Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 214 pages of information about Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV..

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 214 pages of information about Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV..

DOCHTER, DOUGHTYR, s. daughter.

DOCKEN, DOKEN, s. the dock; an herb.

DODDY, DADDIT, adj. destitute of horns; bald.

DOGGIT, adj. stubborn.

DOIN, v. n. doing.

DOITIT, DOITED, adj. stupid lack of mental activity.

DOIT, s. a small copper coin, long in disuse.

DOIT, s. a fool; a numskull.

DOMINIE, s. a schoolmaster; a pedagogue; a contemptuous name for a clergyman.

DONNARD, DONNART, adj. stupid.

DOOCK, DUCK, s. a strong coarse cloth used for sails, etc.

To DOODLE, v. a. to dandle; to fondle.

DOOF, s. a stupid silly fellow.

DOOKIT, s. a dovecot or pigeon-house.

To DOOK, DOUK, v. n. to bathe; to duck.

DOOL, s. grief; sorrow.

DOON, DOUN, s. down.

DOOT, s. doubt.

DORT, s. pet.

To DORT, v. n. to pet.

DORTY, adj. pettish.

DOTTAR, s. become stupid from age.

DOUCE, DOUSE, s. sedate; quiet.

DOUF, s. a stupid fellow.

DOUF, DOLF, s. destitute of courage.

DOUKED, v. n. bathed; wetted.

DOUNGEOUN, s. the strongest or chief tower belonging to a fortress.

DOUP, s. the buttocks; the bottom of anything.

DOUR, adj. stubborn; inflexible; obstinate.

To DOUSE, v. a. to beat; to maltreat.

DOUSE, adj. solid; sedate.

DOUSS, s. a blow; a stroke.

To DOVER, v. n. to slumber.

DOW, DOO, s. a dove; a pigeon.

To DOW, v. n. to fade; to wither; to lose freshness.

DOWCATE, DUKET, s. a dovecot.

DOWNCOME, adj. the act of descending.

DOWY, DOWIE, adj. dull; downcast; sorrowful.

DOZEND, DOSEND, s. stupified; benumbed.

To DRABLE, DRAIBLE, v. a. to slabber; to befoul.

DRAFF, s. the refuse of grain after being distilled or brewed.

DRAGON, s. a paper kite.

To DRAIGLE, v. a. to bespatter.

DRAMOCK, s. a mixture of meal and water in a raw state.

DRAP, s. a drop.

DRAVE, s. a drove of cattle.

To DREEL, v. n. to move quickly.

DREGY, DERGY, s. the compotations after a funeral.

DREICH, DREECH, adj. slow; tedious.

DRIBBLE, s. a very small drop.

To DROUK, v. a. to drench.

DROIC, s. a dwarf.

DROUTH, s. drought; thirst.

DRUMLY, DRUMLIE, adj. troubled.

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