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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DUDDER, v. and n.1 Also in Eng. dial.
1. v. To shake, shudder, “as a sail in the wind” (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.; 1914 Angus Gl.; Sh.10 1950). Ppl.adj. duddering, of the wind: buffeting, boisterous but dry.Sc. 1868 N. & Q. (4th Series) I. 163:
Send us not a ranting, tanting, tearing win', but a thuddering, duddering, drying ane.Sc. 1900 E.D.D.:
A duddering wind is a wind that ravels the corn as well as “thuds” and dries it.
2. n. A shudder, a dull. buffeting sound (of the wind).Sh. 1934 W. Moffat Shetland 78:
Only the clock is to be heard laboriously ticking away the moments, and the faint “dudder” of the night breeze in the “lum”.
