CUT-AN’-COME-AGAIN—Owt ’at’s diun in a gurt hurry afore yan taks off.
CUT—Ye know—what cauves, an’ swine, an’ bits o’ lams gah through, ’at t’ male kind.
CUT—T’ loop at end ov a swingletree.
CUT-OV-HIS-JIB—The face. Sitha Ah cud tell bi t’ cut o’ thi jib ’at thoo was yan o’ auld Willy lads.
DAB—A dab i’ t’ ee’s yah thing, a dab o’ butter’s anudder. Yan dabs a het plate doon in a hurry an’ sometimes yan fergits whar yans dabbed yans jacket er shun. Its a queer word ta describe is dab, but its useful for o that.
DABSTER—A canny skilful body wi’ owt they tak in hand ta deea is a dabster. Some are dabsters at shuttin, some at mowin, others at wrusslin, some amang t’ kye, er t’ yowes, er t’ meears.
DAFT—Without ordinary judgement or sense. Ah’s deef an’ daft as a yat.
DAME-SCHOOL—They’re gone, and their places know them no more. T’ rising generation ’ll nivver know, an’ they’ll be hard to mak believe in a bit, hoo we used ta be educated wi’ an auld woman, an’ amang her hoose wark she wad larn us oor A B, abs, an’ twice times yan is tweea, an’ a bit o’ t’ biuk wi’ t’ ledder back an’ t’ brass clasps. Hoo we used ta field her specks if she was catted, an’ full t’ chimley wi’ streea if we wanted ta shirl! What lickens she wad giv us wi’ t’ birk rods ’at we’d miad her—literally enough fer oor awn backs—an’ what glee we used ta hev when she was liam an’ cud’nt stir oot ov her chair! T’ diam skeul ’s gian, but it’s green in oor mem’ries whar a lot o’ things ov auld lang syne er sided.
DANDER—A blow; the head; the temper. I catch’t him a dander wi’ t’ flail. It dropped fair on ta mi dander. Keep thi dander doon.
DANDY-GREY-RUSSET—A dark rusty colour not unlike a mouse’s belly.