Dawt

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To fondle or caress. Scotland

    "To dawt on me, and me sae young, / Wi' his fause heart and flatt'ring tongue, / That is the thing you shall never see, / For an auld man shall never dawt on me."

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"To dawt on me, and me sae young, / Wi' his fause heart and flatt'ring tongue, / That is the thing you shall never see, / For an auld man shall never dawt on me."

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