

DAFFICK, _s._ A coarse tub or trough, Orkn.

_To_ DAG, _v. a._ To shoot, to let fly.

_Knox._

_To_ DAG, _v. n._ To rain gently, S.

Isl. _dogg-ua_, rigo, Sw. _dugg-a_, to drizzle.

~Dag~, _s._

1. A thin, or gentle rain, S.

Isl. _daugg_, pluvia, Sw. _dagg_, a thick or drizzling rain.

2. A thick fog, a mist, S.

Su. G. _dagg_, dew.

DAY-NETTLES, Dead nettles, an herb, S.

DAIGH, _s._ Dough, S.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _dah_, id.

~Daighie~, _s._

1. Doughy, S.

2. Soft, inactive, destitute of spirit, S.

DAIKER, _s._ A decad.

_Skene._

Su.G. _deker_, id.

DAIKIT, _part. pa._ "It has ne'er been _daikit_," it has never been used, Ang.

DAIL, _s._

1. A part, a portion; E. _deal_.

2. A number of persons.

_Chr. K._

_To have dale_, to have to do.

_Douglas._

DAIL, _s._ A ewe, which not becoming pregnant, is fattened for consumption.

_Complaynt S._

DAIMEN, _adj._ Rare, occasional, S. _auntrin_, synon.

~Daimen-Icker~, _s._ An ear of corn met with occasionally, S.

_Burns._

From A. S. _aecer_, an ear of corn, and perhaps _diement_, counted,
from A. S. _dem-an_, to reckon.

DAINTA, DAINTIS, _interj._ It avails not, Aberd.

_Ross._

Teut. _dien-en_, to avail, and _intet_, nothing.

DAYNTÉ, _s._ Regard.

_Wyntown._

~Dainty~, _s._

1. Pleasant, good-humoured, S.

2. Worthy, excellent, S.

_Burns._

Isl. _daindi_, excellenter bonum quid; _dandis madr_, homo virtuosus; rendered in Dan., _en brav mand_, S. a _braw man_; perfectly synon. with "a _dainty_ man."

~Daintith~, _s._ A dainty, S.

_Kelly._

DAISE, _s._ The part of a stone bruised in consequence of the strokes of the pickaxe or chizzel, Ang.

DAYIS. _To hald dayis_, to hold a truce.

_Wyntown._

DAYS _of_ LAW, LAWDAYIS, The time, when those are summoned to attend, who have interest in a court of justice.

_Wallace._

Isl. _lagdag_, dies lege praefinitus.

DAIT, _s._ Destiny.

_Wallace._

DAYWERK, DAWERK, DARK, _s._ A day's work, S. _darg_.

V. ~Darg~.

A. S. _daegweorc_, id.

_Wyntown._

DALK, _s._ Varieties of _slate clay_, sometimes _common clay_, S.

_Statist. Acc._

DALLY, _s._ The stick used in binding sheaves, Border.

DALLY, _s._

1. A girl's puppet, S. B. E. _doll_.

2. A painted figure.

_Morison._

DALLIS, 3 _p. s. v._ Dawns.

_Godly Ball._

DALMATYK, _s._ A white dress worn by Kings and Bishops.

_Wyntown._

Thus denominated, as being brought from _Dalmatia_.

_To_ DAM, _v. n._ To urine.

_Maitland P._

DAMBROD.

V. ~Dams~.

DAMMAGEUS, _adj._ Injurious.

_Bellenden._

_To_ DAMMISH, _v. a._ To stun, to stupify, S.

_Rollock._

Germ. _damisch machen_, to stun one's head.

DAMMYS, DAMMEIS, _s._ Damage.

Fr. _dommage_.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ DAMPNE, _v. a._ To condemn.

DAMS, _s. pl._ The game of draughts, S.

Sw. _dam_, _dampsel_, id.; _dambraede_, S. a _dambrod_.

DAN, _s._ A term equivalent to _Lord_, _Sir_.

O. Fr.

_Douglas._

_To_ DANCE _his_ or _her lane_; a phrase expressive, either of great joy, or of violent rage, S.

