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_Burns._
O. Fland. _drint-en_, tumescere.
DRUSH, _s._
1. Atoms, fragments.
_Watson._
2. The dross of peats, Banffs.
Moes. G. _drauhsna_, a fragment, from _drius-an_, to fall.
_To_ DRUTTLE, _v. n._
1. To be slow in motion, S.
2. To trifle about any thing, S.
Teut. _dreutel-en_, pumilionis pa.s.sus facere.
DUALM, DWALM, DWAUM, _s._
1. A _swoon_, S.
_Ross._
2. A sudden fit of sickness, S.
_Ritson._
Alem. _dualm_, caligo mentis stupore correptae.
~Dualmyng~, ~Dwauming~, _s._
1. A Swoon.
_Douglas._
2. Metaph. the fall of evening, S. B.
_s.h.i.+rrefs._
DUB, _s._
1. A small pool of rain-water, S.
_Douglas._
2. A gutter, S.
Ir. _dob_, a gutter; Celt. _dubh_, ca.n.a.l.
DUBLAR, _s._
V. ~Dibler~.
_Bannatyne Poems._
d.u.c.h.eRY, _s._ Dukedom.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
DUCK, _s._ A leader.
V. ~Duke~.
DUCK, _s._ Sail-cloth.
V. ~Doock~.
DUD, _s._
1. A rag, S.
_Ross._
_Daily dud_, the dish-clout, S. B.
2. _Duds_, _dudds_, pl. clothing, especially of inferior quality, S.
_Polwart._
Gael. _dud_, a rag, and _dudach_, ragged. Isl. _dude_, indumentum levioris generis.
~Duddy~, _adj._ Ragged, S.
_Ramsay._
