An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 241
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 241
DOUCE, DOUSE, _adj._
1. Sedate, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Modest, opposed to wantonness, S. B.
3. Of a respectable character, S.
_Burns._
Fr. _doux, douce_, mild, gentle.
~Doucely~, _adv._ Soberly, prudently, S.
DOUD, _s._ A womans cap with a caul, Ang.
_To_ DOVER, _v. n._ To slumber, S. synon. _sloom_, S. B.
_A. Douglas._
Isl. _dofw-a_, stupere.
~Douerit~, ~Dowerit~, _part. pa._ Drowsy.
_Douglas._
~Dover~, _s._ A slumber, S.
Isl. _dur_, somnis levis.
_To_ DOUK, _v. a._ To duck, S.
_Douglas._
Belg. _duck-en_, id.
DOULD, _part. pa._ Fatigued, Fife.
V. ~Doud~.
_A. Douglas._
DOULE, _s._, A fool.
_Houlate._
A. S. _dole_, fatuus.
DOUNGEOUN, _s._
1. The strongest tower belonging to a fortress.
_Barbour._
Fr. _donjon_.
2. A tower in general.
_Lyndsay._
DOUNT, _s._ A stroke, a blow.
V. ~Dunt~, _s._
_To_ DOUN THRING, _v. a._
1. To overthrow.
_Lyndsay._
2. To undervalue.
V. ~Thring~.
_Douglas._
DOUNWITH, _adv._
1. Downwards, S.
_Wallace._
A. S. _adun_, deorsum, and _with_, versus.
2. As a _s. To the dounwith_, downwards, S.