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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†DAUK, Dauch, adj.1 “Stupid, doltish” (Abd. 1905 E.D.D.Suppl.); slow, sluggish.Bnff. a.1866 W. Knight Auld Yule, etc. (1869) 36:
A' chatty chiels, and neither dauk nor scaur, Wha ilka day maintain'd a wordy war.Bnff. 1869 Lonach Day in Bnffsh. Jnl. (17 Aug.) 2:
So that at race, or dance, or leap, Nane o' them may be dauch Whan they compete in native sports That day upon the haugh.

[Cf. Daak, Dacker, v.1, n.1, adj., and Eng. (m.Yks.) dial. dawk, to idle (E.D.D.).]

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