An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - Part 252
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_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 pa.s.sus 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_, ca.n.a.l.

DUBLAR, _s._

V. ~Dibler~.

_Bannatyne Poems._

d.u.c.h.eRY, _s._ Dukedom.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

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._