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38 THE DIALECT OP ' The k3mge keri of his oote then, A grene fi;annent he dyde oriy And every Knyght had so, I wys, They clothed them fall soone.* ])«or (pronounced doo-er), * To keep f door oppen/ or * to swing f c2oor,' are phrases both meaning to pay the expenses of the house. DooroheskB, the side-posts of the door. Doorhoil, i. e, door-hole, the doorway. Doorstead (pronounced dooergtedd), the place where the door stands. Doorstone (pronounced dooergfn), the flag outside the door. Dorm, vb, to doze. Dorm, sb, a kind of half sleep or cat sleep. A woman speaking of her sick child, said, 'Last neet he fell into a dorm, and then he wakken'd, and said his prayers, and Au thowt it were yarry gooid.' Dotterel (pronounced dotterU), a bird of the plover genus, said to be easily caught : used here formerly to signify a fooli^ person. Doubler, a pie-dish.; a great disk or platter: it may be of clay. Hunter says ' a pewter dish,' and spells it duhbler. A ' shoal dubbl^ ' is a * shallow disn.' Doubt, vb. used in the sense of fear. * I doubt it will lain ;' ' I doubt he unll never get over it.' Dough, pronounced dofe [doaf], or by some dooaf. Doughy, pronounced dqfy [doafi]. Downfall, a &tll of rain or snow. Downliggin, a lying-in. Down-spirited, low-spirited. Dowsted. See Daasted. Doy, or Doidy, a term of endearment Perhaps a softened form of tiie wordy^, which is also used in the same way in speaking of one beloved. The word doy is used chiefly to children, but might be said to a kitten or any smaU pet. Draff, grains after brewing, or wash for hogs. See Peebles to the Flay, IL 137—139 : 'Thereby lay three and thirty swine Thrunland in a middin of draff,* i. e. trundling or rolling in a heap of grains. Drake, used in the same sense as Drate, which see. Drakes, the mark from which boys begin to taw at marbles. This is also called drege.