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DUD, _s._ a rag; a dish-clout.
DUDDY, _adj._ ragged.
DUKE, _s._ a duck.
DULE, _s._ grief.
_To_ DULE, _v. n._ to grieve.
DUMBIE, DUMMIE, _s._ a dumb person.
_To_ DUMFOUNDER, _v. a._ to stupify; to confuse; to confound.
DUMPY, _adj._ short and thick.
DUN, _s._ a hill; an eminence.
_To_ DUNCH, _v. a._ to jog; to push with the elbow or fist.
DUNDERHEAD, _s._ a blockhead.
_To_ DUNT, _v. a._ to strike, so as to produce a dull hollow sound.
DURK, DIRK, _s._ a dagger.
DUST, _s._ a tumult.
DWALM, DWAUM, _s._ a swoon; a sudden fit of sickness.
DWINING, _s._ a declining consumption.
_To_ DWYNE, _s._ to pine.
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EARN, _s._ an eagle.
_To_ EARN, YEARN, _v._ to coagulate.
EASING, _s. pl._ the eaves of a house.
EASTLIN, _adj._ easterly.
EBB, _adj._ shallow.
EE, _s._ an eye.
EEN, _s. pl._ the eyes.
EE-SWEET, _adj._ agreeable or pleasing to the sight.
EERIE, _adj._ dull; lonely.
EFTERHEND, _adv._ afterwards.
EIDENT, _adj._ diligent; industrious.
EIK, EKE, _adj._ an addition.
_To_ EIK, _v. n._ to add to anything.
EIZEL, _s._ a hot ember.
ELBECK, ELBUCK, _s._ elbow.
ELD, _adj._ old.
ELEVEN-HOURS, _s._ a luncheon.
ELDERS, _s. pl._ the members of the kirk-session among Presbyterians.
ELS, _adv._ already.
ELSYN, ELSHYN, _s._ an awl.
ELVES, _s. pl._ fairies.
ELWAND, ELNWAND, _s._ a rod for measuring, an ell in length.
EMBRO', _s._ Edinburgh.
EMERANT, _s._ emerald.
ENEUCH, ENEUGH, _s._ enough.
ERD, ERDE, YERD, YERTH, _s._ earth; soil or ground.
_To_ ERD, YERD, _v. a._ to inter.
ERDDIN, YIRDIN, _s._ an earthquake.
ERLIS, EARLES, _s._ earnest.
ERSE, _s._ Gaelic or Celtic, the language of the Highlanders of Scotland.
ERY, EIRY, EERIE, _adj._ affected with fear.
