An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

DA', DAE, DAY, s. Doe.
Acts Ja. VI.

A. S. da, Dan. daa, id.

DA, s. A sluggard.
V. [Daw].

To DAB, DAUB, v. a.
1. To peck, as birds do, S.
J. Nicol.
2. To prick.
Popular Ball.

Dab, s.
1. A stroke from the beak of a bird, S.
2. A smart push.
Creichton.

DABLET, s. An imp, a little devil.

Fr. diableteau, id.

Watson's Coll.

To DACKER, DAIKER, v. a.
1. To search; to search for stolen goods, S. B.
Ross.
2. To engage, to grapple, S. B.
Poems Buch. Dial.
3. To toil as in job work.
Gl. Sibb.
4. To deal in a peddling way, S.
5. To be slightly employed, S.

Gael. deachair-am, to follow; Flem. daecker-en, to fly about.