Part 7 (1/2)

Drub, Drubby _v._ to throb

Druck _v._ to cram or thrust down

Druck-pieces _s._ pieces of wood let into a wall to support the pipe of a pump

Drug _v._ to drag, also _pret._ of drag; ex. He drug un out of the pond; Drugs _s._ harrows or drags

Dub, Dubby, Dubbid _adj._ blunt, squat

Dubbin _s._ suet or fat for greasing leather

Duck _v._ to carry a person under the arms in a suspended state

Dudder _v._ to confound with noise

Duds _s._ foul linen

Dumbledore, Dumbledory _s._ a humble bee, stupid fellow

Dummic, Dunnic _s._ a hedge-sparrow

Dumps _s._ the twilight, ex. Dumps of the yavening; Dumpsy towards twilight

Dunch _adj._ deaf

Dunder-daisy _s._ large field daisy

Dungmixen _s._ a dung-heap

Durgin (g hard) _s._ a great stupid fellow

Durns _s._ side-posts of a door, (? _doorings_)

Ear-burs _s._ a swelling behind the ear

Ear-gra.s.s, or Hay-gra.s.s _s._ gra.s.s after mowing, from A S _erian_, to till; the gra.s.s of tilled land

Ear-keckers _s._ the tonsils of the throat

Eave, Heave _v.n._ to give out moisture, as flagstones in wet weather

E'en-to, Ee'nsto _adv._ up to, all but, ex. There were ten e'ensto one or two

Element _s._ the sky, used in this sense by Shakespeare in Twelfth-night

Elem'n, or Elm'n _adj._ made of elm

Eldern _adj._ made of the elder

Elt-pig _s._ a young sow