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Page 49 of 63 for the letter D

dhreech, dhreich, dhreigh, drach, drack, dree, dreech, dreechlie, dreechly, dreekh, dreer, dreich, dreichlie, dreichly, dreigh, dreighlie, dreighly, drich, driech, driechlie, driechly, driegh,
dreich [driç]
adj. Tedious, dull, protracted, dreary, hard to bear. Of time or journeys etc.: long, wearisome, tedious, monotonous. Of speeches or sermons etc.: long-winded, interminable, dull, dry, uninteresting. Of people: dull, gloomy, doleful. Of the weather or scenery etc.: dreary, cheerless, bleak.
 
dreichly [ˈdriçli]
adv. Slowly, tediously.
drade, dree, dree$d, dreed, dreedit, dreesome, dreid, dreidfu, dreidit, dreidour, dreyd, dridder, drither,
dreid [drid, dred]
also contracted form dree [dri].
n. Dread.
adj. Dreadful, frightening.
v. To dread, to suspect, to fear.
pt. dreidit, dreid
pp. dreidit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ill dreid: Grave suspicion or apprehension.
dreidfu, dreefu: Dreadful.
dreidour [-ər]: Fear, dread, distrust, suspicion.
dreidsome, dreesome: Dreadful, fearsome.
draeng, drang, dreng, dring,
dreng [I.Sh. drɛŋ, drɪŋ, draŋ]
v. To tie tightly as in a knot.
dres$t, dress, dress$t, dress$t, dressed, dresst, dresst, drest, tapdress, undress,
dress [drɛs]
v. To dress, to address, to chastise. To prepare, make ready.
pt. pp. dresst
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
tapdress: Manure on the surface.
undress: To undress.
drib, dribes, dribs,
drib [drɪb]
n. A drop of liquid.
pl. dribs Dregs.
v. To extract the last drops of milk from a cow's udder.
dhriddle, dreedle, dreedlin, dreetle, driddle, driddlin, driddlins, drilt, drintel, drittelin, drittle, drot, drott, drottel, drottlans, drottle, druddle, druddlin, drudle, drudle, drudlin, drudlin, druitle, druitlin, druitlin, drutle, drutlin, druttel, druttil, druttilin, druttle, druttle, druttlin, treetle, treetlin, treetlt, trytle,
driddle [ˈdrɪdl]
also dreedle [ˈdridl], treetle [ˈtritl]
n. Thin or watery buttermilk.
v. The motion of a poor fiddler, to totter, dawdle, spill in small quantities.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
driddlin [ˈdrɪdlɪn], dreedlin [ˈdridlɪn], treetlin [ˈtritlɪn]: Tottering, dawdling, spilling in small quantities.
driddlins: pl. Knotted meal left after baking. Bits and pieces.
dreefle, dreeflin, driffle, drifflin, driv,
driffle [ˈdrɪfl, ˈdrifl]
also I.Sh. driv
n. A drizzle, a passing shower.
v. To drizzle, rain or snow slightly. To scold.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
drifflin: Raining or snowing. Slightly. Scolding.
blin$-drift, blin_dreft, blin_drift, blind_drift, blind-drift, blindrift, blin-drift, dreft, drift, dry_drift, drydrift, dry-drift, ewdendrift, smore-drift, speendrif, speendrift, spin_drift, spindrift, spundrift, spunedrift, yird_drift, yirddrift, yird-drift, youdendrift, yowdendrift, yowden-drift,
drift [drɪft]
n. A drift. Snow moved by the wind, intention, a drove, flock, herd.
v. To drift. To move rapidly.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
blind drift [blɪn(d)-]: Drifting snow.
dry drift: Powdery snow.
smore-drift: MN. Dense drifting snow.
spindrift [ˈspɪnˈdrɪft, N. ˈspinˈdrɪft]: Sea spray whipped up by gusts of wind and driven across the tops of the waves.
yird drift: Snow blown from the surface of the ground, drifting snow.
yowdendrift: Snow driven by the wind.
drill, drillaskøvi, drillaskuivie, drillt, drilt, dryill, dryillaskøvi, dryillaskövie, dryillaskuivie,
drill [I. ˈdr(j)ɪl]
v. To move or work slowly and indolently, to loiter, dawdle.
pt. pp. drilt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
drillaskuivie: I.Sh. A fishermen's tabu term for an otter, a cat.
Drimmen,
Drimmen [ˈdrɪmɪn]
pn. Drymen (Stirling).

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