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

DONGYN, DOUNGIN, part. pa. of [Ding].

DONIE, s. A hare, Ang.

A. S. don, damula?

DONK, adj. Damp, E. dank.
Douglas.

Su. G. dunk-en, id.

Donk, s. Moisture, perhaps mouldiness.
Douglas.

To DONNAR, v. a. To stupify, Fife.
A. Douglas.

Donnard, Donner'd, adj. In a state of gross stupor, S.
Ramsay.

Germ. donner-n, to thunder, q. stupified with noise, like bedundert.

DONSIE, DONCIE, adj.
1. Affectedly neat and trim, implying the idea of self-importance, S.
Ramsay.
2. Obliquely signifying pettish, testy, S.
3. Restive, applied to a horse, S.
Burns.
4. Unlucky; in a moral sense.
Burns.
5. Dull and dreary.
Hamilton.