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Dounerie, Dounreay,
Dounreay [dunˈreː]
pn. Dounreay (Caithness).
door, doorl, doorle, doorls, doorly, dorrles, dour, dourl, dourle, dourles, dourlie, dourls, dourly, dure, durelie, durely,
dour [duːr]
adj. Of people and things: hard, stern, severe, relentless. Obstinate, dogged, unyielding. Of people: sullen, sulky, humourless, dull, gloomy. Of the weather etc.: bleak, gloomy, harsh. Of land: hard, barren, unfertile. Of a task: hard, difficult. Slow, sluggish, reluctant.
v. With at: To look at someone in sullen obstinacy.
dourly [ˈduːrli]
adv. Resolutely, stubbornly, sulkily, sullenly, grimly, sternly.
Compounds and phrases etc.
dourle: A state of offence or of obstinacy, the sulks, an obstinate fit,
dourness: Obstinacy, pertinacity, wilfulness.
tak the dourles: To take offence.
dooce, doocie, doocie-cap, doos, doose, doosey, doosey-cap, doosie, doosie-cap, dooss, doossie, doossie-cap, dooze, doozie, doozie-cap, doozy, doozy-cap, douce, doucey, doucie, doucie-cap, douse, douse$t, doused, dousie, dousie-cap, douss, douss-cap, doussie, dus, duse, duse-cap, dusie, dusie, dusie-cap, duss,
douse [dus, I.Sh. dʌs]
n. A heavy blow, a butt or push, a thud.
dim. dousie A boy's punishment in running the gauntlet, marbles shot by flicking thumb over forefinger
v. To strike, knock, thrash, beat, throw down. I.Sh. To take down a sail.
douse't
Compounds and phrases etc.
dousie-cap: A harvest field game of bumps.
dingle-doosy, dingle-doozie, dingle-dousie, dingle-douzie, dingle-dowzie, doose, doosed, doosie, doozed, doozie, doozy, douse, doused, douser, dousie, dousy, douzie, douzie, dowse, dowzie,
douse [duːz]
v. To extinguish.
pt. pp. doused
dousie [ˈduːzi]
n. A light, a flame of a candle, lamp, or torch etc. A miner's open lamp, a small oil lamp.
Compounds and phrases etc.
dingle-dousie [dɪŋl-]: An ignited stick waved to form an arc of light used by children.
doobt, doobtless, doobtsome, doot, dooted, dootfu, dootit, dootless, dootsome, dootsomeness, dootsum, dootsumness, doubted, doubtsome, dout, douted, doutfu, doutit, doutless, doutsome, doutsomeness, misdoobt, misdoot, mis-doot, misdoubt, misdout, oondootitly, undootetly, undoutitly,
dout [dut]
n. Uncertainty. pl. douts Misgivings.
v. To doubt with the implication of probability, To fear, to be afraid of, to anticipate something undesired. To expect or suspect without any connotation of fear or dread.
pt. pp. doutit
Compounds and phrases etc.
doutfu [-fə S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]: Doubtful.
doutless: Inevititably.
doutsome [-səm]: Of doubtful or uncertain meaning, ambiguous, undecided.
doutsomeness: Doubtfulness.
misdout: To disbelieve, suppose what is unpleasant, be mistaken, to anticipate as a likelihood.
nae dout: No doubt, doubtless.
oot o dout: No doubt.
undoutitly: Undoubtetly.
dooth, douth, dowth,
douth [duθ, S. dʌuθ]
n. Gloom, dreariness.
adj. Of people: dispirited, melancholy, languid, spiritless. Of places: gloomy, dreary, dark.
dov, dov$rin, dove, doven, dovened, dover, dovered, doverin, dovering, doverit, dovert, dovie, fordoverit,
dover [ˈdoːvər]
n. A doze, a light sleep, a nap.
v. To doze, to fall into a light sleep. To fall in a swoon.
pt. pp. dovert, dovered
Compounds and phrases etc.
dove: NN. I. To become drowsy, to doze
dovie: Stupid.
doven: I. To become slack and feeble, numb and insensible.
doverin [ˈdoːvərɪn]: Dozing, falling asleep.
dauna, docht, dochtna, doght, dou, doucht, douna, dow, dowcht, dowe, doweless, dowless, downa,
dow [dʌu]
n. Worth, value.
v. To be able, to have the physical strength or means to do something.
pt. pp. docht [ˈdoxt, ˈdɔxt] Having been able or willing, tried to.
neg. downa
neg. pt. pp. dochtna [ˈdɔxtnə, ˈdoxtnə, S., -nɛ, -nɪ, C. U. -ne]
Compounds and phrases etc.
dowless: Feeble, lacking in strength or energy.
doud, doudie, doudy, dowd, dowdie, dowdy,
dowd [dʌud(ɪ)]
n. A woman's cap with a caul, a woman's white cap without any frilling.
dim. dowdie
dou, doudie, doudy, dow, dowdie, dowdy, dowe, dowed, dowelie, dowely, dowit, dowlie, dowly,
dowe [dʌu]
n. Fading, withering. Twilight, the time when light is fading.
v. To fade away, to wither, to become musty. Of the wind: to moderate, die down. Of food: lukewarm.
pt. pp. dowed
Compounds and phrases etc.
dowdie [ˈdʌudɪ]: Unkempt, untidy, withered.
dowlie: adj. Doleful, sad, solitary.
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