_To_ DEMENT, _v. a._ To deprive of reason.
_Baillie._
~Demented~, _adj._
1. Insane, S.
_Wodrow._
2. Unsettled in mind, S.
_Baillie._
Lat. _demens_, insane.
~Dementation~, _s._ Derangement.
_Wodrow._
DEMPSTER, DEMSTER, _s._
1. A judge, S. B.
2. The officer of a court, who pronounces doom.
_Justice Air._
A. S. _dem-an_, to judge.
DEMT, _part. pa._ Judged, doomed.
_Barbour._
DEN, _s._ A hollow.
V. ~Dean~.
DEN, _s._
1. A respectful title prefixed to names.
V. ~Dan~.
_Wyntown._
2. A dean.
_Houlate._
_To_ DEN, _v. a._ To dam.
_Barbour._
DENCE, _adj._ Danish.
_Godly Ball._
~Densman~, _s._ A Dane.
_Dunbar._
DENK, _adj._
1. Trim.
V. ~Dink~.
_Dunbar._
2. Saucy, nice.
_Dunbar._
DENSAIXES, _s. pl._ Danish axes.
_Statist. Acc._
DENT, DINT, _s._ Affection.
_To tyne dent_ of a person or thing, to lose regard, Ang.
_Ferguson._
DENT, _part. pa._ Indented.
Fr. _denté_, id.
_Gawan and Gol._
DENTILIOUN, _s._ Dandelion, an herb, S.
Fr. _dent de lyon_.
_Douglas._
DEPAYNTIT, Painted.
_King's Quair._
_To_ DEPAIR, _v. a._ To ruin.
_Palice Hon._
Fr. _deper-ir_, to perish.
_To_ DEPART, DEPERT, _v. a._ To divide.
Fr. _depart-ir_, id.
_Barbour._
_To_ DEPESCHE, DEPISCHE, _v. a._ To dispatch.
_Bellenden._
Fr. _despesch-er_, id.
_To_ DEPONE, _v. n._ To testify on oath, S.
L. B. _depon-ere_, testari.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ DEPRISE, _v. a._ To depreciate.
Fr. _despris-er_.
_Lyndsay._
_To_ DEPULYE, _v. a._ To spoil.
_Douglas._
Fr. _depouill-er_.
_To_ DER, _v. a._ To hazard.
_Barbour._
A. S. _dear-ian_, Belg. _derr-en_, id.
DERAY, _s._
1. Disorder.
_Barbour._
2. Mirthful noise at a banquet.
_Douglas._
Fr. _desroy_, _deroi_, disorder.
_To_ DERE, DEIR, _v. a._
1. To hurt.
_Douglas._
2. _To dere upon_, to make impression, S. B.
A. S. _der-ian_, nocere.
~Dere~, ~Der~, ~Deir~, _s._ Injury.
_Wallace._
_To_ DERE, _v. a._ To fear.
_Burel._
DERE, _s._ Any beast of game.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _deor_, Su. G. _diur_, Isl. _dyr_, id.
DERE, _s._ A precious person.
_Houlate._
_To_ DEREYNE, DERENE, DERENYHE, _v. a._ To determine a controversy by
battle.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _derainier_, prouver son droit en justice; Roquefort.
~Dereyne~, ~Derenye~, s. Contest, decision.
_Barbour._
_To_ DERENE, _v. a._ To disorder.
_Dunbar._
DERETH, _s._ Some kind of office anciently held in S.
_Chart. Dunf._
_To_ DERNE, _v. a._ Perhaps for _darren_.
_Hudson._
DERF, _adj._
1. Bold and hardy.
_Douglas._
2. Capable of great exertion.
_Douglas._
3. Possessing a sullen taciturnity, S. B.
4. Severe, cruel.
_Wallace._
Isl. _diarf-ur_, Su. G. _diaerf_, daring.
~Derffly~, _adv._ Vigorously.
_Wallace._
DERGAT, _s._ Target.
_Wyntown._
Gael. _targaid_.
_To_ DERN, _v. a._ To hide.
V. ~Darn~, _v._
_To_ DERT, _v. a._ To dart.
_King's Quair._
To DESCRIVE, DISCRYVE, _v. a._ To describe, S.
_Hamilton._
_To_ DESPITE, _v. n._ To be filled with indignation, S. B.
Fr. _se despit-er_.
DET, _s._ Duty.
Fr. _dette_.
_Palice Hon._
~Detfull~, _adj._ Due.
_Knox._
~Dettit~, _part. pa._ Indebted.
_Bellenden._
DETBUND, _adj._ Predestinated.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _det_, a die.
_To_ DEUAIL, DEUAL, _v. n._
1. To descend.
_Douglas._
2. _v. a._ To let fall.
_Palice Honour._
Fr. _devall-er_.
~Devall~, _s._ A sunk fence, Clydesd.
_To_ DEVALL, DEVALD, _v. n._ To cease, to intermit, S.
_Ferguson._
Su. G. _dwal-a_, to delay.
