dowf

(daʊf)

adj

archaic Scot dull;, listless

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The tapetless, ramfeezl'd hizzie, She's salt at best an' something lazy, Quo' she, 'Ye ken we've been sae busy This month an' mait, That trouth, my head is gown right dizzie, An' something sair.' Her dowf excuses pat me mad; 'Conscience,' says I, 'ye thowless jad!