Fr.deshabillé, id.
Wallace.
DISCENSE,s.Descent.Douglas.
Lat.descens-us.
DISCREET,adj.Civil.Sir J. Sinclair.
Discretion, Civility, S.Sir J. Sinclair.
ToDISCRIUE,v. a.To describe.Douglas.
ToDISCURE,v. a.To observe accurately.Douglas.
Fr.discour-ir, to survey.
Discourrour,s.A scout.Barbour.
DISDOING,adj.Not thriving, Clydes.
DISEIS, DISSESE,s.1. Want of ease.Barbour.2. State of warfare.Wyntown.
Fr.desaise, "a being ill at ease," Cotgr.
ToDISHAUNT,v. a.To leave any place or company.Spotswood.
Fr.deshant-er.
ToDISHERYS,v. a.To disinherit.Barbour.
Disherysown,s.The act of disinheriting.Wyntown.
DISHILAGO,s.The vulgar name of Tussilago or colt's-foot, S.
DISHORT,s.1. Displeasure.Chron. S. P.2. A disappointment, Aberd.3. Any thing prejudicial, S.
Fromdis, andshort,v.to recreate.
DISJASKIT,part. pa.1.Disjaskit-like, exhibiting every appearance of a decay in circumstances, S. B.
Probably allied to Dan.jask-er,hask-er, sordide habeo.
2. Having a downcast look, S. B.
DISJUNE, DISJOON,s.1. Breakfast, S. B.
O. Fr.desjune.
Ross.2.To make a disjune of, to swallow up at once.Baillie.
DISMAL,s.A mental disease, probably melancholy.Polwart.
DYSMEL,s.Apparently, necromancy.Priests Peblis.
A. Goth,dys, dea mala, etmal, Moes. G.mel, tempus praefinitum. Indedis-maldies vindictae; Seren.
DYSOUR,s.One who plays atdice.Dunbar.
DISPARAGE,s.Disparity of rank.Skene.
DISPARIT, DISPERT,adj.1. Desperate.Douglas.2. Keen, violent, incensed, S. B.
ToDISPARPLE,v. n.To be scattered.V.Sparpell.Hudson.
ToDISPEND,v. a.To expend.
Fr.dispend-re.
Barbour.
Dispending,s.Expences.Barbour.
Dispence,Dyspens,s.Expence.
Fr.despens.
Wyntown.
DYSPYTUWS,adj.Despiteful.
Fr.despiteux.
Wyntown.
ToDISPLENISH,v. a.To disfurnish, S.V.Plenys,v.Baillie.
DISSAIF,s.Insecurity.Wallace.
DISSEMBILL,adj.Unclothed.
Fr.deshabill-é, id.
Wallace.
DYSTANS, DISTAWNS,s.Dissension.Wyntown.
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.
ToDISTRUBIL, DISTROUBLE,v. a.To disturb.Douglas.
Distrowblyne,s.Disturbance.Barbour.
ToDIT, DYT, DITT,v. a.To close up, S.Douglas.
A. S.dytt-an, occludere, obturare.
ToDITE, 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 muchdive, S. B.
ToDIVERT,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."
ToDO,v. a.To avail.V.Dow.Wallace.
ToDOin-to, to bring into.Wyntown.
DO,s.pron.doe, A piece of bread, S. A.
Fr.dôt, a portion.
DOACH, DOAGH,s.A wear orcruive.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 fordochtely, powerfully; from A. S.dochtig.Houlate.
DOCHTY,adj.Malapert, S. an oblique sense of E.doughty.
ToDOCK,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.
ToDODD,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.
ToDODGE,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 itsovaon the leaves of the Trailing willow, S. B.
DOG'S CAMOVYNE, Weak-scented feverfew, alsoDog-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. MacaronicLatin. S.Ruddiman.
DOGONIS,s. pl.Suitors.Dunbar.
ToDOYCE,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, ordunze weil, very well, S.
Isl.daeends, id. asdaeends wael, excellently,dae waenn, very beautiful, fromdaa, an old primitive or particle, denoting any thing good, worthy or excellent.
