Chapter L: B. distenc-io, contentio, lis

DISTY-MELDER, _s._

1. The last quantity of meal made of the crop of one year, S.

2. Metaph. one's latter end, S. B.

_Journal Lond._

_To_ DISTRUBIL, DISTROUBLE, _v. a._ To disturb.

_Douglas._

~Distrowblyne~, _s._ Disturbance.

_Barbour._

_To_ DIT, DYT, DITT, _v. a._ To close up, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _dytt-an_, occludere, obturare.

_To_ DITE, DYTE, DICT, _v. a._

1. To indite, S.

_Wallace._

2. To dictate to an amanuensis, S.

_Baillie._

3. To indict.

_Henrysone._

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.

_To_ DUNCH, _v. a._ To push or jog with the fist or elbow, S.

Teut. _dons-en_, pugno percutere.

DUNCH, _s._ One who is short and thick, S.

~Dunchy~, _adj._ Squat, S.

DUNDERHEAD, _s._ A blockhead, Loth.

V. ~Donnart~.

DWMMYSMAN, _s._ A judge.

_Wyntown._

DWN, _pret._ of the _v. Do_.

_Wyntown._

DUNGEON _of wit_, One having a profound intellect, S.

_Boswell._

DUNGERING, _s._ The dungeon of a castle.

_S. P. Repr._

DUNIWASSAL, DUIN-WASSAL, _s._

1. A nobleman.

_Colvil._

2. A gentleman of secondary rank.

_Garnet._

3. Used to denote the lower class of farmers, generally in a contemptuous way, Ayrs.

Gael. _duine_, a man, and _uasal_, noble.

_To_ DUNNER, DUNDER, _v. n._ To make a noise like thunder.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ DUNT, _v. a._ To strike so as to produce a dull hollow sound, S.

_Popular Ball._

_To_ ~Dunt~ _out_,

1. To bring any business to a termination, S.

_Ross._

2. To come to a thorough explanation, after a variance, S.

Su. G. _dunt_, ictus.

_To_ ~Dunt~, _v. n._ To palpitate.

_Ramsay._

~Dunt~, ~Dount~, _s._

1. A stroke causing a flat and hollow sound, S. O. E. id.

_Peblis to the Play._

2. Palpitation of the heart, S.

_Ross._

3. _At a dunt_, unexpectedly, Stirlings.

Isl. _dunt_, a stroke given to the back or breast, so as to produce
a sound.

~Dunting~, _s._ Continued beating, causing a hollow sound, S.

_Melvil._

DUNTER-GOOSE, _s._ The Eider duck.

_Brand._

Su. G. _dun_, down, and _taer-a_, to gnaw, because it plucks the
down from its breast.

DUNTY, _s._ A doxy.

_Gl. Ramsay._

DUNZE.

V. ~Doyn~.

DUR, DURE, _s._ Door.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _dure_, id.

DURGY, _adj._ Thick, gross, Loth.

Isl. _driug-r_, densus.

DURK, _s._ A dagger, S.

_Poems Buch. Dial._

Gael. _durc_, a poniard; Teut. _dolck_, sica.

_To_ ~Durk~, _v. a._

1. To stab with a dagger, S.

_Cleland._

2. To spoil, to mismanage, S.

_To_ DURKEN, _v. a._ To affright.

_Sir Gawan._

_To_ DUSCH, _v. n._

1. To move with velocity.

_Douglas._

2. To twang.

_Douglas._

3. _To dusch doun_. To fall with noise, id.

_Douglas._

Germ. _dosen_, strepitum edere; Isl. _thus-a_, tumultuose proruere.

~Dusche~, _s._

1. A fall; as including the crash made by it.

_Douglas._

2. A stroke, a blow.

V. ~Doyce~.

_Barbour._

Isl. _thys_, Alem. _thuz_, _doz_, fragor.

DUSCHET, DUSSIE, _s._ A musical instrument.

_Poems 16th Cent._

DUSCHET, DUSSIE, _s._ An indorsement.

_Leg. Bp. St Androis._

Fr. _douss-er_, to indorse.

_To_ DUSH, _v. a._ To push as a ram, ox, &c. S.

Teut. _does-en_, pulsare cum impetu; Isl. _dusk-a_, verbera infligo.

DUST, _s._ A tumult.

Su. G. _dyst_, id.

DUST _of a mill_, what flies from a mill in grinding, S. Teut. _duyst_, pollen.

DUST _of lint_, what flies from flax in dressing, S.

Teut. _doest_, lanugo lintei.

DUSTIE-FUTE, DUSTIFIT, _s._

1. A pedlar.

_Skene._

2. One who is not resident in a country.

_Burr. Lawes._

3. Used to denote revelry.

_Godly Ball._

_To_ DUTE, DUTT, _v. n._ To dose, S. B.

Belg. _dutt-en_, to set a-nodding.

~Dut~, _s._ A stupid person, S. B.

Dan. _doede_, stupidus; Belg. _dutt-en_, delirare.

DWABLE, DWEBLE, _adj._ Weak, flexible.

Su. G. _dubbel_, double.

