Fr. deshabillé, id.
Wallace.
DISCENSE, s. Descent.
Douglas.
Lat. descens-us.
DISCREET, adj. Civil.
Sir J. Sinclair.
Discretion, Civility, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
To DISCRIUE, v. a. To describe.
Douglas.
To DISCURE, 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.
To DISHAUNT, v. a. To leave any place
or company.
Spotswood.
Fr. deshant-er.
To DISHERYS, 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.
From dis, and short, 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, et mal, Moes. G. mel, tempus praefinitum. Inde dis-mal dies vindictae; Seren.
DYSOUR, s. One who plays at dice.
Dunbar.
DISPARAGE, s. Disparity of rank.
Skene.
DISPARIT, DISPERT, adj.
1. Desperate.
Douglas.
2. Keen, violent, incensed, S. B.
To DISPARPLE, v. n. To be scattered.
V. Sparpell.
Hudson.
To DISPEND, 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.
To DISPLENISH, 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.
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.