Ballad—The Douglas Tragedy.
Doff, C, (do off, Old English) undress, strip.
“The bridesmaids o’ wi’ fusslin care
The bride, hauf-yieldin’, doff’t.”
Stagg. The Bridewain.
Don, C, (do on, old English) to dress.
“And up he rose, and he donn’d on his clothes,
And he d’upp’d the chamber door.”
Hamlet.
“He’s nicer in his war-day duds