Su. G. _dunt_, ictus.

_To_ ~Dunt~, _v. n._ To palpitate.

_Ramsay._

~Dunt~, ~Dount~, _s._

1. A stroke causing a flat and hollow sound, S. O. E. id.

_Peblis to the Play._

2. Palpitation of the heart, S.

_Ross._

3. _At a dunt_, unexpectedly, Stirlings.

Isl. _dunt_, a stroke given to the back or breast, so as to produce a sound.

~Dunting~, _s._ Continued beating, causing a hollow sound, S.

_Melvil._

DUNTER-GOOSE, _s._ The Eider duck.

_Brand._

Su. G. _dun_, down, and _taer-a_, to gnaw, because it plucks the down from its breast.

DUNTY, _s._ A doxy.

_Gl. Ramsay._

DUNZE.

V. ~Doyn~.

DUR, DURE, _s._ Door.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _dure_, id.

DURGY, _adj._ Thick, gross, Loth.

Isl. _driug-r_, densus.

DURK, _s._ A dagger, S.

_Poems Buch. Dial._

Gael. _durc_, a poniard; Teut. _dolck_, sica.

_To_ ~Durk~, _v. a._

1. To stab with a dagger, S.

_Cleland._

2. To spoil, to mismanage, S.

_To_ DURKEN, _v. a._ To affright.

_Sir Gawan._

_To_ DUSCH, _v. n._

1. To move with velocity.

_Douglas._

2. To tw.a.n.g.

_Douglas._

3. _To dusch doun_. To fall with noise, id.

_Douglas._

Germ. _dosen_, strepitum edere; Isl. _thus-a_, tumultuose proruere.

~Dusche~, _s._

1. A fall; as including the crash made by it.

_Douglas._

2. A stroke, a blow.

V. ~Doyce~.

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