Doonlins,adv.The same.No that doonlins ill, notvery 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.
ToDOYTT,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.ofDing.
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.
ToDONNAR,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, likebedundert.
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, andbourse, 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.
ToDOODLE,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.Tothole 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 pronouncesdoom.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.Abannockgiven to farm-servants, after loosing the plough, between dinner and supper, Ang.
Su. G.dagwerd, a meal, fromdag, day, andward, food, sometimesdogoerdar.
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.
ToDort,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.
ToDoss,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.
ToDOTTAR,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.
ToDouble,v. a.To take a duplicate of, id.
ToDOUCE,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.
ToDOVER,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.
ToDOUK,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.
ToDOUN THRING,v. a.1. To overthrow.Lyndsay.2. To undervalue.V.Thring.Douglas.
DOUNWITH,adv.1. Downwards, S.Wallace.
A. S.adun, deorsum, andwith, versus.
2. As as. To the dounwith, downwards, S.
ToDOUP,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. withderf.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.
ToDOW,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.
ToDOW,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.
ToDOW,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, orpairs.
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.
Fromdowfand 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.
ToDOZEN, 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.
ToDozen,v. n.To become torpid, S.Ramsay.
ToDRABLE, 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.
ToDRAKE, 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.
ToDRANT, 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.
ToDrap,v. n.To drop, S.S. Prov.
DRAP-DE-BERRY,s.Fine woollen cloth, made at Berry in France.Watson's Coll.
ToDRATCH, DRETCH,v. n.To linger, S. B.
Isl.dratt-a, segniter procedere.
ToDRAUCHT,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.
ToDRAWL,v. n.To be slow in action, S.
Teut.drael-en, cunctari.
ToDRE, DREE, DREY,v. a.To endure, S.Barbour.
A. S.dreog-an, pati.
ToDRE, 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.
ToDridder,v.To dread, S. B.Ross.
ToDREEL,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. worddirige, frequently repeated in the office for the dead.
DREGGLE,s.A small drop of any liquid, S.
Su. G.dregel, saliva.
ToDREGLE, 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.
ToDRESS,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.
ToDRIDDER,v. a.V.Dredour.
ToDRIDDLE,v. n.1. To spill from carelessness, Loth.2. To have a diarrhoea.Montgomerie.
ToDRIDDLE,v. n.1. To move slowly, S. B., same asdruttle, 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.
ToDRIFT,v. n.To delay.R. Bruce.
ToDrift,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 asDramock.Statist. Acc.
ToDRING,v. a.To obtain with difficulty, S. B.Henrysone.
Belg.dring-en, to urge, to press.
ToDRING,v. n.To be slow, S. B.
Dring,adj.Dilatory, S. B.Ross.
ToDRING, 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.
ToDRIZZEN,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.
ToDRIZZLE,v. n.To walk slow; Gl. Shirr.
Isl.drosl-a, haesitanter progredi.
DRIZZLING,s.Slaver.Gl. Shirr.
ToDROB,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.
ToDROUK,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.
ToDRUG,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.
ToDRUMBLE,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.
ToDRUNE,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, fromdrius-an, to fall.
ToDRUTTLE,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. Aswoon, 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, anddudach, 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, fordo it, S.Diallog.
ToDUEL, 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.
ToDULE,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.
ToDUMFOUNDER,v. a.To confuse, to stupify, S.
DUMBIE,s.pron.Dummie. One who isdumb, S.Z. Boyd.
ToDUMP,v. a.To strike with the feet, Ang.
Sw.domp-a, rudius palpare.
DUMPY,adj.Short and thick; also used as as., S.
Isl.doomp, ancillula crassa.
DUMSCUM,s.A game of children, much the same aspallall, or thebeds.
DUN,s.A hill, eminence, S.Stat. Acc.
A. S.dun, mons; Gael. id. a fortified hill.
ToDUNCH,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 thev. Do.Wyntown.
DUNGEONof 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, anduasal, noble.