单词 | to play dowf |
释义 | > as lemmasto play dowf 2. A dull blow, typically the result of striking with something soft; the sound made by such a blow; a thud. Also in to play dowf: to thump. Cf. duff n.6, doof int. and n.2 Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > non-resonant impact sound > soft impact lunchc1440 squelch1620 squash1654 dowf1818 1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck I. vii. 135 They had gotten some sair doofs—They had been terribly paikit and daddit wi' something. 1821 J. Hogg Winter Evening Tales (ed. 2) II. 41 I had seendil watherit a selwyn raddour, but boddin that I wad coup, that I muchtna gie a dooffe, I hurklit litherlye down, and craup forret alang on myne looffiss and myne schynes. 1834 Angus Album 187 I hear the douf o' Geordie Barnet's drum beatin' to airms. 1846 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 230/2 If ye pit saut in ma mooth, I'll hit ye a duff in the muns! 1850 Banffshire Jrnl. 9 Apr. But mak a flail they'll gart play dowf Upo' your biggin'. 1890 Trans. Buchan Field Club 1 160 He insisted that he had often..heard the ‘douf, douf’ of the flails as they [sc. the fairies] struck the sheaf on the earthen floor. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 118 Duiff, 1. A blow with a softish substance, as peat. 2. A dull- or hollow-sounding blow. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 90/2 Duff, a dull, heavy blow. 2008 D. C. Purdie Biggers & Other Poems 31 The rain's dribbling dowf on the ruif o the howff, Ootbye, the biggin site's glabber. < as lemmas |
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