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_Barbour._
Isl. _thys_, Alem. _thuz_, _doz_, fragor.
DUSCHET, DUSSIE, _s._ A musical instrument.
_Poems 16th Cent._
DUSCHET, DUSSIE, _s._ An indors.e.m.e.nt.
_Leg. Bp. St Androis._
Fr. _douss-er_, to indorse.
_To_ DUSH, _v. a._ To push as a ram, ox, &c. S.
Teut. _does-en_, pulsare c.u.m impetu; Isl. _dusk-a_, verbera infligo.
DUST, _s._ A tumult.
Su. G. _dyst_, id.
DUST _of a mill_, what flies from a mill in grinding, S. Teut. _duyst_, pollen.
DUST _of lint_, what flies from flax in dressing, S.
Teut. _doest_, lanugo lintei.
DUSTIE-FUTE, DUSTIFIT, _s._
1. A pedlar.
_Skene._
2. One who is not resident in a country.
_Burr. Lawes._
3. Used to denote revelry.
_G.o.dly Ball._
_To_ DUTE, DUTT, _v. n._ To dose, S. B.
Belg. _dutt-en_, to set a-nodding.
~Dut~, _s._ A stupid person, S. B.
Dan. _doede_, stupidus; Belg. _dutt-en_, delirare.
DWABLE, DWEBLE, _adj._ Weak, flexible.
Su. G. _dubbel_, double.
_Ross._
DWALM, DWAUM, _s._
V. ~Dualm~.
_To_ Dw.a.n.g, _v. a._
1. To oppress with labour, S. B.
2. To bear, or draw, unequally, S. B.
3. To hara.s.s by ill-humour, S. B.
Teut. _dwingh-en_, domare, arctare.
_To_ ~Dw.a.n.g~, _v. n._ To toil, S. B.
_Morison._
~Dw.a.n.g~, _s._ A rough shake or throw, S. B.
_Morison._
_To_ ~Dwyne~, _v. n._
1. To pine, S.
_A. Nicol._
2. To fade, applied to nature.
_Ferguson._
3. To dwindle, S.
