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A. S. _daeg-ian_, Sw. _dag-as_, lucescere.
~Daw~, _s._ Day; O. E. _dawe_.
~Dwne of Daw~, dead.
_Wyntown._
DAW, DA, _s._
1. A sluggard, S.
_Douglas._
2. Appropriated to a woman, as equivalent to E. _drab_, S. B.
_Kelly._
Isl. _daa_, defect, fainting; deliquium animi.
DAW, _s._ An atom, a particle, S. B.
Anc. Goth, _daa_, vaporare.
DAWACHE, DAVOCH, _s._ As much land as can be properly laboured by eight oxen.
_Quon. Att._
Gael, _damh_, p.r.o.n. _dav_, an ox, and _ach_, field.
DAWCH, DAW, _adj._ Apparently the same with _Daue_, inactive.
_Wallace._
DAWD, DAUD, _s._ A considerably large piece of any thing, S.
_Kelly._
Isl. _todde_, portio, tomus.
~Dawds and Blawds~. The _blades_ of colewort boiled whole, S.
_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._
DAWDIE, _s._ A dirty slovenly woman, S. B. O. E. _dowdy_.
Isl. _dauda doppa_, foemella ignava.
~Dawdie~, _adj._ Slovenly, s.l.u.ttish, S. B.
_To_ ~Dawdle~, _v. n._ To be indolent or slovenly, Perths.
DAW-FISH, _s._ The lesser Dog-fish, Orkn.
_Barry._
DAWING, _s._ Dawn of day.
_Barbour._
A. S. _dagung_, aurora.
DAWPIT, _adj._ In a state of mental imbecility, Ayrs.
V. ~Dowf~.
_To_ DAWT, DAUT, _v. a._
1. To fondle, to caress, S.
_Ross._
2. To dote upon.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _dad-ur_, gestus amatorius.
~Dauting, Dauteing~, _s._ The act of fondling.
_Dunbar._
~Dawtie~, ~Dawte~, _s._
1. Kindness, endearment.
_Dunbar._
2. A darling, a favourite, S.
