A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dorche, variant of Droich or Dwerch (dwarf). —c1450-2 Howlat 649 (A).
The litill we wran The wretchit dorche [B. dwerch] was