Dowl. The fine down of a bird.—N.W.
'Coots and moor-hens must be skinned, they could not be plucked because of the "dowl." Dowl is the fluff, the tiny featherets no fingers can remove.'—Bevis, ch. vii.
Down. To tire out, to exhaust. 'That there 'oss's downed.'—N.W. (Wroughton.)
Down-along. 'He lives down-along,' a little way down the street (S.), as opposed to 'up-along.'—S.W.
Down-arg. To contradict in an overbearing manner (A.B.S.), to browbeat.—N. & S.W.
Down-dacious. Audacious (S.). 'Her's a right downdacious young vaggot, that her is!'—S.W.
*Down-haggard. Disconsolate (S.).—S.W.
Down-hearten. To feel disheartened. 'A be vurry bad, but I don't down-hearten about un.'—N.W.
Dowse. A blow (A.B.C.S.), as 'a dowse in the chops.'—N. & S.W.
Dowst. (1) Chaff or cave. Dust (D.). (2) 'To go to dowst,' go to bed, perhaps from dowst (chaff) being used to fill mattresses. Heard at Huish occasionally, but not traced elsewhere.