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A DICTIONARY OF 
Dock, add (3) Riimex sanguineus, L. — Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. 
Dock, Sour, add Sal. 
Dockan. add ‘ When a boy gets stung by a nettle be searches for 
a dock-leaf and rubs it on the wounded part, repeating the charm, 
Dockan, Dockan, in : Nettle, Nettle, out.’ Antrim and Down. 
E. D. S. Gloss. 
Dockin, Cap. See Cap Dockin.^ 
Dod. add Dev. Eriend. 
Dodder. In Lyte doder : he gives ‘high Douch . . Todtern' 
(p. 398). Cfr. Germ, todten, to kill, to destroy. 
Doddering Grass, add Yks. (W. Eiding). 
Dodger. ^ Sherardia arvensis, creeping plume- thistle. Corve Dale.’ 
Shropsh. Word-book. This is a mistake for Serratida (= Carduas 
arvensis, Curt.). 
Dodjell-reepan. See Meadow Rocket. 
Dogberry. (2) add dies. 
(4) add Hants. E. D. S. Gloss. 
(5) Pyrus Aucuparia, Gaertn. Cumh. (Winderwath). 
Dogbreer. Rosa canina, L. — Yks. (Cleveland). 
Dog Eller, add (2) JEgopodiiim Podagraria, L. — dies. (Frods- 
ham). From the superficial resemblance of its leaves to those of the 
true elder. Here again ‘ dog ’ undoubtedly means spurious. 
Dogfoot. Dactylis gloinerata, L. — Derh. (Buxton). 
Dog-Mercury. Mercurialis goerennis, L. — E. Suss. 
Dog Oak. add Notts. N. and Q., 1st S., viii. 490. 
Dog-Parsley. Antliriseus sylvestris, Hoffm. Ellis, Mod. Husband- 
man, iv. 4, 78. 
Dog-spear. Arum maeulatiim. L. — Soin. (very common). 
Dog-Timber. Cornus sanguinea, L. — Dev. ; Som. (usual name). 
Dog-tooth Berry. Fruit of Euonymus europceus, L. — Surr. (Epsom). 
Dog-tooth Violet. A common book-name. Erytlironium Dens-canis, 
L. — dies.; Lane. 
Dog-tree, add (1) Oxf. Science Gossip, 1882, 165. 
(5) Viburnum Opidus, L. — Warw. Loudon’s Gardener’s Magazine, 
vii. 234 (1831), where there is a description and figure of the watch- 
maker’s skewers made from it. 
Dog’s Dibble. Arum maculatum, L. — N. Dev. (Barnstaple), where 
there is a rhyme — 
‘ Dog's Dibble, 
Thick in the middle.’ 
Dog’s Mouth, add Oxf. (Standlake). 
