Lexicographical Neighbors of Dawner
Literary usage of Dawner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay on Book-keeping, According to the True Italian Method of Debtor and by William Webster (1759)
"For his | Share of I2/. received for Tobacco Stephen dawner, his Accompt in ...
Hhd. Stephen dawner, his Accompt in Company Dr. to his Accompt Current, 2j/. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"To dawner, vn "To wander, aS( if a person knew not whither; to saunter;" Gl.
Picken. This is the local pronunciation of the west of S. dawner, ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"Apparently from Daw, or Doll, a sluggard. To dawner, ». n. " To wander, as if a
person knew not whither ; to saunter." /?f. ..."
4. The History of the State of Maine: From Its First Discovery, A. D. 1602, to by William Durkee Williamson (1839)
"I have attached the body of C. Lawson, and have taken bail for his appearance at
the next Court, to answer to the complaint of Ed. dawner in an action of ..."
5. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"Apparently from Daw, or Dull, л sluggard. To dawner, rn " To wander, as if a
person knew not whither ; to saunter." Gl. ricke*. ..."
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