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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 coa.r.s.e 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._ dest.i.tute of courage.

DOUKED, _v. n._ bathed; wetted.

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

DOUP, _s._ the b.u.t.tocks; 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.