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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Douk, Dowk, n. [f. Douk,v.] An act of diving or ducking. —a1500 Henr. III. 151/42.
The dram of ane drekters, the douk of ane duke
a1605 Montg. Flyt. 365 (T).
Quhen thy duddis ar bedirtin, that givis thame ane dowk [v.r. douk]
1622-6 Bisset II. 261/13.
He that strekis any person … salbe plundged or douked our the heid thrie sindrie tymes or doukes in the seæ

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