An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 254

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DUM TAM, a bunch of clothes on a beggar's back, under his coat, S. B.

_To_ DUMFOUNDER, _v. a._ To confuse, to stupify, S.

DUMBIE, _s._ p.r.o.n. _Dummie_. One who is _dumb_, S.

_Z. Boyd._

_To_ DUMP, _v. a._ To strike with the feet, Ang.

Sw. _domp-a_, rudius palpare.

DUMPY, _adj._ Short and thick; also used as a _s._, S.

Isl. _doomp_, ancillula cra.s.sa.

DUMSc.u.m, _s._ A game of children, much the same as _pallall_, or the _beds_.

DUN, _s._ A hill, eminence, S.

_Stat. Acc._

A. S. _dun_, mons; Gael. id. a fortified hill.

_To_ DUNCH, _v. a._ To push or jog with the fist or elbow, S.

Teut. _dons-en_, pugno percutere.

DUNCH, _s._ One who is short and thick, S.

~Dunchy~, _adj._ Squat, S.

DUNDERHEAD, _s._ A blockhead, Loth.

V. ~Donnart~.

DWMMYSMAN, _s._ A judge.

_Wyntown._

DWN, _pret._ of the _v. Do_.

_Wyntown._

DUNGEON _of wit_, One having a profound intellect, S.

_Boswell._

DUNGERING, _s._ The dungeon of a castle.

_S. P. Repr._

DUNIWa.s.sAL, DUIN-Wa.s.sAL, _s._

1. A n.o.bleman.

_Colvil._

2. A gentleman of secondary rank.

_Garnet._

3. Used to denote the lower cla.s.s of farmers, generally in a contemptuous way, Ayrs.

Gael. _duine_, a man, and _uasal_, n.o.ble.

_To_ DUNNER, DUNDER, _v. n._ To make a noise like thunder.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ DUNT, _v. a._ To strike so as to produce a dull hollow sound, S.

_Popular Ball._

_To_ ~Dunt~ _out_,

1. To bring any business to a termination, S.

_Ross._

2. To come to a thorough explanation, after a variance, S.

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