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 154 Dossity. Spirit, activity, c. (A corruption of Auda- city ).^ 'Dacity. Dot-and-gO-one. A term used of a lame person. Skittering, sliddering, stapping, straking; stumping, stanking, and fooching along ; craming, and clopping, like a douching ould totle, goes thickky-there poor ould "dot-and-go-one." Douse. To throw a thing down violently. To lower, as, "douse the sail." To thrash, or beat, as, "give him a good dousing." To pay, as, " come douse out your money." To throw water over anyone, " to give him a dousing." Douse^ or Doust. A blow, or thump. Dousse, or Doust. The husks of winnowed corn. Poor people used it to stuff their pillows and bed-ties. Doust. To pelt. As in throwing stones at one. Douster. A fall, " a regler douster." Doustin. A thrashing. Dover. An uproar, a row, a great fuss. "There's dover," or, "There's dover to pay." Dow. A cross old woman. Gwinear, T.c. Dowl^ Doolj or DoUey. To toll a large bell. Dowlin pain. A dull, persistent pain. Down-danted. Depressed in spirits. Discouraged, " down in the mouth."