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daart, dart,
dart [I.Sh. dart]
v. To raise the foot and set it down again hard, to stamp.
dash, dashelt, dashle, dashled, dashlin,
dash [ˈdaʃəl, ˈdasəl]
v. To strike with violence. To write with ornamental flourishes.
 
dashle
v. To soil.
pt. pp. dashelt adj. Soiled, battered, worn.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dashin: Dashing.
dashlin (claes): U. Of clothes: second best. Good enough to wear every day.
dask, daskie, desk, vreetin-dask,
dask [dask]
n. A desk, a writing table. A church pew, or seat, with book-board. The precentor's seat or desk.
dim. daskie
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
writin-dask: A writing-desk.
date,
date [det]
n. A date.
daabin, dab, dabber, dabbin, dab-han, dab-haun, dab-haun$, dab-haund, dab-hawn, darb, daub, dauber, daubin, dawb, dibber-dabber, dibber-dauber, doaber, dob, dobber, dorb, drob, lat_dab, lat_daub,
daub [dɑːb, dɔːb, N. I. daːb]
n. A peck. A blow or slap. A snatch or clutch. The right thing for a purpose.
adj. Just right for the purpose.
v. Of birds: to peck. To pierce slightly, to stab. To aim at.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dauber: A derogatory term for the male genitalia, a person of limited intellect.
daubin: Dabbing, pecking etc.
daub haund: An expert at something.
dibber-dauber: To wrangle, to argue, a wrangling or argument.
lat daub: Disclose, make known.
pick and daub: A light meal, snack.
tatties 'n' daub: Potatoes and salt.
daachle, daachled, dachelt, dachle, dachled, dachlin, dackle, dauchelt, dauchle, dauchled, dochelt, dochle, dochled,
dauchle [dɑːxl, N. daːxl]
also dackle [dakl, dekl]
v. To lessen speed, hesitate, dawdle, impede.
pt. pp. dauchelt
 
See jauchle also.
clay_daud, clay_doddie, cley_daudie, daad, daadd, daaddeen, daadit, daadle, dad, dadd, dadded, dadderi, daddery, daddery, daddet, daddin, daddiry, daddit, daddle, daded, dadery, dahd, daud, dauderie, daudge, daudie, daudin, daudit, daudle, dawd, dawdie, dawdle, djadd, doad, doadle, dod, doddie, doddin, doddit, doddle, doddy, dodge, dotch, drotch,
daud [dɑːd, dɔːd, N. I. daːd]
n. A lump. I.Sh. A heavy task, a weary journey.
dim. daudie
v. To strike so as to shake, to jolt, to beat or throw with violence. To dash or bump about, to thud. To pelt, to bespatter. Of wind, rain etc.: to blow in gusts, to pelt, to drive. I.Sh. To plod, to trudge, to drudge.
pt. daudit adj. Weary, worn out by overwork.
 
daudle [dɑːdəl, dɔːdəl, N. I. daːdəl]
n. A hard pellet of dirt which forms on the tail of a sheep. A small lump of home-made toffee. Something attractive or that is easy to do.
pl. daudles The male genitals.
v. To walk feebly or slowly.
 
dauderie
n. Exhausting work.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cley daudie: A clay marble.:
daudge [dɔːdʒ]: SEC. A large piece (of food)
daudin [ˈdɑːdɪn, ˈdɔːdɪn, N. I. ˈdaːdɪn]: Hitting, striking, falling. Violently.
daak, dak, dauch, daugh, dawch, dawk,
dauk [dɑːk, dɔːk]
also dauch [dɑːx, dɔːx]
n. A heavy fog, a thin drizzling rain.
v. To moisten as with dew, to damp. To rain gently, to drizzle.
adj. Stupid, doltish, slow, sluggish.
daak, dauk, dokk,
dauk [MN. daːk]
adj. Dark, murky.
daalt, dalt, dault,
dault [dɑːlt, dɑːlt]
n. WC. A foster-child. U. A petted girl.

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