Dumble. Stupid, dull (A.B.H.Wr.); also Domel, Dummel, &c.—N.W.
'Severe weather ... makes all wild animals "dummel" in provincial phrase,—i.e. stupid, slow to move.'—Gamekeeper at Home, ch. vii.
Dumbledore, or Dumble. The Humble-bee (A.B.S.).—N. & S.W.
'Th' mak'st a noise like a dumbledore in a pitcher.'—Wilts Tales, p. 68.
Dumb Nettle. Lamium album, L., White Dead-nettle.—S.W. (Charlton.)
Dump. (1) n. 'A treacle dump,' a kind of coarse sweetmeat.—S.W. (2) v. To blunt, as 'I've dumped my scythe against a stone.'—N.W. (3) A pollard tree, as 'Ash-dump,' or 'Willow-dump.'—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)
Dum-put. See Dung-pot.
Dunch. (1) Deaf (A.B.C.); now rarely so used. In Cunnington MS. said to be at that time the usual N. Wilts term for deaf.—N & S.W.
'Ah! Molly, ye purtends to be as dunch as a bittle, but I kneows 'e hears ev'ry word I zays.'—Wilts Tales, p. 81.