$26 PROVINCIALISMS. 



DIKE ; a ditch ; alfo a puddle, or fmall pool of 



water. 



To DILL ; to foothe, blunt or filence pain or found j 

 To DITHER (the ;' Jbort> as in wither) ; to trem- 

 ble or fhiver with cold. 



To DOCK ; to trim the buttocks, &c. of fheep. 

 DOCK EN; rumex-, dock. 

 DOGFINKIL; anihemis (otula; maithe-weed. 

 DONNOT (that is, dowt-not); good for nothing 5 



bad : a name of the Devil. 

 To DOOK ; to duck, or immerge in water; alfo 



to bow down the head abruptly. 

 DOORY, or DEERY j very little, diminutive : 



" a laatle doory thing." 



DORDUM j a loud, confufed, riotous noife. 

 To DOW i to thrive or be ufeful ; as, hedowfi 

 for nought," he is good for nothing: " he neU 

 ther dees nor dows," he neither dies nor mends. 

 DOW LED } dead, Hat 5 fpoken of liquor which 



has lofl its head. 



DOWLEY ; fickly, pale ; not brilk, or florid. 

 DOWNDINNER j afternoon luncheon. 

 DOZZAND 3 flirivelled; not plump and fair. 

 DRAFF ; brewer's grains. 

 DRAPE (vulgarly drccap) ; a barren cow. 

 DRAUGHT ; a team, either of oxen or horfes. 

 DREE; tedious; unexpectedly long. 

 To DRESS (pron. drifs) ; to clean, as the barn-? 

 floor or the table j alfo to cleanfe from refufe, a 



corn or flour. 



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