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dibble, dooble, dooblet, dooblets, dooblin, doubel, doublet, doublets, doubling, dowble, dowblet, dowblets, dubble,
dooble [ˈdubl]
adj. Double.
adv. Double.
v. To double.
pt. pp. doobelt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dooblets: A general term for clothes or garments.
dooblin [ˈdublɪn]: Doubling. In pipe music: a kind of trill prefacing a note.
doodle, doudle,
doodle [ˈdudl]
n. Something dandled: a spoiled pet, a small bundle.
v. To dandle a child, to lull a child to sleep.
dook, douk,
dook [duk]
n. A wooden peg etc. driven into a wall to hold a nail, a plug or bung.
dael, dail, dale, deal, dell, dell, dill, dool, doul, dule, dull, dult,
dool [dul]
also SW. WC. dult [dʌl(t)]
n. The goal or place of safety in a game.
dooal, doolee, doolie, dooly, doulie, dulie,
doolie [ˈduli]
n. A hobgoblin, spectre. A stupid and ditherous person.
dair, daur, deur, dhure, dhure-cheek, doar, doar-cheek, doar-sole, doarstane, door, door_heid, doorcheek, door-cheek, door-cheek, doorheid, doorie, door-sole, door-soll, doorstane, door-stane, doorstap, dor, dore-sole, dorr, dorr-cheek, dorrstane, douir, dour, dour-cheek, dourstep, duir, duir-sole, duirstane, dure, dure-cheek, dure-sole, durestane,
door [doːr, U. duːr]
n. A door.
dim. doorie MN. A game of marbles played against a door.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
back-door: The tailboard of a cart.
door-cheek: The door post.
door cleek: A door latch.
door heid: The upper part of a doorcase, the door lintel.
door-sole: The threshold.
doorstane: A flagstone in front of the threshold of a door.
doorstap: The doorstep.
fore-door: Front door.
dorbel, dorbel,
dorbel [ˈdoːrbl]
n. WC. Anything that has an unseemly appearance.
darbie, dorbie, dorby,
dorbie [ˈdɔrbɪ]
n. MN. A stone-mason. U. The smallest or weakest in a litter or brood.
adj. Delicate, constitutionally weak.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
saund dorbie: MN. The sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos.
dareen, dawrin, doar, dor, dore, doreen, doren, dorin,
dore [I. doːr]
v. To deafen, to stun and bewilder by continual noise or talk.
Dores,
Dores [dorz]
pn. Durris (Kincardineshire).

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