An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 235
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 235
Lat. _defod-ere_, to dig.
DIUINE, _s._ A soothsayer.
_Douglas._
Fr. _devin_, id.
DYVOUR, _s._ A bankrupt.
_Skene._
Fr. _devoir_, duty.
~Dyuourie~, _s._ Declaration of bankruptcy.
_Skene._
DIXIE, _s._ Severe reprehension, S. q. the sentence of a pedagogue, Lat.
_dixi_, "I have said it."
_To_ DO, _v. a._ To avail.
V. ~Dow~.
_Wallace._
_To_ DO _in-to_, to bring into.
_Wyntown._
DO, _s._ p.r.o.n. _doe_, A piece of bread, S. A.
Fr. _dot_, a portion.
DOACH, DOAGH, _s._ A wear or cruive.
_Statist. Acc._
DOCHT, _pret._ Could, availed.
V. ~Dow~, 1.
DOCHTER, DOUCHTYR, _s._ Daughter, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
~Dochter-Dochter~, _s._ Grand daughter.
Sw. _doter doter_, id.
_Wyntown._
DOCHLY, _adv._ Perhaps for _dochtely_, powerfully; from A. S. _dochtig_.
_Houlate._
DOCHTY, _adj._ Malapert, S. an oblique sense of E. _doughty_.
_To_ DOCK, _v. a._ To flog the hips, S.
Teut. _dock-en_, dare pugnos.
DOCK, DOK, _s._
1. Podex, S.
_Kennedy._
2. Stern of a ship.
_Pitscottie._
DOCKEN, DOKEN, _s._ The dock, an herb, S.
_Ritson._
DOCKER, _s._ Struggle, S. B.
V. ~Dock~, _v._
_Ross._