*Dock. Malva sylvestris, L., Common Mallow (A.). Now restricted to Rumex.
Dodder, Dudder, Duther, &c. (1) v. To bewilder, to deafen with noise (A.B.H.S.Wr.). 'I be vinny doddered, they childern do yop so.'—N. & S.W. (2) n. 'All in a dudder,' quite bewildered (H.).—N. & S.W. (3) v. To deaden anything, as pain. 'It sort o' dudders the pain.'—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)
*Doddle-grass. Briza media, L., Quaking Grass (English Plant Names).
Doddler. 'A bit of a doddler,' a small boy.—N. & S.W.
Dog, how beest? This phrase seems worth noting. At Clyffe Pypard a person complaining of loneliness, or the want of sociability or kindness amongst the neighbours, will say, 'There isn't one as 'll so much as look in and say, "Dog, how beest?"'
Dog-Cocks. Arum maculatum, L., Cuckoo-pint. Compare Dogs-dibble in N. Devon.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)
Dog-daisy. Any large daisy-like white flower, such as Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, L., Ox-eye Daisy.—N. & S.W.
Dogged. (2 syl.) Very, excessively; as dogged cute (A.).—N. & S.W.
'Maester was dogged deep, but I was deeper!'—Wilts Tales, p. 110.