_Daddie_, a father.
_Daffin_, merriment, foolishness.
_Daft_, merry, giddy, foolish; _Daft-buckie_, mad fish.
_Daimen_, rare, now and then; _Daimen icker_, an ear of corn occasionally.
_Dainty_, pleasant, good-humored, agreeable, rare.
_Dandered_, wandered.
_Darklins_, darkling, without light.
_Daud_, to thrash, to abuse; _Daudin-showers_, rain urged by wind.
_Daur_, to dare; _Daurt_, dared.
_Daurg_, or _Daurk_, a day's labour.
_Daur_, _daurna_, dare, dare not.
_Davoc_, diminutive of Davie, as Davie is of David.
_Dawd_, a large piece.
_Dawin_, dawning of the day.
_Dawtit_, _dawtet_, fondled, caressed.
_Dearies_, diminutive of dears, sweethearts.
_Dearthfu'_, dear, expensive.
_Deave_, to deafen.
_Deil-ma-care_, no matter for all that.
_Deleerit_, delirious.
_Descrive_, to describe, to perceive.
_Deuks_, ducks.
_Dight_, to wipe, to clean corn from chaff.
_Ding_, to worst, to push, to surpass, to excel.
_Dink_, neat, lady-like.
_Dinna_, do not.
_Dirl_, a slight tremulous stroke or pain, a tremulous motion.
_Distain_, stain.
_Dizzen_, a dozen.
_Dochter_, daughter.
_Doited_, stupefied, silly from age.
_Dolt_, stupefied, crazed; also a fool.
_Donsie_, unlucky, affectedly neat and trim, pettish.
_Doodle_, to dandle.
_Dool_, sorrow, to lament, to mourn.
_Doos_, doves, pigeons.
_Dorty_, saucy, nice.
_Douse_, or _douce_, sober, wise, prudent.
_Doucely_, soberly, prudently.
_Dought_, was or were able.
_Doup_, backside.
_Doup-skelper_, one that strikes the tail.
_Dour and din_, sullen and sallow
_Douser_, more prudent.
_Dow_, am or are able, can.
_Dowff_, pithless, wanting force.
_Dowie_, worn with grief, fatigue, &c., half asleep.
_Downa_, am or are not able, cannot.
_Doylt_, wearied, exhausted.
_Dozen_, stupified, the effects of age, to dozen, to benumb.
_Drab_, a young female beggar; to spot, to stain.
_Drap_, a drop, to drop.
_Drapping_, dropping.
_Draunting_, drawling, speaking with a sectarian tone.
_Dreep_, to ooze, to drop.
_Dreigh_, tedious, long about it, lingering.
_Dribble_, drizzling, trickling.
_Driddle_, the motion of one who tries to dance but moves the middle only.
_Drift_, a drove, a flight of fowls, snow moved by the wind.
_Droddum_, the breech.
_Drone_, part of a bagpipe, the chanter.
_Droop rumpl't_, that droops at the crupper.
_Droukit_, wet.
_Drouth_, thirst
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