Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 24
General
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 24
Scottish Borders (Scotland) -- Fiction
DIRTIN, _adj._ mean; shabby; contemptible.
DISNA, DOESNA, does not.
DISJASKET, _part. pa._ having a dejected or downcast look.
_To_ DISPARAGE, _v. n._ to despise on account of want
of rank.
_To_ DISPLENISH, _v. a._ to disfurnish.
DIV, _v. a._ do. _I div_, I do.
DIVET, DIFFAT, DIVOT, _s._ a thin oblong turf used for
covering cottages and mud walls.
DIZEN, _s._ dozen.
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.
DRUNT, _s._ to be in a sour, pettish humour.
DUB, _s._ a small pool of water, generally applied to those
produced by rain.
DUD, _s._ a rag; a dish-clout.
DUDDY, _adj._ ragged.
DUKE, _s._ a duck.
DULE, _s._ grief.
_To_ DULE, _v. n._ to grieve.
DUMBIE, DUMMIE, _s._ a dumb person.
_To_ DUMFOUNDER, _v. a._ to stupify; to confuse; to
confound.
DUMPY, _adj._ short and thick.
DUN, _s._ a hill; an eminence.
_To_ DUNCH, _v. a._ to jog; to push with the elbow or
fist.
DUNDERHEAD, _s._ a blockhead.
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