_Ross._

DWALM, DWAUM, _s._

V. ~Dualm~.

_To_ DWANG, _v. a._

1. To oppress with labour, S. B.

2. To bear, or draw, unequally, S. B.

3. To harass by ill-humour, S. B.

Teut. _dwingh-en_, domare, arctare.

_To_ ~Dwang~, _v. n._ To toil, S. B.

_Morison._

~Dwang~, _s._ A rough shake or throw, S. B.

_Morison._

_To_ ~Dwyne~, _v. n._

1. To pine, S.

_A. Nicol._

2. To fade, applied to nature.

_Ferguson._

3. To dwindle, S.

_Poems Buch. Dial._

Teut. _dwyn-en_, attenuare, extenuare.

_To_ ~Dwyn~, _v. a._ To cause to languish.

_Montgomerie._

~Dwyning~, _s._ A decline, S.

Isl. _dwinar_, diminutio.

E

E, ~Ee~, _s._ The eye, S.

_Douglas._

EA, _adj._ One.

V. the letter A.

_To_ EAND, _v. n._ To breathe.

V. ~Aynd~, _v._

EARLEATHER-PIN, _s._ An iron pin for fastening the chain by which a horse draws in a cart, Fife.

_To_ EARM.

V. ~Yirm~.

_To_ EARN, _v. n._

1. To coagulate, S.

2. To cause to coagulate, S.

Germ. _ge-rinnen_, Su. G. _raenn-a_, coagulare.

~Earning~, _s._ Rennet, S.

A. S. _gerunning_, id.

EARN-BLEATER, _s._ The snipe, S. B. _earnbliter_.

_Ross._

EARNY-COULIGS, _s. pl._ Tumuli, Orkn.

Isl. _ern_, ancient, and _kulle_, tumulus, Su. G. summitas montis.

EASING, EASINGDRAP, _s._ The eaves of a house, S.

A. S. _efese_; Belg. _oosdruyp_, id.

_To_ EASSIN, EISIN, _v. a._

1. To desire the bull, S.

2. Applied to strong desire of any kind.

_Ferguson._

Isl. _yxna_ or _oxna_, vitula appetens taurum.

~Eastning wort~, Scabious, an herb, S. A.

_Pennecuik._

EARN, _s._ The Eagle.

V. ~Ern~.

EARTH, _s._ The act of earing, S. B.

_Statist. Acc._

Sw. _ard_, aratio, from _aer-ia_, to ear.

EASTIE-WASTIE, _s._ An unstable person, Ang.; q. one who veers from _east_ to _west_.

EASTLAND, _adj._ Belonging to the east.

_Baillie._

EASTLIN, _adj._ Easterly, S.

_Ramsay._

~Eastlins~, _adv._ Eastward, S.

_Ross._

A. S. _east-laeng_, oriente tenus.

EASTILT, _adv._ Eastward, _westlit_, westward; pron. _eassilt_, _wessilt_, Loth.

A. S. _east-daele_, plaga orientalis.

EAT, _s._ The act of eating, S. B.

A. S. _aet_, Teut. _aet_, food.

EATIN BERRIES, Juniper berries, S. B.

V. ~Etnagh~.

EBB, _adj._ Shallow, S.

_Rutherford._

~Ebbness~, _s._ Shallowness.

_Rutherford._

ECCLEGRASS, _s._ Butterwort or sheep-rot, Orkn.

_Neill._

ECHER, ICKER, _s._ An ear of corn, S.

A. S. _aecer_, _aechir_, id.

_Douglas._

ECHT, _s._ Ought.

_Barbour._

EDROPPIT, _part. pa._ Dropsical.

_Bellenden._

EE, _s._ Eye.

V. ~E~.

~Ee~ _of the day_, Noon, mid-day, S. B.

~Ee-list~, ~Eye-list~, ~Eye-last~, _s._

1. A deformity, an eye-sore.

_R. Bruce._

2. An offence.

_Godscroft._

3. A break in a page, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

A. S. _eag_, oculus, and _laest_, defectus.

~Ee-stick~, ~Eistick~, _s._ Something singular or surprising; q. that which causes the _eye_ to _stick_ or fix, S.

_Ferguson._

~Ee-sweet~, ~Eye-sweet~, _adj._ Acceptable, S.

_Rutherford._

~Ee-winkers~, _s._ The eye-lashes, S.

_Rutherford._

~Een~, ~Ene~, _pl._ of ~Ee~, Eyes, S.

_Douglas._

EEBREK CRAP, The third crop after lea, S. B.

EEGHIE ~nor~ OGHIE. _I can hear neither eeghie nor oghie_, neither one thing nor another, Ang.

_Ross._

Su. G. _igh_, or _eighi_, not.

EEKFOW, _adj._ Equal; also, just, Ang.

Su. G. _ekt-a_, Germ. _eicht_, justus.

~Eeksie-peeksie~, _adj._ Equal, Ang.

EEL. _A nine-ee'd eel_, a lamprey, S.

Su. G. _neionoogon_, Germ. _neunauge_, id.

~Eel-backit~, _adj._ Having a black line on the back, applied to a dun-coloured horse, S.

~Eelpout~, _s._ The viviparous Blenny, S.

EERIE, _adj._ Timorous.

V. ~Ery~.

EFFECTUOUS, _adj._ Affectionate.