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Su. G. _dunt_, ictus.
_To_ ~Dunt~, _v. n._ To palpitate.
_Ramsay._
~Dunt~, ~Dount~, _s._
1. A stroke causing a flat and hollow sound, S. O. E. id.
_Peblis to the Play._
2. Palpitation of the heart, S.
_Ross._
3. _At a dunt_, unexpectedly, Stirlings.
Isl. _dunt_, a stroke given to the back or breast, so as to produce a sound.
~Dunting~, _s._ Continued beating, causing a hollow sound, S.
_Melvil._
DUNTER-GOOSE, _s._ The Eider duck.
_Brand._
Su. G. _dun_, down, and _taer-a_, to gnaw, because it plucks the down from its breast.
DUNTY, _s._ A doxy.
_Gl. Ramsay._
DUNZE.
V. ~Doyn~.
DUR, DURE, _s._ Door.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _dure_, id.
DURGY, _adj._ Thick, gross, Loth.
Isl. _driug-r_, densus.
DURK, _s._ A dagger, S.
_Poems Buch. Dial._
Gael. _durc_, a poniard; Teut. _dolck_, sica.
_To_ ~Durk~, _v. a._
1. To stab with a dagger, S.
_Cleland._
2. To spoil, to mismanage, S.
_To_ DURKEN, _v. a._ To affright.
_Sir Gawan._
_To_ DUSCH, _v. n._
1. To move with velocity.
_Douglas._
2. To tw.a.n.g.
_Douglas._
3. _To dusch doun_. To fall with noise, id.
_Douglas._
Germ. _dosen_, strepitum edere; Isl. _thus-a_, tumultuose proruere.
~Dusche~, _s._
1. A fall; as including the crash made by it.
_Douglas._
2. A stroke, a blow.
V. ~Doyce~.