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_To_ DOODLE, _v. a._ To dandle, S. B.
Fr. _dodin-er_, _dodelin-er_, id.
DOOF, _s._, A stupid fellow.
V. ~Dowf~.
DOOK, _s._ A peg, S.
Belg. _deuvig_, id.
DOOL, _s._ The goal in a game.
V. ~Dule~.
DOOL, _s._ To _thole the dool_, to bear the evil consequences of any thing, Ang.
Fr. _deuil_, grief.
~Dool-like~, _adj._ Having the appearance of sorrow.
_Rutherford._
DOOLIE, _s._
1. A hobgoblin, S. B.
2. A scarecrow, a bugbear, S. B.
A. S. _deoul_, diabolus, Isl. _dolg-r_, spectrum.
DOOMSTER, _s._ One who p.r.o.nounces _doom_.
_Rutherford._
DOOR, _s. Durk and door_.
_Ritson._
DOOZIL, _s._
1. An uncomely woman, S. B.
2. A l.u.s.ty child, S. B.
Isl. _dusill_, servus, servulus.
DORDERMEAT, _s._ A _bannock_ given to farm-servants, after loosing the plough, between dinner and supper, Ang.
Su. G. _dagwerd_, a meal, from _dag_, day, and _ward_, food, sometimes _dogoerdar_.
DORECHEEK, _s._ The door-post, S.
DORESTANE, _s._ The threshold, S.
DOREN. Probably, dare.
_Wallace._
DORLACH, _s._ A bundle, or truss, Gael.
_Baillie._
DORNICK, _s._ Linen cloth used in S. for the table; from Tournay, Teut.
_Dornick_.
_Lyndsay._
DORT, _s._ Pet, commonly in pl.
_Ross._
_To_ ~Dort~, _v. n._ To become pettish, S.
_s.h.i.+rrefs._
~Dorty~, _adj._
1. Pettish, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
