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narrower above than below, = holk². Wh. No. dunk, m., a keg, a barrel-shaped vessel, Da. and Sw. (dial.) dunk, id., also an earthen or stone bottle. The suffix -er in the Shetl. word appears to be the old (O.N.) nom. sign -r, which has been grafted to the root of the word.

dunki [do‘ŋki], adj., damp and misty, of weather; he’s very d. Fo. Deriv. of dunk(-a), sb.

dunt [do‘nt], sb., 1) a thump; stroke; heavy fall, a d. o’ a fa’ (Du.); a fall with a rebound, esp. that of a ball, a shuttlecock (Conn.). 2) a dull sound caused by a stroke or a falling object. No. and Sw. dial. dunt, m., a push; thump; L.Sc. dunt, dount, sb. O.N. dyntr, m., a din; heavy fall; push, in Mod. Icel., esp. one of a series of small bumps up and down (B.H.).

dunt [do‘nt], vb., 1) to strike; push; I dunted my head i’ de door (Sa.). 2) to fall with a thump; to fall and rebound, e.g. of a ball, a shuttlecock (Conn.). 3) to tramp, to geng duntin. No. dunta, dynta, Sw. dial. dunta, Icel. dynta, vb., to shake, push; in Icel. esp. also to shake up and down; L.Sc. dunt, vb., to strike; thump.

dunter [do‘ntər], sb., eider-duck; also “d.-duke [‘duck’]”. comm. Really one that bobs up and down, a diver. Deriv. of dunt, vb.; cf. esp. Icel. dynta, vb., to bob lightly up and down. — dunter is found in Yell as a nickname for a person with a jerky gait: “de D.” — “dunter” is found in L.Sc. designating a porpoise. “dunter-goose” is given by Jam. in the sense of an eider-duck, with Brand as authority (Brand’s Description of Orkney and Shetland), which indicates that “dunter” in the sense of eider-duck is characteristic of Ork. and Shetl.; Ork. and Shetl. sources are also given in the E.D.D. (Brand, Swainson).

dur [dūr], sb., prop. a slumber; nap, now esp. of drowsy, lethargic movements; drowsy gait; being in the clouds. Uⁿ. Icel. dúrr, Fær. dúrur, Sw. dial. dur, m., a short sleep; a doze; nap.

dur [dūr], vb., to doze; to move drowsily and torpidly, to geng durin aboot. Uⁿ. O.N. dúra, vb., to sleep lightly; Icel. and Fær. dúra, No. and Sw. dial. dura, vb., to sleep lightly; to doze.

durasuk [dū··rasūk·, -suk·], sb., draught between doors or through a narrow passage; also dorasuk [dor··asuk·] and dorosuk [dɔr··osuk·]. U. *dura-súgr. O.N. dyrr, f. pl., door (gen. dura); Icel. súgr, m., a draught of wind. Cf. suk, sb.

dus [dus], sb., 1) a stroke; blow; to gi’e ane a d. 2) a stamping; tramping (U.). 3) = dist, a light thrashing of a small quantity of corn (U.). No. dus, m., L.Sc. douss, a blow; stroke.

dus [dus], vb., 1) to knock; strike. 2) to stamp; tramp; to geng dusin ower (de face o’) de eart’, to stamp forcibly along (U.). 3) to thrash a small quantity of corn lightly, = dist, vb.; dus ut twa [‘two’] sheaves! (U.). No. dusa, vb., to fall; tumble down; beat violently. Eng. douse, dowse, vb.

duska (doska) [doska (dɔska)] and dosk, dosker [dȯsk, -ər], sb., 1) mist; misty clouds; haze (really a slight darkness); der’r a d. on de land; Y.; Fe. 2) a light shower, a dosker o’ a shooer [‘shower’]; Y^h. (dosker). Cf. No. and Sw. duska, vb., to drizzle, as from fog; Sw. dial. duskug, adj., somewhat dusky, misty and damp (of atmosphere, weather). Cognate with Eng. dusk, sb. Cf. dask, sb., and dusket, adj.

dusket [duskət (doskət)], adj., somewhat dusky-coloured; dirty-grayish, a d. colour. N.Roe. Deriv. of “dusk”,