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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).
drang, dring, dringelt, dringin, dringle, drink, drung, dwinglt,
dring [drɪŋ]
n. A tall slow-moving person, a lazy fellow. To singi in a slow, droning manner.
adj. Slow, dilatory, slow-acting.
v. To loiter.
pt. drang pp. drung
 
dringle
v. To be slow or dilatory, to dawdle. S. To drizzle or fall in showers.
pt. pp. dringelt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dringin: Singing in a slow, droning manner.
drank, drenk, drink, drinker, drinkers, druckan, drucken, druckenness, druken, drukken, drunk, drunkart, drunken, indrink, smaa_drink, smaw_drink,
drink [drɪŋk]
n. A drink.
v. To drink
pt. drank [draŋk]
pp. drunken [ˈdrʌŋkən], drucken [ˈdrʌkən] adj. Drunk, intoxicated.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
drinker: A drinker.
druckenness: Drunkenness.
drunkart: A drunkard.
indrink: The evaporation of a liquid, shrinkage in the amount of a liquid or other measure, to shrink in, become less.
smaw drink: Weak liquor.

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