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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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DANDER, Danner, Dawner, Daunder, n.³, v.³ [′dɑ(:)ndər Sc., but m.Sc. + ′dǫnər]

1. n. Usu. in pl.: the refuse of a smith's fire (e.Rs.¹ 1929; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Ayr.⁴ 1928, dawners); the scoriæ of a furnace (Sc. 1818 Sawers Dict. Sc. Lang., daunder); a clinker (Edb.⁶ 1944, dander; Ayr. 1905 E.D.D. Suppl., danners; Ayr.⁴ 1928). Also in n.Eng. dial. (E.D.D.). Gen. (exc. I.) Sc.Sc. 1799 W. Nicol Practical Planter 388–389:
I would recommend a coping of calcined cinders (danders), such as are produced at glass-works, salt-works . . . etc.Abd. 1777 J. Anderson Essays Agric. I. 342:
To convert the whole mass into vitrified scoriae, or, in the common language of the country, make it run into danders.Per. 1792 Hist. Par. Monzievaird in Arch. Scot. (1822) 71:
Peats, cast hard by, when burnt in large fires, as in kiln-pots, leave a plate of yetlin, which they name a dander, amongst their ashes.Fif. 1752 L. Macbean Kirkcaldy Burgh Rec. (1908) 277:
It was thought absolutely necessary to have a pier built on the west side of the harbour, which would probably keep out the sand and danders from the salt pans.  Wgt. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide to Wgt. 150:
There were indications of vitrification, and, turning over the rubbish a little, we gathered several “danders.”

2. v. To char, found only in pa.p. and in ppl.adj. dandered in phr. dandered coal, “coal burned by, and generally mixed with, trap” (Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Sc. Mining Terms 23).Ayr. 1845 Stat. Acc.² V. 514:
The basalt, when in a state of fusion . . . has charred or dandered the coal, and also converted it into plumbago.