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Leighton, Revised by Alexander

"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV."

_ a dwarf.
DROUTH, _s._ drought; thirst.
DRUMLY, DRUMLIE, _adj._ troubled.
DRUNT, _s._ to be in a sour, pettish humour.
DUB, _s._ a small pool of water, generally applied to those
produced by rain.
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.


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