An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 245

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 245


Fr. _Douairiere_, id.


_Acts Marie._


DOWt.i.t, _part. pa._ Feared.


_Barbour._


Fr. _doubt-er_, to dread.


DOXIE, _adj._ hazy, restive, S.


Isl. _dosk-a_, to delay, _dosk_, inactivity.


_To_ DOZEN, DOSEN, _v. a._


1. To stupify.


_Barbour._


2. To benumb. _Dozent with cauld_, S.


3. Denoting impotency.


_Ramsay._


Su. G. _daase_, stupified; Isl. _das-ast_, languere.


_To_ ~Dozen~, _v. n._ To become torpid, S.


_Ramsay._


_To_ DRABLE, DRAIBLE, _v. a._ To befoul, to slabber, S.


DRABLE, _s._ Perhaps a servant.


_Houlate._


DRAFF, _s._


1. Grains, S.


_Wallace._


2. Metaph., any moral imperfection, S.


Teut. Isl. _draf_, siliquae excoctae.


~Draff-pock~, _s._


1. A sack for carrying grains, S.


2. Metaph., any imperfection.


_S. Prov._


DRAGON, _s._ A paper kite, S.


DRAGOUN, _s. To raiss dragoun_, to give up to military execution.


_Barbour._


_To_ DRAKE, DRAIK, DRAWK, _v. a._ To drench, S.


_Bannatyne Poems._


Isl. _dreck-ia_, aquis obruo.


~Draiks~. _In the draiks_, in a slovenly disordered state, S. B.


_Popular Ball._


DRAM, _adj._


1. Melancholy. S.B. _drum_, synon.


_Douglas._


2. Indifferent, S. B.


_Ross._


Isl. _draums_, melancholicus.


DRAMOCK, DRAMMACH, DRUMMOCK, _s._


1. Meal and water mixed in a raw state, S.







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