BERKSHIRE WORBS. 75
DUBBY.--Thick, blunt at the end.
An uousually chubby-faced boy is generally nick-named ** Dubby " by other boys.
DUBERSOM E.— Doubtful.
DUCK.— To lower the head to avoid a blow ; to immerse another in water.
DUCKIN'.— A wetting, whether from rain or immersion.
DLXKS AND DRAKES.— The jumping out of water of a flat stone when thrown nearly horizontally.
JUDDERED.— Stupefied.
DUMVOUNDERED. — Surprised or perplexed, so as to be unable to speak.
DUMBLEDORE.— The humble bee.
^UMMLE. — In animals, sluggish ; in corn or hay, damp ; in persons slow of comprehension, stupid.
^UMMY-NETTLE, or DUNNY-NETTLE.- A nettle which does not sting.
^U MPS.— Low spirits.
^UJIPY. — A short person is called a dumpy ; also anything with a blunted point is said to be dumpy.
^^^KCH.— Deaf.
^^ NCH PASSAGE.---A cul dc sac ; the term "blind passage" is sometimes used in this sense.
vJnnY. — Deaf, not sharp. See Dummy-nettle or Dunny-
NETTLE.
^XJNT.— Did it.
" It wan*t I as dua^t I tell 'e " (It was not I who did it I tell you).
^XJST.— Fuss.
" Dwo-ant *e maayke zucli a dust about ut."
lieady money.
" Down wi* yer dust if 'e wants to buy "un."
To ^^dust your jacket** is to wJiip you. JUSTIN'.— A whipping.
