146 Transactions. 



Debate, struggle. He made a gi-eat debate, i.e., he struggled 

 well and kept up his head. In Chaucer it means to fight ; and 

 Gibbon calls the wars of the Crusades the World's Debate. 



Deck of cards, Moniaive. In Mark Twain s " Huckleberry 

 Finn " we read of " an old ratty deck of cards." 



Deer^s hair, the scirpus growing on the hills. 



Dock, the following entry is in Jamieson : — " Dock, a pub- 

 lic walk or promenade in Dumfriesshire on the banks of the Nith." 



Donneries, clothes' moths. I have not heard the word, but 

 give it on the authority of Mr R. Armstrong, Thornhill. 



Doddy or Doddet, without horns. N.E. Scot. 



Dollop, quantity. " The whole dollop," whole piece. 



Drachty, designing, cunning. 



Draw-moss, the sheathed cotton grass. 



Dooth, shady. The dooth side of the hill is the side towards 

 the north. 



Dymond, a wether of the second or third year. 



Daised, having lost its strength ; daised wood, rotten wood ; 

 a daised sack, one ready to burst into holes. Daised, meaning 

 stupid, is not a local word. 



Dazed bread in N. Eng. means dough-bread, and dazed meat, 

 meat badly roasted. 



Dyooks, Dumfriesshire for ducks. 



Dryne, driven, used by old shepherds. " Have you ever 

 dryne sheep over that road." 



Duffel, the name of a woollen cloth, dyed blue or various 

 colours, used in Dumfriesshire for petticoats, and in Renfrewshire 

 for cloaks or mantles for women. My mother's aunt had a duffel 

 mantle, which she usually called her duffel. 



E. 



Ebb, shallow, narrow. 

 Eizel or Azle, a hot ember, a cinder. 

 To Ely or Ailie, to disappear, to vanish. 

 Eild yows, Renfrewshire yell yows, ewes that are barren. 

 Ein, Dumfriesshire contraction for even. " Draw the line 

 ein," i.e., draw the line even. 



F. 



Fawns, rough wet places on the hills ; white spots on moor- 

 ish or mossy ground. On the stone set up to commemorate the 



