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diff, diffness, doey, dofe, dofeness, dofy, doof, doofart, doofness, douf, douff, doufness, dowf, dowfart, dowff, dowffness, dowfie, dowfness, dowfy, duff, duffert, duffness, duif, duiff, duifness,
dowf [dʌuf, dof, dyf, U. dɪf]
n. A dull, stupid or gloomy person. A dull blow with something soft. A thud.
dim. dowfie
adj. Dull, unresponsive, listless, inactive. Stupid, heavy, as from a cold. Weary, slow-moving. Sad, melancholy, mournful. Of a sound: dull, hollow.
v. To be dull, To dull down, make sluggish. To strike with something soft, to thump, to buffet, punch, to bounce a ball. To throw down something that is soft and heavy.
Compounds and phrases etc.
dowfart [ˈdʌufart, ˈdof-, dyf-, U. dɪf-] From dowf + (w)art: A dolt. Dull, spiritless, stupid, slow.
dowfness: Deafness.
Dowfinton, Dowfintoun, Dowfintown,
Dowfintoun [ˈdʌufɪntun]
pn. Dolphinton (South Lanarkshire).
dowey, dowie, dowielie, dowilie, dowily, dowy,
dowie [ˈdʌui]
adj. Sad, melancholy, dreary, dismal, dull, dispirited. Ailing, sickly, weak. Of plants: limp, drooping. Of ground: unfertile.
dowily [ˈdʌuɪlɪ]
adv. Mournfully.
daup, doop, doop-skelper, doup, doupie, doup-skelper, doupstane, dowp, dowper, dowpie, dowp-skelper, dowpstane, dupstone, lick-ma-doop, lick-ma-dowp,
dowp [dʌup]
n. The bottom or end of anything. The bottom part of an egg-shell. The seat of a pair of trousers. The buttocks of a person or animal. The end of a used candle. A cigarette butt.
dim. dowpie DD. A dog poo.
v. To dump someone down smartly on the buttocks.
Compounds and phrases etc.
dowp doun: To sit (down).
dowp-skelper: A bottom-smacker.
dowpstane: The impost of an arch.
lick-ma-dowp: A sycophant, a toady.
douphin, dowfin, dowphin,
dowphin [ˈdʌufɪn]
n. A dolphin.
doot, doubt, dout, dowt,
dowt [dʌut]
n. A cigarette-end.
dox, doxie, doxy,
doxie [ˈdoksi]
n. A sweetheart.
doazint, dosed, dosen, dosent, dosinnit, dossinit, doz$d, doz$t, doz$t, dozand, doze, dozed, dozen, dozen$t, dozened, dozent, dozin,
doze [doːz]
n. A stunning blow. A spin, a spell of spinning a top.
v. To stupefy, stun, to stun an animal prior to slaughtering. To spin like a top.
pt. pp. dozed adj. Of wood, cloth, rope etc.: rotten
dozen [ˈdoːzən]
v. To become cold or numb.
pt. pp. dozent adj. Stupefied, dazed, stupid, rotten fruit
Compounds and phrases etc.
dozen't: Confound it.
drab, draub,
drab [drab]
n. A spot, a stain. U. A fall of dew.
v. To spot, stain.
drab, trap, trapach,
drab [drab]
n. A young female beggar. Also NN.b. trap An idle slovenly person, especially a woman.
Compounds and phrases etc.
trapach: NN.b. Slovenly, slatternly.
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