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Doa’s TIMBER. (1) Dogwood or Wild Cornel, 
Cornus sanguinea. Mr. T. W. Cowan writes :— 
** Dogwood was undoubtedly originally dag-wood, 
the wood that skewers wee made cf ; Old English 
dagge. Prior calls it Prick-wood (“‘ prick” being 
an old word for a butcher’s skewer), Skewer- 
wood, and Gad-rise (i.e... A. S. gad=a goad, and 
Aris=a rod). 
(2) A correspondent at Smallridge (Devon) 
gives it as a local name for the Spindle-tree, 
Enonymus europeus. See DoG TIMBER. 
DoG’s TonGaue. Common Hound’s Tongue , 
Cynoglossum officinale. 
DoG TEETH. A correspondent at Stoke St. 
Gregory gives me this as a lecal name fcr the 
Coralwort, Dentaria bulbifera, which Mr. W. D. 
Miller tells me is not now found wild in Somerset, 
nor is it recorded from the West of England. 
Doc TimBer. (1) <A Taunton correspondent 
gives me this as a local name for the Spindle-tree, 
Huonymus europervs. See Doc’s TIMBER and 
Doc-Woop. 
(2) Rev. Hilderic Friend gives it as a Devon- 
shire name for the Mealy Guelder Rose or Way- 
faring Tree. Viburnum Lantana. 
Dog ViIoLET. This is, of course, the common 
English name for the scentless blue Violet, Viola 
canina, but a correspondent at Stalbridge 
(Dcrset) gives me this as a local name for the 
Wild Pansy, Viola arvensis. 
DoG-woop. Mr. T. W. Cowan tel’s me that 
this name (which is the usual English name for 
Cornus sanguinea) is also given to 
(1) The Spindle-tree. Huonymus europeus. 
(2) The Black Alder, Rhamnus Frangula. 
(3) The Guelder Rese, Viburnum Opulus. 
(4) Mr. W. S. Price tells me that in the 
Wellington district the Wayfaring Tree, Viburnum 
Lantana, is always known by thisname He has 
never heard it called DoG TIMBER. 
DOLEFUL BELts. Mrs. Montagu, of Charmouth, 
gives me this as a local name for the Deadly 
Nightshade, Atropa Belladonna. 
Do.t’s SHoES. A Castle Cary correspondent 
gives me this as a lccal name for the Herb Robert, 
Geranium Robertianum. See DoLty’s SHOES. 
DoLLY MOUNTER. A fircone. Mr. Geo. Sweet- 
man says “ A Castle Cary word—not general,” 
but I have heard the name many times in Yeovil, 
and have bad it sent me by several correspon. 
dents, : 
DoLiy’s APRON. A common vame in the Chard 
and East Devon district for the Herb Robert, 
Geranium Roberiianum. 
DoLuy’s BONNETs. A correspondent at Samp- 
ford Brett gives me this as a local name for the 
