An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 254

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 254

DUM TAM, a bunch of clothes on a beggars back, under his coat, S. B.


_To_ DUMFOUNDER, _v. a._ To confuse, to stupify, S.


DUMBIE, _s._ p.r.o.n. _Dummie_. One who is _dumb_, S.


_Z. Boyd._


_To_ DUMP, _v. a._ To strike with the feet, Ang.


Sw. _domp-a_, rudius palpare.


DUMPY, _adj._ Short and thick; also used as a _s._, S.


Isl. _doomp_, ancillula cra.s.sa.


DUMSc.u.m, _s._ A game of children, much the same as _pallall_, or the _beds_.


DUN, _s._ A hill, eminence, S.


_Stat. Acc._


A. S. _dun_, mons; Gael. id. a fortified hill.


_To_ DUNCH, _v. a._ To push or jog with the fist or elbow, S.


Teut. _dons-en_, pugno percutere.


DUNCH, _s._ One who is short and thick, S.


~Dunchy~, _adj._ Squat, S.


DUNDERHEAD, _s._ A blockhead, Loth.


V. ~Donnart~.


DWMMYSMAN, _s._ A judge.


_Wyntown._


DWN, _pret._ of the _v. Do_.


_Wyntown._


DUNGEON _of wit_, One having a profound intellect, S.


_Boswell._


DUNGERING, _s._ The dungeon of a castle.


_S. P. Repr._


DUNIWa.s.sAL, DUIN-Wa.s.sAL, _s._


1. A n.o.bleman.


_Colvil._


2. A gentleman of secondary rank.


_Garnet._


3. Used to denote the lower cla.s.s of farmers, generally in a contemptuous way, Ayrs.


Gael. _duine_, a man, and _uasal_, n.o.ble.


_To_ DUNNER, DUNDER, _v. n._ To make a noise like thunder.


_Gl. Sibb._


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


_Popular Ball._


_To_ ~Dunt~ _out_,


1. To bring any business to a termination, S.


_Ross._


2. To come to a thorough explanation, after a variance, S.