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

Alem. dualm, caligo mentis stupore correptae.

Dualmyng, Dwauming, s.
1. A Swoon.
Douglas.
2. Metaph. the fall of evening, S. B.
Shirrefs.

DUB, s.
1. A small pool of rain-water, S.
Douglas.
2. A gutter, S.

Ir. dob, a gutter; Celt. dubh, canal.

DUBLAR, s.
V. [Dibler].
Bannatyne Poems.

DUCHERY, s. Dukedom.
Bellenden.

DUCK, s. A leader.
V. [Duke].

DUCK, s. Sail-cloth.
V. [Doock].

DUD, s.
1. A rag, S.
Ross.
Daily dud, the dish-clout, S. B.
2. Duds, dudds, pl. clothing, especially of inferior quality, S.
Polwart.

Gael. dud, a rag, and dudach, ragged. Isl. dude, indumentum levioris generis.