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

DRIGHTIN, s. Lord.
Gawan and Gol.

A. S. drichten, Alem. drohtin, id.

DRIMUCK, s. The same as [Dramock].
Statist. Acc.

To DRING, v. a. To obtain with difficulty, S. B.
Henrysone.

Belg. dring-en, to urge, to press.

To DRING, v. n. To be slow, S. B.

Dring, adj. Dilatory, S. B.
Ross.

To DRING, DRINGE, v. n. To sound as a kettle before boiling.
Ramsay.

Dring, s. The noise of a kettle before it boils.

DRING, s.
1. A servant.
Lyndsay.