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_To_ DOUP, _v. n._ To incline the head or shoulders downwards, S.
_Evergreen._
Teut. _dupp-en_, verticem capitis demittere.
~Doup~. _In a doup_, _adv._ In a moment.
_Ramsay._
DOUP, DOWP, DOLP, _s._ The breech or b.u.t.tocks, S.
_Ramsay._
2. The bottom, or extremity of any thing.
_Ruddiman._
3. A cavity, S.
_Ferguson._
Isl. _doef_, clunes, posterior pars beluae.
DOUR, DOURE, _adj._
1. Hard.
_Lyndsay._
2. Bold, intrepid.
_Douglas._
3. Hardy, synon. with _derf_.
_Douglas._
4. Inflexible, obstinate, S.
_Douglas._
5. Stern; _a dour look_, S.
_Wallace._
6. Severe; applied to the weather, S.
_Burns._
Lat. _dur-us_; C. B. _dewr_, audax.
~Dourly~, _adv._
1. Without mercy.
_Lyndsay._
2. Pertinaciously.
_Bannatyne Poems._
DOURTY, Leg. _dourly_.
_Gawan and Gol._
DOUSE, _adj._ Solid.
V. ~Douce~.
DOUSS, _s._ A blow, a stroke.
V. ~Doyce~.
DOUT, DOUTE, _s._
1. Fear, S.
_Barbour._
2. Ground of apprehension.
_Wyntown._
Fr. _doute_, id.
~Doutance~, _s._ Doubt.
_Lyndsay._
Fr. _doubtance_.
DOUTSUM, _adj._