_James V._

_To_ DANDER, _v. n._

1. To roam, S.

2. To go about idly, to saunter, S.

_Ramsay._

3. To roam, without a fixed habitation, S.

_Ferguson._

4. To trifle, to mispend one's time, S.

5. To bewilder one's self, from want of attention, or stupidity, S.

_Burel._

DANDERS, _s. pl._ The refuse of a smith's fire, S.

DANDIE, DANDY, _s._ A principal person or thing; what is nice, fine, or possessing supereminence in whatever way, S.

V. ~Dainty~.

_R. Galloway._

DANDIEFECHAN, _s._ A hollow stroke on any part of the body, Fife.

_To_ DANDILL, _v. n._ To go about idly.

_Burel._

Fr. _dandin-er_, "to go gaping ilfavouredly," Cotgr.

DANDILLY, DANDILY, _adj._ Celebrated, S.B.

_Ross._

~Dandilly~, _s._ A female who is spoiled by admiration, S.

_Cleland._

Perhaps from the same origin with ~Dandill~.

DANDRING, _part. pr._ Emitting an unequal sound.

_Evergreen._

Teut. _donder-en_, tonare.

DANE, DAINE, _adj._ Gentle, modest.

O. Fr. _dain_, dainty, fine.

_Lyndsay._

DANG, _pret._ of ~Ding~, q. v.

DANGER, DAWNGER, _s._

1. The great exertion made by a pursuer, exposing another to imminent danger.

_Wallace._

2. _In his dawnger_, in his power.

_Wyntown._

3. _But dawngere_, without hesitation.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _danger_, power, dominion.

DANGER, _adj._ Perilous.

_Wallace._

DANT, _s._

V. ~Dent~.

_Priests Peblis._

_To_ DANT, _v. a._ To subdue.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

~Danter~, _s._ A tamer, a subduer.

_Douglas._

_To_ ~Danton~, _v. a._ To subdue, S.

Fr. _domter_, _donter_, id.

_Pitscottie._

_To_ DARE, (pron. _daar_) _v. n._ To be afraid, to stand in awe, Ang.

Sw. _darr-a_, to quake, to tremble.

_To_ DARE, Perhaps, to hurt.

V. ~Dere~.

_Sir Gawan._

DARE, _adj._ Stupid, dull.

_Houlate._

Su. G. _daere_, stultus.

DARG, DARK, _s._

1. A day's work, S.; anciently _daywerk_, q. v.

_Statist. Acc._

2. A certain quantity of work, whether more or less than that of a day.

_Kelly._

~Darging~, ~Darguing~, _s._ The work of a day-labourer, S.

_R. Galloway._

~Darger~, _s._ A day-labourer, S.

_Minstrelsy Border._

DARGEIS, _pl._ Dirges.

_Bannatyne P._

~Dergie~, S.

V. ~Dregie~.

DARKLINS, _adv._ In the dark, S.

_Burns._

_To_ DARN, DERN, _v. a._ To conceal, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

_To_ ~Dern~, _v. n._ To hide one's self.

A. S. _dearn-an_, occultare.

_Hudson._

~Darn~, _adj._ Secret, S.

_Wallace._

_In dern_, _adv._ In secret.

_Bannatyne P._

DARRAR, _adj._ Dearer.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

_To_ DARREN, _v. a._ To provoke.

A. S. _dearr-an_, audere.

_Douglas._

_To_ DASCAN, _v. n._ To contemplate, to scan.

_Burel._

Lat. _de_ and _scando_, whence E. _scan_.

_To_ DASE, DAISE, _v. a._

1. To stupify, S.

_Wyntown._

2. To benumb.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _das-a_, languere, _dase_, stupidus.

DASE. _On dase_, alive, q. _on days_.

_Gawan and Gol._

_To_ DASH, _v. a._

1. To flourish in writing, S.

2. To make a great shew, S.

~Dash~, _s._

1. A flourish in writing, S.

2. A splendid appearance, S.

_Ferguson._

DAS KANE, _s._ Singing in parts.

Lat. _discant-us_.

_Montgomerie._

DASS, _s._

1. _Dass_ of a hay stack, that part of it that is cut off with a hay-knife, Loth.

2. _A dass of corn_, that which is left in the barn after part is removed, Fife.

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