~Devall~, ~Devald~, _s._ A cessation, S.
Isl. _duaul_, mora.
DEUCH, TEUCH, _s._
1. A draught, a potation, S.
V. ~Teuch~.
2. Drink in general, S. B.
~Deuchandorach~, ~Deuchandoris~, _s._
1. A drink taken at the door, S.
2. Equivalent to _stark-love and kindness_, S.
Gael. _deoch an doruis_, the parting drink.
_To_ DEVE, DEAVE, _v. a._ To stupify with noise, S.
_King Hart._
Su. G. _doef-wa_, Isl. _deyf-a_, to deafen.
DEVEL, _s._ A stunning blow.
V. ~Davel~.
_To_ DEVISE, DIUISS, DEUYS, _v. a._ To talk.
Fr _deuis-er_, id.
_Barbour._
DEUGIND, _adj._ Wilful, litigious, Caithn.
DEUK, _s._ Covert, shelter, S. B.
V. ~Jouk~.
DEULE WEEDS, mourning weeds.
Fr. _deuil_, mourning.
_Acts Ja. VI._
DEVORE, DEUORE, _s._ Service.
Fr. _devoir_.
_Wyntown._
DEW, _adj._ Moist.
_Douglas._
DEW, _pret._ Dawned.
V. ~Daw~.
_Wallace._
DEWGAR, _s._ A salutation.
_Wallace._
Fr. _Dieu garde_.
DEWGS, _s. pl._ Rags, shreds, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ DEWYD, DEWOYD, _v. n._ To divide.
_Wallace._
_To_ DEWYSS, DIUISS, _v. a._ To divide.
Fr. _devis-er_, id.
_Barbour._
DEWYT, deafened, stunned.
V. ~Deve~.
DEWOR, DEWORY, _s._ Duty.
_Barbour._
DEW-PIECE, _s._ A piece of bread given to servants when going out early
to their work, S. B.
_Sinclair._
DGUHARE, Houlate. Leg.
_Alquhare._
DIBBER-DERRY, _s._ Confused debate, S. B.
_Ross._
DIBLER, _s._ A large wooden platter.
_Burrow Lawes._
O. E. _dobeler_, O. Fr. _doublier_, assiette.
_To_ DICE, _v. a._ To sew in a waved form, S. B.
_Ross._
_To_ DICHT, DYCHT, _v._
1. To prepare.
_Douglas._
A. S. _diht-an_, Germ. _dicht-en_, parare.
2. To deck, S.
_Douglas._
3. To dress food.
_Ritson._
4. To polish.
_Douglas._
5. To wipe, S.
_Colvil._
6. To dry by rubbing, S.
_Ross._
7. To sift, S. Cumb.
_Burns._
8. To treat, to handle.
_Douglas._
9. To handle, applied to the mind, S. B.
Belg. _dicht-en_, Su. G. _dicht-a_, to compose.
10. To drub, S. B.
_Hamilton._
11. To make an end of.
_Douglas._
~Dichtings~, _s. pl._
1. Refuse, S.
_Ross._
2. The refuse of corn, S. synon. _shag_.
_To_ DICT, _v. a._ To dictate.
V. ~Dite~.
_To_ DIDDLE, _v. n._
1. To move like a dwarf, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To shake, to jog.
_Burns._
Isl. _dudd-est_, segnipes esse.
DIE, s. A toy, a gewgaw, Loth.
DIET-BOOKE, s. A diary.
_Calderwood._
L. B. _diaet-a_, iter unius diei.
DIFFER, _s._ A difference, S.
_Bp. Forbes._
DIFFICIL, _adj._ Difficult.
_Complaynt S._
_To_ DIFFOUND, _v. a._ To diffuse.
_Douglas._
DIGNE. _adj._ Worthy.
V. ~Ding~.
DIKE, DYK, _s._
1. A wall, S.
_Kelly._
2. A vein of _whinstone_, traversing the strata of coal, S.
_Statist. Acc._
3. A ditch.
_Wallace._
A. S. _dic_, Su. G. _dike_, id.
_To_ ~Dyk~, _v. a._ To inclose with ramparts or ditches.
_Barbour._
~Diker~, ~Dyker~, _s._ One who builds inclosures of stone, generally
without lime; also _dry-diker_, S.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ DILL, _v. a._ To conceal.
_Callander._
Isl. _dyll-a_, Su. G. _doel-ja_, occultare.
_To_ DILL, _v. a._ To assuage or remove.
_Bannatyne Poems._
A. S. _dilg-ian_, delere; Isl. _dill-a_, lallare.
_To_ ~Dill Down~, _v. n._ To subside.
_Baillie._
DILATOR, _s._ A delay; old law term.
L. B. _dilatare_, to delay.
_Baillie._
DILP, _s._ A trollop.
_Ross._
Sw. _toelp_, an awkward fellow.
_To_ DYMENEW, _v. a._ To diminish.
