An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 238
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 238
DOLLYNE, _part._ Buried.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _be-dolfen_, id., Teut. _dolv-en_, inhumare, humo tegere, sepelire, Kilian.
DOLPE, _s._ A cavity, S. _dowp_.
_Douglas._
Belg. _dop_, a sh.e.l.l or husk.
DOME, _s._ Judgment, sentiment.
_S. P. Repr._
DOMINIE, _s._
1. A pedagogue, S.
_Forbes._
2. A contemptuous name for a minister, S.
_Ritson._
DON, _s._ A favourite, S., perhaps from Hisp. _Don_.
DONGYN, DOUNGIN, _part. pa._ of _Ding_.
DONIE, _s._ A hare, Ang.
A. S. _don_, damula?
DONK, _adj._ Damp, E. _dank_.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _dunk-en_, id.
~Donk~, _s._ Moisture, perhaps mouldiness.
_Douglas._
_To_ DONNAR, _v. a._ To stupify, Fife.
_A. Douglas._
~Donnard~, ~Donnerd~, _adj._ In a state of gross stupor, S.
_Ramsay._
Germ. _donner-n_, to thunder, q. stupified with noise, like _bedundert_.
DONSIE, DONCIE, _adj._
1. Affectedly neat and trim, implying the idea of self-importance, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Obliquely signifying pettish, testy, S.
3. Restive, applied to a horse, S.
_Burns._
4. Unlucky; in a moral sense.
_Burns._
5. Dull and dreary.
_Hamilton._
Germ. _duns-en_, to swell; intumescere.
DONTIBOURS, DOUNTIBOURIS, _s. pl._ Probably, courtezans.
_Knox._
Fr. _domter_, to tame, and _bourse_, the purse; unless the last term be used in the grosser sense mentioned by Cotgr.
DOOCK, DUCK, _s._ Strong coa.r.s.e cloth, Ang.
_Sail-doock_, that used for sails. p.r.o.n. _doock_.
_Statist. Acc._
Teut. _doeck_, id. Su. G. _duk_.