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dhrog, doon-drug, doun-dhrog, doun-drag, doun-draig, doun-dreg, doun-drog, doun-drug, draag, drag, draig, draiggit, draigit, dreg, dreggit, drog, drug,
draig [ˈdreg, I.Sh. draːg]
n. Of a tide: the forward or backward motion.
v. To drag.
pt. pp. draigit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
doun-draig: Anything which brings a person down in the world or prevents him rising, a handicap.
draigin: Dragging.
bedraigelt, bedraigle, bedraigled, bedraiglet, bedraiglit, draggelt, draggle, draggled, draggly, dragle, draigelt, draiggelt, draigl$t, draigle, draigled, draiglen, draiglet, draiglie, draiglin, draigly, walidraigle, wallidrag, wallidraggle, wallidraigle, wallidreg, walliedrag, wallydrag, wallydraggle, wallydraigle, wallydraigle, wally-draigle, warridrag, warriedrag, warrydraggle, warry-drags, wary-draggel, wlly-draggle,
draigle [ˈdregl]
n. A dirty, untidy person.
v. To draggle, dirty, mix with water. To move or act slowly.
pt. pp. draigelt [ˈdreglt] adj. Soaked through, drenched.
 
draiglie [ˈdreglɪ]
adj. Straggly, untidily dressed.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bedraigle [bəˈ-]: To bedraggle, to soil by dragging in wet or dirt, pt. pp. bedraigelt.
draiglin: Of people: dirty, untidy.
wallidraigle: A dishevelled, slovenly, untidy-looking person. A weakling, the youngest bird in the nest.
dragin, draigon,
draigon [ˈdregən]
n. A dragon, a paper kite.
drach, drachy, drachy, drack, drackie, drackie, dracky, draik, draikie, draiks, draiky, draiky, drak, drakk, drakkie, draky, drauchie, drauchy, drauk, draukie, draukie, drauky, drawk, drawkie, drawky, drech, drechie, drechy, droch, drochy, droke, droke, drokie, droky,
draik [drek, dra(ː)k]
also U. drach [drax], I.Ork. droch [drɔx]
n. Damp, wet weather, mist or rain.
v. To soak, drench.
 
draikie [drekɪ, dra(ː)kɪ]
also U. drachy [draxɪ]
adj. Damp, misty, drizzly, Of weather: dreary.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
in the draik: In a slovenly, neglected and disordered state.
bardrake, bar-drake, baur-drake, drake, harle_drake, harle-drake, scale-drake, sheld, skail_drake, skeeleen, skelldrake, skell-drake,
drake [drek]
n. Drake, a male duck.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
baur-drake: U. The red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator.
skell-drake [ˈskɛldrek]: The shelduck Tadorna tadorna.
draal, drail, drall, drell,
drall [I. draːl, I.Ork. drʌːl]
v. To drag oneself along slowly, to dawdle, saunter.
dram,
dram [dram]
n. A dram, the weight, a small drink of liquor.
v. To tipple.
drabblich, drabblichs, drabblick, drabblicks, drablich, drablichs, drablick, drablicks, dramlick, dramlicks, drammlick, drammlicks,
drammlick [MN. ˈdramlɪk, ˈdrablɪk, ˈdrablɪç]
n. usually pl. drammlicks The small pieces of oatmeal dough which stick to the basin when making oatcakes.
dhrap, dhrop, doondrappin, doun-drappin, drap, drapie, drappet, drappie, drappin, drappin$, drappit, drappt, drappy, draps, drapt, droap, drop, meldrap, meldrop,
drap [drap]
n. A drop. I.Ork. A disappointment.
pl. draps
dim. drappie A small drop.
v. To drop.
pt. pp. drappit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
doun-drappin: A state of collapse.
drappin [ˈdrapɪn]: Dripping, rainy.
drappins: Droppings.
meldrap: WC. SEC. S. The drop of water at the end of an icicle or a drop of mucus at the end of the nose.
drape, draper, drapit, draypit, dreeper, dreyp,
drape [drep, NN.b. drəip]
n. A drape.
v. To drape.
pt. pp. drapit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
draper [ˈdrepər]: A draper, cloth buyer.
drapery: Drapery.

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