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Joseph Wright
Hence Donk-in-dale. sb. a raw mist on water; humidity rising in the evening in the hollow parts of meadows. NIIII.I Donkindale. ... ye donnert doitit idiot to mak a bogle 0' yer minister, CARRICK Lmrdo/Logan (1835) 160. Flf. Tam . . liltin' the ...