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Page 46 of 52 for the letter D

Drumrey, Drumrye,
Drumrey ['drʌmraɪ]
pn. Drumry. (Clydebank)
drumshorlin,
drumshorlin ['drʌmʃo:rlɪn]
adj. Sulky, having an uncared-for or miserable appearance.
Drumwhindle, Drumquindle, Drumfinnle,
Drumwhindle ['drʌmʍɪn(d)l, -ʍʌn(d)l, MN. 'drʌmfʌnl]
pn. Drumquindle.
drunt, dhrunt, druntit, drunts, dhrunts,
drunt [drʌnt]
v. To sulk.
pt. pp. druntit adj. Sulky, dissapointed.
n. usually pl. drunts The sulks, a fit of ill-humour.

druntach [NN.a. drʌntjəx] bad tempered
Druntin, Druntun, Drontheim,
Druntin [drun'tɪ, -'tʌn]
pn. rondhjem. (Norway)

n. A type of boat
drush, drosh, dross,
drush [drʌʃ]
n. Dross, small fragments, powdery dust or ashes.
v. To crumble or crush, fall to pieces, to spoil, to go wrong, fail.
dry, dhry, drie, dryed, dried, dryachty, dryachtie, dryster, drystar,
dry [draɪ]
adj. Dry.
v. To dry.
pt. pp. dried

dryachty ['draɪaxti]
adj. Of the weather: inclined to be dryish.

Compounds and phrases etc.

dry bowk: retching, a belching of wind
dry siller: hard cash
dryster: the person in charge of the drying of the grain in a kiln, a dryer of cloth
Dryston, Dryston,
Dryston ['drəistən]
pn. Drystone.
dryte, drite, drate, dret, dritten, dreit, dryte, dreet, drit, dreitten, drett,
dryte [drəit]
v. To void excrement.
pt. drate [dret, drɛt], pp. dritten ['drɪtən] adj. Dirtied, defiled. Of people: very contemptible, unpleasant in manner. Of things: very obnoxious.
n. Dirt, excrement.
dub, dib, dybe, dubs, dubbie, dubby, dubbit,
dub [dʌb]
n. A puddle, pond, bog.
pl. dubs The mud left in a dried puddle.

dubbie [dʌbɪ]
also dubbit
adj. Muddy.

Compounds and phrases etc.

aidle-dub: a cesspool
deuk's dub: a duck pond

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