Derived from its being a way along which
cattle are driven. RAY uses the word in his _Catalogus Plantorum
AngliA|, &c._, Art. _Chondrilla_.
To Drub. _v. n., v. a._ To throb; to beat.
Drubbin. _s._ A beating.
To Druck. _v. a._ To thrust down; to cram; to press.
Dub, Dub'bed, Dub'by. _adj._ Blunt; not pointed; squat.
Dub'bin. _s._ Suet.
Duck-an-Mallard. _s._ (Duck and Drake) a play of throwing
slates or flat stones horizontally along the water so as to skim
the surface and rise several times before they sink. _"Hen pen,
Duck-an-Mallard, Amen."_
To Dud'der. _v. a._ To deafen with noise; to render the head
confused.
Duds. _s. pl._ Dirty cloaths.
Dum'bledore. _s._ A humble-bee; a stupid fellow.
Dunch, (Dunce?). _adj._ Deaf.
As a deaf person is very often, apparently at least, stupid; a
stupid, intractable person is, therefore, called a DUNCE: one who
is deaf and intractable. What now becomes of _Duns Scotus_,
and all the rest of the recondite observations bestowed upon
DUNCE?--_See_ GROSE.
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