An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
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Chapter 253 : DUDDROUN, _s._ Sloven, drab.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _dudr-a_, to act in a slovenly manner.
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DUDDROUN, _s._ Sloven, drab.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _dudr-a_, to act in a slovenly manner.
DUDE, for _do it_, S.
_Diallog._
_To_ DUEL, DUELL, DWELL, _v. n._
1. To delay, to tarry.
_Douglas._
2. To continue in any state.
_Barbour._
3. To cease or rest.
_Wallace._
4. _Dwelt behind_, left behind.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _dwael-ias_, id. Isl. _duel_, moror.
~Duelling~, _s._ Delay, tarrying.
_Barbour._
DUERGH, _s._ A dwarf.
V. ~Droich~.
_Gawan and Gol._
DUKE, DUCK, _s._ A general.
_Evergreen._
DUKE, DUIK, _s._ A duck, S.
_Bannatyne Poems._
DULCE, _adj._ Sweet; Lat. _dulc-is_.
_Lyndsay._
DULDER, _s._ Any thing large, S. B.
_To_ DULE, _v. n._ To grieve.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _doul-oir_, Lat. _dol-ere_.
~Dule~, ~Dool~, _s._ Grief, S.
_Wyntoun._
_To sing dool_, to lament.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
DULE, DOOL, _s._ The goal in a game.
_Chr. Kirk._
Teut. _doel_, aggesta terra, in quam sagittarii jaculantur sagittas.
DULL, _s._ Hard of hearing, S.
_Sir John Sinclair._
DULSE, _adj._ Dull, heavy, S. B.
Isl. _dollsa_, appendere ignavum.
DULSE, _s._ The fucus, a species of seaweed, S.
_Martin._
Gael. _duilliasg_, Ir. _dulisk_, id.
