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

Dorty, adj.
1. Pettish, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
2. Saucy, malapert, S.
3. Applied to a female who is saucy to her suitors, S.
Ramsay.
4. Applied to plants, when difficult to rear, S. B.

Gael. dorrda, austere.

Dortyness, s. Pride, arrogance.
Douglas.

DOROTY, s.
1. A doll, S.
2. A female of a very small size, S.

DOSK, adj. Dark-coloured.
Douglas.

DOSS, adj. Neat, spruce, Clydes.

Teut. doss-en, munire vestibus suffultis.

Dost up, part. pa. Dressed sprucely.
Kennedy.

DOSS, s. A tobacco pouch, Aberd.

Isl. dos, Germ. dose, a box.