Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dawt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dawt
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To fondle or caress.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Let him kiss her, clap her, and dawt her, / And gie her benevolence due, / And that will a thrifty wife mak her, / And sae I'll bid farewell to you."
"He courted her and he brought her hame, / An thought she would prove a thrifty dame. / She could nether spin nor caird, / But sit in her chair and dawt the laird."

Inflected Forms

dawts (present, singular) dawting (participle, present) dawted (participle, past) dawted (past) daut (alternative)

Synonyms

faddle grope pettle tiddle

Questions

What does dawt mean?: To fondle or caress.

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