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aidle-dub, dib, dibs, dub, dubbie, dubbit, dubby, dubs, dybe,
dub [dʌb]
n. A puddle, pond, bog.
pl. dubs The mud left in a dried puddle.
 
dubbie [dʌbɪ]
also dubbit
adj. Muddy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
aidle-dub: A cesspool.
deuk's dub: A duck pond.
dubbin,
dubbin [ˈdʌbɪn]
n. A mixture of tallow and oil for softening and protecting leather.
doak, dock, dockie, docky, dok, dokie, dokk, dokkie, duck, duckie, duk, dukk, dukkie, yuck, yucker, yuckie, yucky,
duck [dʌk]
also dock [dɔk, doːk, (d)jɔk]
n. The small stone used in a children's game of the same name. A small stone is placed on a larger one and attempted to be hit off by the players at the distance of a few paces.
dim. duckie. The person in charge of the duck.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
duck-stane dim. dockie [ˈdɔke, doːke, jʌki]: The stone used in the game of duck. A rounded stone from the sea-shore, used in road-making and for bordering the pavement water-channels.
dokka, dokki, duckie, dukki, dukkie,
duckie [I. ˈdʌki]
n. A doll, also used as a pet-name for a young girl.
dud, dudder, duddered, duddie, duddie, duddies, dudds, duddy, duddy, duds,
dud [dʌd]
n. A cloth, rag. An article of clothing.
dim. duddie Rags, cloths, clothing.
pl. duds
 
duddy, duddered
adj. Ragged, tattered.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dudder: NN.b. An effeminate person.
Duddingston, Duddiston,
Duddiston [ˈdʌdɪstən]
pn. Duddingston (Edinburgh).
due, dues, dyow, dyows, endew, endue, indue,
due [d(j)uː]
adj. adv. Due.
v. Due. To owe, to be indebted.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
be due: Of people: to be indebted (to). To owe.
dues: What is owed.
endue [ənˈd(j)uː] adj. Due, owing.
duffie, duffie, duffy, duffy, yuffie,
duff [dʌf]
n. The soft or spongy part of a loaf, turnip or new cheese, etc. Of coal: soft, inferior. I.Sh. A soft spongy peat. Dried leaves etc. used as as a bedding for animals.
dim. duffie col. S. A toilet. NN.a. A chimney sweep.
 
duffy [ˈdʌfi]
adj. Soft, spongy, dry and sapless.
 
See also daich.
Dufftoon, Dufftoun,
Dufftoun [ˈdʌftun]
pn. Dufftown (Moray).
bucker_dog, bucker_dug, bucker-dog, bucker-dug, doag, dog, doggin, doggit, dogue, doog, doug, douge, dowg, dowgie, dowgit, dug, dugged, duggid, duggie, duggin, duggit, louper_dowg, louper_dug, lowper_dog, lowper_dowg, lowper_dug, paiky-dog, paiky-dug, pickie-dog, pikie-dug, piky-dog, puffer_dog, puffer_dug, puffer-dog, puffer-dug, wallie-dug, wally-dug, water-dog, water-dog, wather-dug, watter-dug, weather-dog,
dug [dʌg, dʌug, dog]
n. A dog.
dim. duggie
v. To dog
pt. pp. duggit adj. I.Ork. Dogged, obstinate. NEC. down trodden, hen pecked. Badly washed.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bucker dug, puffer dug: SW. The porpoise Phocoena phocoena.
duggin: Dodging school.
dug's teats: MN. The hare's-foot clover Trifolium arvense.
lowper dug: MN. The porpoise Phocoena phocoena.
pikie dug: U. The spurdog Squalus acanthias.
sea dug: MN. NN.b. The spurdog Squalus acanthias.
tarrie dug: A terrier dog.
wallie-dug: A china dog.
wather-dug, dug-end, sun-dug: SW. A dusky white incomplete rainbow.
watter-dug: MN. The water vole Arvicola amphibius.

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