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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.

_To_ DUNT, _v. a._ to strike, so as to produce a dull hollow sound.

DURK, DIRK, _s._ a dagger.

DUST, _s._ a tumult.

DWALM, DWAUM, _s._ a swoon; a sudden fit of sickness.

DWINING, _s._ a declining consumption.

_To_ DWYNE, _s._ to pine.

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EARN, _s._ an eagle.

_To_ EARN, YEARN, _v._ to coagulate.

EASING, _s. pl._ the eaves of a house.

EASTLIN, _adj._ easterly.

EBB, _adj._ shallow.

EE, _s._ an eye.

EEN, _s. pl._ the eyes.

EE-SWEET, _adj._ agreeable or pleasing to the sight.

EERIE, _adj._ dull; lonely.

EFTERHEND, _adv._ afterwards.

EIDENT, _adj._ diligent; industrious.

EIK, EKE, _adj._ an addition.

_To_ EIK, _v. n._ to add to anything.

EIZEL, _s._ a hot ember.

ELBECK, ELBUCK, _s._ elbow.

ELD, _adj._ old.

ELEVEN-HOURS, _s._ a luncheon.

ELDERS, _s. pl._ the members of the kirk-session among Presbyterians.

ELS, _adv._ already.

ELSYN, ELSHYN, _s._ an awl.

ELVES, _s. pl._ fairies.

ELWAND, ELNWAND, _s._ a rod for measuring, an ell in length.

EMBRO', _s._ Edinburgh.

EMERANT, _s._ emerald.

ENEUCH, ENEUGH, _s._ enough.

ERD, ERDE, YERD, YERTH, _s._ earth; soil or ground.

_To_ ERD, YERD, _v. a._ to inter.

ERDDIN, YIRDIN, _s._ an earthquake.

ERLIS, EARLES, _s._ earnest.

ERSE, _s._ Gaelic or Celtic, the language of the Highlanders of Scotland.

ERY, EIRY, EERIE, _adj._ affected with fear.