1. Hesitating.
_Nat. Cov._
2. Uncertain, as to the event.
_Bellenden._
_To_ DOW, _v. n._
1. To be able. _Pret. docht_, _dought_.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _dug-an_, valere.
2. To avail, to profit.
_Douglas._
Teut. _doogh-en_, prodesse.
~Dow~, _s._ Worth, avail.
_Gl. Sibb._
Teut. _doogh_, commodum.
DOW, _s._ A dove, S.
A. S. _duua_.
_Douglas._
_To_ DOW, _v. n._
1. To thrive, as to health, S.
_Ross._
2. To thrive, in a moral sense, S.
Alem. _douch-en_, _doh-en_, crescere, proficere.
_To_ DOW, _v. n._
1. To fade, to wither, S.
_Ferguson._
2. To lose freshness, S.
_Ramsay._
3. To dose, S. B.
_Ross._
4. To neglect, S. B.
_Morison._
Alem. _douu-en_, perire.
DOWBART, _s._ A stupid fellow.
V. ~Dowfart~.
_Dunbar._
DOWBRECK, _s._ A species of fish, Aberd.
Gael. _dubhbreac_, a smelt.
DOWCATE, _s._ A pigeon-house.
_Acts Ja. IV._
DOWCHSPERIS, DOWSY PEIRS, _s. pl._ The twelve peers, the supposed companions of K. Arthur.
_Wyntown._
O. Fr. _les douz pers_, or _pairs_.
DOWF, DOLF, _s._
1. Destitute of courage or animation, S.
_Douglas._