daud

British  

/ dɒd, dɔːd /

noun

1. a lump or chunk of something

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Etymology

Origin of daud

C18: from earlier dad to strike, of unknown origin

Example Sentences

He'll clap a shangan on her tail, An' set the bairns to daud her Wi' dirt this day.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

It would be aboot ane o'clock or thereaboot when Sandy gae me a daud wi' his elba that garred me a' jump.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

He’ll clap a shangan on her tail, An’ set the bairns to daud her Wi’ dirt this day.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

Meg, muckin' at Geordie's byre, Wrought as gin her judgment was wrang; Ilk daud o' the scartle strake fire, While loud as a lavrock she sang.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles