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. Eotten, decayed, as an old tree. N.W. (Glouc. bord.) 



*Drysy. Dry, thirsty. « I wur main drysy." N.W. (Upavon, etc.) 



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, as in Must. S.W. (Warminster, 



Deverill, etc.) 



Dudman. Add — " Like a Tommy Dudman," ragged, dirty, etc. 

 Dumbledore. Add .—(2) A dunce. (Hist, of Chipp.) N.W. 



Dumble-headed, stupid. 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. G-eum rivale, L., 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. 



