DANDY-PRAT, n. An ignominious term, applied to any one of small or insignificant stature.

King Henry the Seventh stamped a small coyne called dandy-prats. See Camden's Remains, 1623, p. 177. Anecdotes and Traditions, Camden Society's Pub., p. 18.

DANG, \v. Pret. of Ding. The word has occasionally DUNG, also the same meaning as in the old Scottish

song, "Dunse dings a'," i. e. Dunse surpasses or

excels all other places. So in the song, "Jenny

dang the weaver.”

DING-IN, p. pr.\
DUNG, p. pa.

From v. Ding.

DARK, v. To listen in an unobserved manner. Car. DARKENING, n. Evening twilight. A. S. deorcung. DARNTON, p. n. Darlington; used in this form in the

time of Queen Elizabeth. See Letter from Sir George Bowes to the Earl of Sussex, 1569. 'Queen Elizabeth and Her Times,' by T. Wright, F.S.A.

DARNTON TROD. A boy having done some mischief is warned by those who have no authority over him to "tak Darnton trod," that he may get out of the way and escape chastisement.

DAURAK, n. Day's work. A. S. daeg-weorc.

"Monie a sair daurk we twa hae wrought."

Bur.

DAWDLE, v. To trifle, to be slow in doing anything. Car. DAYTALMAN, n. A day labourer, as distinguished from a servant who is hired by the year. Car.

DAYTALWORK, n. The employment of a daytalman. Car. DAZED, a. Applied to bread not well baked; also to meat roasted by too slow a fire. H.

DEAVE, v. To deafen. Jam., Wilb.

DEE, v. To die. Car., H., W. and C., Wilb.,

Deeing, dying; deid, dead.

DEED, a. Dead.

DEEF, a. A nut having no kernel is said to be deef. H.,

Wilb.

DEEF, a. Deaf. W. and C.

DEEIN, p. pr. Dying.

DEETH, n. Death. W. and C.

DELF, n. Plates and dishes. This word is derived probably from Delft, in Holland.

DELF-RACK, n. A piece of household furniture on which plates and dishes in common use are placed.

DELVE, v. To dig. A. S. delfan.

DENCHED, n. Squeamish as to some article of food. See Denshauch, Jam.

DENE, n. A hollow. See Co. Litt. 4 b.

There are several denes in the county of Durham, all, or most of which, are a kind of ravine or hollow, through which a rivulet runs, and the banks on either side are studded with trees. A. S. dan.

H., Bar.

A. S. dynt.

DENT, n. A mark received from a blow. DINT, S DESS, n. A haystack is cut vertically, the horizontal outline of the section being nearly a square: the hay so cut out from top to bottom is called a dess. The hay usually cut at one time is called a canch. Jam. under Das., Car. (1).

DEUSE, n. Devil.

DICK-ASS, 1
DICKY-ASS, J

n. An ass, (jackass, seldom used.)

DICKY-BIRD, n. A term used for a bird in addressing children.

DIKE, n. A hedge, either of quicks, or stakes and wattles.

In the South of England, dyke means a ditch. In

Holland, a dyke is a mound. A. S. dic. GERM. deich.
DUT. dyk.

DIKE-GUTTER, n. A ditch running along the bottom of

a hedge.

DIKING-MITTENS, n. Large gloves made of horse-skin leather, with a thumb, but no fingers.

DING, v. To strike, beat. Jam.

DING-DOON, v. To push down. So used by Wicliffe. Apol. for Lollards, printed for Camd. Soc. p. 36, 1. 1,

DIP, v. To incline, as, "the field dips to the east."

DIPNESS, n. Depth. A. S. deopnys.

DIRDUM, a. Noise. Jam. (1).

DISH-CLOUT, n. Dish-cloth.

DITTEN, n. A soft mixture applied to the edges of the door of a brick oven so as more effectually to confine the heat. A. S. dyttan, to close or shut up.

DIZ, v. Does.

DOBBY, n. A vulgar name for an apparition or sprite, as

Mortham dobie, Piperwell-sike dobie. W. and C., Wil.
A. S. docce.

DOCKIN, n. The dock, the plant rumex,

GR. Savkos. LAT. daucus. Jam.

A person stung with a nettle is supposed to be curable by a charm; "In dockin, out nettle," being pronounced while the part affected is rubbed with this plant. See Ak., Bar., Car., Wilb., Wil.

DODD,

DODD, v. To cut away the dirty wool from and near the tails of sheep.

DODDINGS, n. The wool so cut.

DODDERING DILLIES, n. The heads of the briza or quaking grass.

DODDER, v. To tremble.

W. and C., Wil.

DOFF, v. To put off, as dress. Used by Shaks. frequently.

W. and C.

DOG, n. The iron at the end of the fire to keep the fuel together.

DOG, n. A wooden household utensil, rudely shaped like a dog, used for toasting bread. Car.

DON, v. To put on, opposed to doff. once in the present and once or

tense. W. and C.

Used by Sh. only twice in the past

DONNAT, n. Applied to a worthless idle person; as,

DOOR, n. Door. Pronounced as do-er, the noun.

DOOR-CHECKS, n. The upright posts at the sides of a

door. Car., H.

DOOR-STANES, n. pl. The stone pavement about the

DOPE, n. A dope-craw, the carrion crow.

DOUN, prep. and adv. Down.

DOUN-DINNER, n. An afternoon's repast. The same

meaning belongs to the words orndorn, aandorn, orndinner, &c., which are said to be corrupt, the true form being undorn or undern. GOTH. undaurn. A. S. undern. GERM. untern.

DOUN-LYING, n. The time of a woman's parturition. For. DOUR, a. Downcast, forbidding, as, "a dour countenance." DOW, v. To thrive in health, to prosper in trade, to flourish. TUET. dawen.

"Unty'd to a man,

Do whate'er we can,

We never can thrive or dow."

A. Ramsay.

DOW, "He was nowt o' t' dow," he was a good-for-nothing. DOWLY, a. Melancholy, when applied to persons; lonely, when applied to places. LAT. dolor. FR. deuil. WEL. dulyn.

DOWTER, n. Daughter.

A. S. doktor. GERM. tochter.

DUT. dochter. DAN. datter.

dottir. Car., W. and Car.

Sw. dotter. ICEL.

DOZZLE, n. The ornamental piece of pastry in the centre of the lid of a pie.

This word is probably derived from the FR. dosil (or doucil), or, according to Cotgrave, doisil, a faucet. See P. P. Dotelle. In the "Seuyn Sages" it is related how Ypocras pierced a tun in a thousand places. "And tho' he hadde mad holes so fele,

In ech he pelt a dosele."

Line 1150.

See Dottle in Jam. Dossel, Car., where the word has

a different meaning from the above.

DRABBLED, p. pa. Soiled with wet and dirt, as a gown or

skirt may be.

DRAFF, n. Grains of malt.

"Why should I sowen draf out of my fist,

Whan I may sowen whete if that me list."

Ch. Persone's Prol.