ny way, I wadna hae liked to have offended Mr Treddles; he was a
wee toustie when you rubbed him again the hair--but a kind,
weel-meaning man."--_The Highland Widow._

Dinna stretch your arm farther than your sleeve 'ill let ye.

"'I'll no let ye rest if ye dinna mak me a bailie's wife or a' be
done.' I was not ill pleased to hear Mrs Pawkie so spiritful; but I
replied, 'Dinna try to stretch your arm, gudewife, farther than your
sleeve will let you; we maun ca' canny mony a day yet before we
think of dignities.'"--_The Provost._

Dinna tell your fae when your foot sleeps.

Dinna touch him on the sair heel.

Do not speak to him on a subject on which he is known to be
sensitive.

Dirt bodes luck.

Dirt defies the king.

Dirt parts gude company.

Dit your mouth wi' your meat.

"Dit," close. A suggestion intended to put a stop to idle
conversation.

Do a man a good turn, and he'll never forgie you.

"'Are you mad?' cried Bryce Snailsfoot, 'you that lived sae lang in
Zetland to risk the saving of a drowning man? Wot ye not, if you
bring him to life again, he will be sure to do you some capital
injury?'"--_The Pirate._

Do as the cow o' Forfar did, tak a stannin' drink.

"A cow in passing a door in Forfar, where a tub of ale had been
placed to cool, drank the whole of it. The owner of the ale pursued
the proprietor of the cow for the value of the ale; but a learned
bailie, in giving his decision, decreed, that since the ale was
drank by the cow while standing at the door, it must be considered
_deoch an dorius_, or stirrup cup, for which no charge could be
made, without violating the ancient hospitality of Scotland."--_Sir
Walter Scott, Note to Waverley._

Do as the lasses do--say No, but tak it.

"Maids, in modesty, say 'No' to that which they would have the
profferer construe 'Ay.'"--_Shakespeare._

Do as the miller's wife o' Newlands did--she took what she had and she
never wanted.

Dogs and bairns are fain o' fools.

That is, fools attract the attention of children and dogs.

Dogs bark as they are bred.

Dogs will redd swine.

"Redd," is here used in the sense of to put in order.

Dolour pays nae debts.

Dool and an ill life soon mak an auld wife.

"Sorrow and an evil life maketh soon an old wife."--_English._

Do on the hill as ye wad do in the ha'.

Let your private cha