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_Acts Ja. VI._
A. S. _da_, Dan. _daa_, id.
DA, _s._ A sluggard.
V. ~Daw~.
_To_ DAB, DAUB, _v. a._
1. To peck, as birds do, S.
_J. Nicol._
2. To p.r.i.c.k.
_Popular Ball._
~Dab~, _s._
1. A stroke from the beak of a bird, S.
2. A smart push.
_Creichton._
DABLET, _s._ An imp, a little devil.
Fr. _diableteau_, id.
_Watson's Coll._
_To_ DACKER, DAIKER, _v. a._
1. To search; to search for stolen goods, S. B.
_Ross._
2. To engage, to grapple, S. B.
_Poems Buch. Dial._
3. To toil as in job work.
_Gl. Sibb._
4. To deal in a peddling way, S.
5. To be slightly employed, S.
Gael. _deachair-am_, to follow; Flem. _daecker-en_, to fly about.
DACKLE, _s._ Suspence, hesitation; applied both to sensible objects, and to the mind, S. B.
~Dacklin~, _part. pr._
1. In a state of doubt, S. B.
2. Slow, dilatory, S. B.
~Dacklin~, _s._ A slight shower; "a _dacklin_ of rain," S. B.
_To_ DAD, DAUD, _v. a._
1. To thrash, S. B.
2. To dash, to drive forcibly, S.
_Knox._
3. To throw dirt so as to bespatter, S.
_J. Nicol._
_To_ ~Dad Down~, _v. n._ To fall or clap down forcibly and with noise, S.
_Ramsay._
~Dad~, _s._ A sudden and violent stroke, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ DADDLE, DAIDLE, _v. a._
1. To draggle, S.
2. To do any work in a slovenly way, Ang.
_To_ DADDLE, DAIDLE, _v. n._
1. To be slow in motion or action, S.
