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_A. Douglas._

~Donnard~, ~Donner'd~, _adj._ In a state of gross stupor, S.

_Ramsay._

Germ. _donner-n_, to thunder, q. stupified with noise, like _bedundert_.

DONSIE, DONCIE, _adj._

1. Affectedly neat and trim, implying the idea of self-importance, S.

_Ramsay._

2. Obliquely signifying pettish, testy, S.

3. Restive, applied to a horse, S.

_Burns._

4. Unlucky; in a moral sense.

_Burns._

5. Dull and dreary.

_Hamilton._

Germ. _duns-en_, to swell; intumescere.

DONTIBOURS, DOUNTIBOURIS, _s. pl._ Probably, courtezans.

_Knox._

Fr. _domter_, to tame, and _bourse_, the purse; unless the last term be used in the grosser sense mentioned by Cotgr.

DOOCK, DUCK, _s._ Strong coa.r.s.e cloth, Ang.

_Sail-doock_, that used for sails. p.r.o.n. _doock_.

_Statist. Acc._

Teut. _doeck_, id. Su. G. _duk_.

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