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DRIESHACH, _s._ The dross of a turf fire which glows when stirred, S. B.
DRIFLING, _s._ A small rain.
_Baillie._
Isl. _dreif-a_, spargere.
DRIFT, _s._ Drove; as of cattle, Ayrs.
Teut. _drifle_, id.
_To_ DRIFT, _v. n._ To delay.
_R. Bruce._
_To_ ~Drift~, _v. a._ To put off.
_Z. Boyd._
~Drift~, _s._ Procrastination.
_R. Bruce._
DRIGHTIN, _s._ Lord.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _drichten_, Alem. _drohtin_, id.
DRIMUCK, _s._ The same as _Dramock_.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ DRING, _v. a._ To obtain with difficulty, S. B.
_Henrysone._
Belg. _dring-en_, to urge, to press.
_To_ DRING, _v. n._ To be slow, S. B.
~Dring~, _adj._ Dilatory, S. B.
_Ross._
_To_ DRING, DRINGE, _v. n._ To sound as a kettle before boiling.
_Ramsay._
~Dring~, _s._ The noise of a kettle before it boils.
DRING, _s._
1. A servant.
_Lyndsay._
Sw. _dreng_, id.
2. A miser.
_Bannatyne Poems._
DRINK-SILVER, _s._ A vale given to servants, S.
_Rutherford._
DRYNT, _pret._ Drowned.
_Douglas._
A. S. _adrenct_, mersus.
DRITHER, _s._ Dread.
V. ~Dredour~.
_To_ DRIZZEN, _v. n._
1. To low as a cow or ox, Ang.
2. Applied to a sluggard groaning over his work, S. O.
Teut. _druyssch-en_, strepere.
