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

DAWD, DAUD, s. A considerably large piece of any thing, S.
Kelly.

Isl. todde, portio, tomus.

Dawds and Blawds. The blades of colewort boiled whole, S.
Gl. Shirr.

DAWDIE, s. A dirty slovenly woman, S. B. O. E. dowdy.

Isl. dauda doppa, foemella ignava.

Dawdie, adj. Slovenly, sluttish, S. B.

To Dawdle, v. n. To be indolent or slovenly, Perths.

DAW-FISH, s. The lesser Dog-fish, Orkn.
Barry.

DAWING, s. Dawn of day.
Barbour.

A. S. dagung, aurora.