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| dubbin ['dʌbɪn]n. A mixture of tallow and oil for softening and protecting leather. |
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| duckie, dukki, dukkie, |
| duckie [I. 'dʌki]n. A doll, also used as a pet-name for a young girl. |
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| dud, duds, duddie, duddy, duddies, dudds, duddered, |
dud [dʌd]n. A cloth, rag. An article of clothing.
dim. duddie Rags, cloths, clothing.
pl. duds
duddy, duddered
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| Duddiston, Duddingston, |
| Duddiston ['dʌdɪstən]pn. Duddingston. (Edinburgh) |
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| duffie, duffy, yuffie, |
duffie ['dʌfi]adj. Soft, spongy.
n. col. A toilet. NN.a. A chimney sweep. |
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| dug, dowg, doag, doog, doug, dogue, duggerloan, dowgerloan, doagerloan, doogerloan, dougerloan, doggerlone, duffit, duggid, dugged, doggit, |
dug [dʌg, dʌug, dog]n. A dog.
dim. duggie
v. To dog
pt. pp. duggit adj. Dogged, obstinate.
Compounds and phrases etc.
dug-dirder: a dog-breaker, kennel-attendant
duggerloan: to go to the dogs, to wreck and ruin
duggie ling [-lɪŋ]: the ling
dug-hip: a rosehip
pikie dug: the spur-dog, dog-fish
sea dug [si:-, S. səi-]: the dogfish
tarrie dug: a terrier dog
watter-dug: a water vole or water rat |
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| doom, doum, dume, duim, deem, doome, doomed, duimed, doomster, doomsters, duimster, |
duim [døm, dum]n. Doom. A judicial sentence,formerly used in both civil and criminal cases, but latterly only in the formula of the death sentence.
v. leg. To pronounce sentence against.
pt. pp. duimed
Compounds and phrases etc.
duimster: The official, usually the hangman, who formerly pronounced sentence in Scots courts of law. Aa person or thing of ill-omen.
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| Duin, Doon, Dune, Din, |
| Duin [døn, dɪn]pn. Doon. (Ayrshire) |
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| duke, duke's, jook, chook, |
duke [dʒuk, d(j)uk]n. A duke.
Compounds and phrases etc.
duke's fish: the salmon |
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| dule, dool, duil, dole, doul, dule-weeds, dool-weeds, duil-weeds, dole-weeds, doul-weeds, dulesome, doolsome, dulefu, doolfu, duilfu, dolefu, doulfu, dolefu', |
dule [dul, døl, dɪl, del]n. Grief, sorrow, misery, suffering.
adj. Sad, sorrowful, gloomy.
v. To lament, bewail.
Compounds and phrases etc.
dulefu [-fə S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]: sorrowful in a sense of causing pain
dulesome [-səm]: adj. sorrowful, gloomy, sad, causing pain
dule-weeds: mourning garments |
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