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DUM TAM, a bunch of clothes on a beggar's 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.
