244 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
*Dowdy. Stunted in growth. (S.) S.W. 
Dowst.: (1) Add:—Dowse at Shrewton. Used of both the chaff at 
thrashing and the chaff given to horses. 
Down the Country. About Deverill this term always means Dorset and — 
Somerset. 
Drab-anointed. An out-and-out slut. N. & S.W. 
Draft. A picture. N. & S.W. 
Drag-rake. The large wooden rake used in hay-making. S.W. (Heytesbury, 
etc.) 
Drang. (2) Add :—Dring at Shrewton. 
Draw-sheave. A draw-knife of iron (not a spoke-shave), with two wooden 
handles, used by carpenters and wheelwrights. N. & S.W. 
Drewty. adj. Hands that are ribbed and cracked on the inside are said to 
be “drewty.” S.W. (Shrewton.) 
Drip. Of a sow, to give birth to a litter. N.W. (Shrewton.) 
Droxy. adj. Rotten, decayed, as an old tree. N.W. (Glouc. bord.) 
*Drysy. Dry, thirsty. “I wur main drysy.” N.W. (Upavon, ete.) 
Dub, Add :-—N.W. 
*Duck. A game in which children place a small stone on the top of a large — 
one, and bowl at it with other stones, asin Must. S.W. (Warminster, 
Deverill, etc.) 
Dudman. Add :—“Like a Tommy Dudman,” ragged, dirty, ete. 
Dumbledore. Add:—(2) A dunce. (Hist. of Chipp.) N.W. 
Dumble-headed. stupid. 7 N. & S.W. 
Dunch-dumpling. Add :—s.W. 
Dusty miller. Any large white or light-coloured moth. N. & S.W. 
Dutch bay. An open hay barn. S.W. (Shrewton.) — 
*Ear-bob. An ear-ring. (Slow.) S.W. 
*Egyptian. Geum rivale, lu., Water Avens. N.W. (Heddington.) 
*Egyptian granny’s cap. Geum rivale, L., Water Avens. N.W. — 
(Heddington.) — 
Elder-trot. Heracleum Sphondylium, L., Cow-parsnip. See Hill-trot. > 
S.W. (Durrington.) — 
Eleven-share-plough. An improvement on the “A-Drag,” so called” 
from the number of its tines. P 
