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Rh o' Yarrow" is not referred to. (J. B. F.)
 * Drag, 146, North, a drag-harrow
 * Draigens, 127–134, K., kites, dragons
 * †Drake, 251, usually interpr. as "duck-king," the d representing a radical, as seen in Du. een-d Lat. ana-t-is. Kl. says, "Ger. Enterich is the O. Teut. anut-trahho, the latter element of which being obscure in origin."
 * Dree, 23, 61, Go. driugan, to serve as a soldier; ga-drauhtins, soldiers under the centurion (Matt. viii. 9); A. S. dreogan, to endure; der. dree, drow; Go. ga-drauhts, a soldier, from driugan
 * Dreich, 153, No. dregh, earlier form of dree, O. E. dréogan, Go. driugan, to do military service—revived as archaism; dwarf, not conn. See driugan
 * Drintin, 162, 163, Kinc. Not in N. E. D.
 * Drive, dreiband, 23 (Go.), pres. part, of dreiban, to drive, O. E. drifan, Ger. treiben
 * Droch, 139, dwarf. O. E. dweorh, Fris. dwirg, Ger. Zwerg, *dhwerg=σέρφος=midge, "droich, perh. metath. of duerch or similar form of dwarf; Gael. droich, borr."—N. E. D.
 * Drok, 208, busy, 0. Du. See trokes
 * Drorin-room, 82, Cockney
 * Droshachs, 115, Celt. var. of drugs
 * Drownded, 35, drowned
 * Drusan, 48, Go. to fall, whence dross, drus, fall—"great was the fall (drius) thereof."—Matt. vii. 27. In N. E. D. dross cog. with Ger. driusen
 * Dubs, 66, 171, 174, pools, No.; "or. uncertain."—N. E. D.
 * Duchman, duckie, 155, Mo., "a small stone on a larger, and attempted to be hit off by the players"
 * Duddie, 183, Cu. Cf. duds
 * Duffy, 172, Cu. See daichie, doughy
 * Dules, dool, dole, dulls, 106, 127, 131, 196, stone as mark, post; Ens. dôle, Du. doel, aim, butt.
 * Dunderhead, 134, a blockhead: or. obsc.
 * Dunt, 97, a dull blow, var. of dint; a large piece—


 * Dunter, 124, 140, Pi., eider duck, Orc.
 * Dusty miller, 121, Auricula
 * Dwalla, 153, Cu. to wither, dwale, O. N. dvöl, delay, Sw. dvala, a trance
 * Dweeble, 86, prob. a form of Lat. debilis. Not in Jam. or Imp.
 * Dwine, a dwinin, 34, fade away; O. E. dwinan, N. dvina, to vanish, Du. dwijnen


 * E, 79, 81, 84, 110, thin sound for a; Sc. ee for i
 * Ea, 180, 188, in place names
 * Each, ech, 21, Gael. (war) horse. See aihwa
 * †Eager, 30, not conn. with Go. ogan, to dread, but with Lat. acer, through O. Fr.
 * Ear of corn, 20, So. ick-er, Ger. Ahre, Du. aar. Go. ab-s, Lat. acus. the "sharp" thing. E. and Du. drop the gutt.
 * Ear, 23, 252, to plough, O. E. Go. arjan, A. S. erian, Lat. arare
 * Earn, Erne, 20, as in Ger. Adler, for adel-ar, edel-ar, noble bird; or. aar in Ger. is the eagle, and still in dial. Cf. Go. ara, O. N. are, O. E. earn, Du. arend
 * Eben, 171, Cu. even
 * -Ed, 88 (suffix); =var. -et, -it
 * Eddicate, 89, educated
 * Eediwatt, 75, idiot
 * Eeldin, 122, fuel. A. S. aeling, from ælan, to burn.
 * Eend, end, eynd, aynd, aynd-les, 31, 234, 255, breath, from Go. an-an, which see


 * -Ei, 39, 45, Go. pron. particle, Sans. ya
 * Eident, 126, 161, active, diligent, or. unknown; eidentlie
 * Eirn-mail, 29, rust on linen. See mail