_Douglas._
_To_ DIN, DYN, _v. n._
1. To make a noise.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. To resound.
A. S. _dyn-an_, id.
_Barbour._
DYND, _part. pa._
_Bannatyne Poems._
_To_ DING, _v. a._
1. To drive,
_S. Bellenden._
2. To exert one's self.
_Henrysone._
3. To beat.
_Wyntown._
4. To strike by piercing.
_Bellenden._
5. To scourge, to flog.
_Acts Ja. I._
6. To overcome, S.
_Ferguson._
7. To excel. S.
_Ramsay._
8. To discourage, S. B.
_Ferguson._
9. _To ding down_, to overthrow, S.
_Barbour._
10. _To ding in_, to drive in, S.
11. _To ding off_, to drive from.
_Douglas._
12. _To ding on_, to attack with violence.
_Barbour._
13. _To ding out_, to expel.
_Bellenden._
_To ding out the bottom of_ any thing, to make an end of it, S.
_Baillie._
14. _To ding ouer_, to overthrow, also to overcome, S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
15. _To ding throw_, to pierce.
_Bellenden._
16. _To ding to dede_, to kill with repeated strokes.
_Wallace._
Isl. _daeng-ia_, Su. G. _daeng-a_, tundere.
_To_ ~Ding~, _v. n._
1. To drive.
_Douglas._
_It's dingin on_, it rains, or snows, S.
2. _To ding down_, to descend.
_Lyndsay._
DING, DIGNE, _adj._ Worthy.
_Douglas._
Fr. _digne_, Lat. _dign-us_.
DINGLEDOUSIE, _s._ A stick ignited at one end; foolishly given as a
plaything to a child; Dumfr.
Su. G. _dingl-a_, to swing, and _dusig_, dizzy.
DINK, DENK, _adj._
1. Neat, trim, S.
_Evergreen._
2. Precise, saucy, Fife.
_A. Douglas._
Alem. _ding_, gay.
~Dinkly~, _adv._ Neatly.
_R. Galloway._
_To_ DINLE, DYNLE, _v. n._
1. To tremble, S.
_Douglas._
2. To make a great noise.
_Ferguson._
3. To thrill, to tingle.
_J. Nicol._
~Dinle~, _s._
1. Vibration, S.
2. A vague report, S. B.
DINMONT, DIMMENT, DILMOND, _s._ A wedder in the second year. S. q.
_twelve-months_.
_Complaynt S._
DINNEN SKATE, The young of the Raia Batis.
_Sibbald._
DINT, _s._ An opportunity, S.
_Ross._
DINT, _s._ Affection.
V. ~Dent~.
DYOUR, _s._ A bankrupt.
_Dunbar._
DIRD, _s._ An achievement; used ironically, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
Teut. _dagh-vaerd_, Isl. _dagferd_, a day's journey.
~Dirdum~, _s._ Deed, achievement, S.B. ibid.
~Dirdum-Dardum~, _s._ A term, expressive of contempt for an action.
_Chr. Kirk._
DIRD, _s._ A stroke, Aberd.
_Ross._
Fr. _dourd-er_, to beat.
DIRDUM, s.
1. An uproar, S.
_King Hart._
C. B. _dowrd_, sonitus, strepitus.
2. Damage. "To dree the _dirdum_," to do penance, S. B.
3. Passion, ill humour, Perths.
Gael. _diardan_. surliness, anger.
DIRK, _s._ A dagger.
V. ~Durk~.
DIRK, DYRK, _adj._ Dark.
_Wallace._
A. S. _deorc_.
_To_ DIRK, _v.n._ To grope in utter darkness.
_Ferguson._
_To_ ~Dirkin~, _v. n._ To act clandestinely.
_Dunbar._
_To_ ~Dirkin~, _v. a._ To darken.
_Douglas._
~Dirkit~, _part. adj._ Darkened.
_Dunbar._
~Dirkness~, _s._ Darkness.
_Dunbar._
_To_ DIRLE, _v. a._ To pierce, E. _drill_.
_Bannatyne MS._
Su. G. _drill-a_, perforare.
_To_ DIRLE, _v. n._
1. To tingle, to thrill, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To emit a tingling sound, S.
_Burns._
~Dirl~, _s._
1. A slight tremulous stroke, S.
2. The pain caused by such a stroke, S.
3. A vibration, S.
_Burns._
~Dirling~, _s._ A short-lived smarting pain, S.
_Douglas._
DIRR, _adj._
1. Torpid, benumbed, Loth.
2. Insensible, used in a moral sense, Loth.
Su. G. _daer-a_, infatuare.
_To_ ~Dirr~, _v. n._ To be benumbed, ibid.
DIRT, _s._ Excrement, S.
~Dirtin~, _adj._
1. Defiled with excrement, S.
2. Mean, contemptible, S.
_Bellenden._
~Dirt-fear'd~, _adj._ So much afraid as to lose the power of retention,
S.
_Hamilton._
_To_ DISAGYIS, To disguise.
_Gl. Complaynt._
DYSCHOWYLL, _adj._ Undressed.
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._