10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOITIT»
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. A-Kut
77. To Doiter, v. n. To move with an appearance of stupor and indolence ; to walk
in a tottering way. S. To Fall Doited. To become stupid ; to be infatuated. S. To
Doiter, v. n. To dote ; to become superannuated. S. Doitit, Doytit, Dot it, part. adj.
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An etymological dictionary of the Scottish language: ...
Doitit, Doytit, DoTiT,/arr. adj. Stupid, confused, S., doil'd, synon. Full doitit was his
heid, Quhan he was hcriet out of hand, to hee up my honour. Dunbar, Maitland
Poems, p. 58. V. Daveh. This is evidently an old part. pa. Belg. dot^n. delirare, dat
, ...
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
R111. l'm turnin' doitit, An' doilt, an'dowre, Prensa POHHSUBIQ) l. 126. Ayr. \Vae
worth that brandy, burning trash! . . . Twins monie a poor, doylt,druckenhash O'
haufhis days, Bunns 5:.D11'uk(1 786) st. 15. Lnk. But trowthl was e'en doilt to ...
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The poetical works of Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount, Lyon ...
Dite, diting, to compose, in- dyte, dictate. Do, make. Doand, doing. Dochter,
daughter. Doitit, did dote. Doitit, doited, silly, foolish, stupid. Dok, backside. Dole,
dule, grief, sorrow. Dolent, sorrowful. Dome, sentence, judgment. Donke, dank,
moist.
Sir David Lindsay, David Laing,
1871
Look to the progress we have made, Our halls of science, boards of trade, We're
better and we're bigger too, And wiser, that I will avow ; Our very infants in our
schools Micht teach some sense to doitit fools." GHOST. " As for your progress, ...
Alexander McLachlan,
1858
Hirplin' ben, hirplin' ben cam' oor couthie grannie, Eailin' noo, failin' noo, yet baith
kind an' cannie ; Time wi' her has passed its span years five an' twenty — Doitit,
doitit, blear and blin', yet geyan cantie. Chubby faced, chubby faced, sat oor ...
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The poetical works of Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount: Lion ...
Doitit, Dotit, doted, did dote : pret. of doit, dote, to act, and speak weakly, and
incoherently, from the intellects being impaired, as in Chaucer, and Spenser : Brit
. dotiaw, to dote. Dotian, to be confused. Johnson derives dote from the Dutch,
doten ...
Sir David Lindsay, George Chalmers,
1806
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The Winnowing Years: A Novel
"Doitit or no doitit," swore Bartilimo, "she'll no walk across this threshold again if
she does come back," while Marion thought with some strength, as though her
mind had been made up for her, "Annie can do no harm whether she is at the foot
of ...
Nancy Brysson Morrison,
1949
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The British Melodist; a Selection of Popular Songs
An' now, 'bout my marriage they clatter, An' Geordie, poor fallow! they ca' An auld
doitit hav'rel !--Nae matter, He'll keep me ay brankin an' braw ! I grant ye, his face
is henspeckle, That the white 0' his ee 1s turn'd out, That his black beard is ...
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Poems, Pastoral, Satirical, Tragic, and Comic
Our kintry sure is unco doitit, To be wi' owr-sea fock outwitit: l'd see them a' lang-
end wise-spitit Ay near h-'s disky : Ye can be out 0' lifie cheatit Mair cheap wi'
Whisky. A dram or sae, ane weel may tak, Whan drifts blaw owr the brae or brak;
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Jimmy Begg gives Alice in Wonderland a Scots revamp
“For here's Alison, a gallus, gleg wee lassie wi a guid Scots tung in her heid, that's no feart frae a crabbit auld queen, nor a doitit duchess, nor ... «Cumnock Chronicle, Dec 14»