HAMPSHIRE GLOSSARY. 27 Broutliy [drouti], adj, thirsty, dry. *Ak. Drow [droa], v, to throw. See Akerman's Wilts, Tales, p. 170. Browd, pp, of drow, L e. thrown. *Ak. Also used, I believe, for the pt. t. i. e. threw. Brove-road [droavroad], sh, an unenclosed road over one field leading to another. — Cooper. Bmcksy [druk'si], adj, rotten, decayed, used especially of wood. — N. H. Drudge [dmj], sh. dredge, mingled corn, oats mixed with barley. — Wise, New Forest^ p. 193. See Dredge. Drudge [druj], v. to harrow with bushes. — Cooper. Drug-bat [drug-bat], t. e, a drag-bafr, a drag for a wheel. See Bat. — Wise. Drumbledore [drumb'Idoar], sh, the humble-bee. See Dumble-dore. Wise. Drunch [drunch], v. to draw up, to press, to squeeze. — ^Wise, New Forest Dry [drei], adj, thirsty. — N. H. Drythe [dreidh], sh, drought, thirst. — J. Dubbed [dub'd], adJ, blunt, without a point *Ak. Dubbin o* drenk Fdub-n u drenk], sh. a mug of beer. *Ak. A half- pint of beer. — W ise. Dubby [dub'i], adj, short, blunt, not pointed ; as ' duhhy fingers,* and
- dubby nose. — Cooper.
Dubersome [deu'bursum], adj, doubtful. — J. Duck [duk], sb, expression of face. — Adams' WyTcehamiea, p. 422. Com. as a school-boy's word. Dudder, Duther [dud-ur, dudh'ur], v, to confuse, deafen, confound with noise. ♦Ak. Duds [dudz], sh. petticoats, clothes. — J. Com. Duffer [duf'ur], sh, a pedlar; applied only to a seller, or rather hawker, of women's dothos. — Cooper. Dumble [dumb-1], adj, stupid. ♦Ak. See DummelL Dumble-dore [dumb '1-d oar], sh, (the humble-bee^ a large species of wild bee, remarkable for the noise it makes in npng. The name is evidently expressive of the noise made by this insect. Forby elegant' y refers to the fionfiwaa fuXtcraa of Theocritus, but the Teut. hommen^ sonarCy appears to be its more immediate root. — F. M. Dumb, like Hum and Boom, is an imitative word. — W. W. S. Dummell [dumi], adj, slow to comprehend. — N. H. Cf. Ger. dumnu Dumpt [dumpt], adj. blunt : comparative, dumpier, — ^N. H.
