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2. Saucy, malapert, S.
3. Applied to a female who is saucy to her suitors, S.
_Ramsay._
4. Applied to plants, when difficult to rear, S. B.
Gael. _dorrda_, austere.
~Dortyness~, _s._ Pride, arrogance.
_Douglas._
DOROTY, _s._
1. A doll, S.
2. A female of a very small size, S.
DOSK, _adj._ Dark-coloured.
_Douglas._
DOSS, _adj._ Neat, spruce, Clydes.
Teut. _doss-en_, munire vestibus suffultis.
~Dost up~, _part. pa._ Dressed sprucely.
_Kennedy._
DOSS, _s._ A tobacco pouch, Aberd.
Isl. _dos_, Germ. _dose_, a box.
_s.h.i.+rrefs._
_To_ ~Doss~, ~Dossie down~, _v. a._ To pay, S.
_Ferguson._
DOTAT, _part. pa._ Endowed.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
DOT, _s._
1. A dotard.
_Sir Tristrem._
2. A state of stupor.
_Z. Boyd._
DOTED, _part. pa._ Given as a donation.
_Acts Ja. VI._
DOTHER, _s._ Daughter, Ang.
_Ross._
_To_ DOTTAR, _v. n._ To become stupid.
_Evergreen._
DOTTLE, _s._ A small particle, S. _dot_, E.
DOTTLE, _adj._ In a state of dotage, S.
Teut. _ver-doetelt_, repuerascens.
DOUBLE, _s._ A duplicate, S.
_Baillie._
_To_ ~Double~, _v. a._ To take a duplicate of, id.
_To_ DOUCE, _v. a._ To knock, Fife.
V. ~Doyce~.
_Douglas._
~Douce~, _s._ A stroke, Fife. Id.
