26 HAMPSHIRE GLOSSARY. Donnings [don'ingz], sb. pL things put on, clothes, appareL *Ak. See Don. DorymouBe [dor-imous], «5. a dormouse. — Wise. Dotchel [doch'ul], sb. a small animal of its kind. — N. H. Dount [dount], v. to dent, dint, imprint. ' Here's the poor harmless hare from the woods that is tracked. And her footsteps deep dounted in snow.' Song in N. F,, entitled * A Time to Itetnemher the Poor.' — Wise. Bout [dout], V. a. to do out, put out, extinguish. Ex. * WeVe douted the iire.' Dovrel [dovul], sb. the devil *Ak. Down-along-TOlk [doun-ulong-yoak], «2). the 'down-along-folk,' t. c. the inhabitants of Dorset and the West ; opposed to up-along-voUc^ i. e. those in Surrey, Sussex, &o. — Wise. Downarg. *Ak. See Donnarg. Also pronounced downharg. Dowse [dous], sb. a blow ; as, ' a dowse in th' chops/ a blow in the face. ♦Ak. Dowse [dous], V. to beat down. — N. H. Drag [drag], sb. a heavy harrow. — N. H. Drag, V. a. to harrow with a drag. — ^N. H. Draggle-tail [dragi-tail], sb. a slattern. — J. Drail [drail], sb. a land-raiL N. and Q. 1st Ser. x. 400. (A mere contraction.) Brash [drash], v, to thrash. — Wise. Drashel [drash ul] v. a thrashel, t. e. a flail. — ^Wise. Drattled [drat'ld], pp. used like ' hanged,' as a profane oath ; as,
- No, I'll be drattled if her is.' In his Olo8. Akerman gives —* Dratile^
a corruption of a profane oath, " God throttle," but not thus under- stood now.' Probablv it was never so understood, but is a mere vari- ation of dratted^ whicn is &om drai^ a corruption, I suppose, of * GKkI rot,' as it is also used in the form drot. — W. W. S. Brant [draut], sb. the throat. *Ak. Bray [drail, sb. (1) A squirrel's nesfc. * A boy has taken three little squirrels m their nest, or drey^ as it is called in these parts.' — White's Nat. Hist, of Selborne, Letter xxxiv. note, ed. 1843. Chiefly North Hants. In the New Forest they use cage. — Wise. In W. Browne's Britannia' 8 Pastorals^ Bk. i. 5, we read of a squirrel that he * gets to the wood, and hides him in his dray. — W. W. S. (2) A prison. — Wise, New Forest Bredge [drej], sb. (1) Oats and barley mixed. —Cooper ; See A. V. Job XXIV. 6 (margin). See Drudge. (2) A bush-harrow. — J. Brouth [drout], sb. thirst. Cf. A.S. dmga%. *Ak.
