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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DOITRIFIED, DOTRIFIED, Dotrify'd, ppl.adj. Stupefied, dazed, senseless (Bnff.², Ags.², Fif.¹⁰ 1940). [′dɔ(ɪ)trɪfit]Sc. 1808 Jam.:
Doitrified with sleep, — with drink.Abd. 1928 “P. Grey” Making of a King 34:
That dotrifeed lump o' a Bobby wisna far wrang.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 144:
Th' earnest people, all and some, Sat tremblin', doitrify'd, and dumb, To see what awfu' end mith come.Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin ii.:
Their senses becam' sae bumbazed an' doitrified . . . that they fairly tint their reckonin'.Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 42:
He had ta'en a stroke, and lay for some days in a dotrified and unconscious condition.Slk. 1824 Hogg Confessions 99:
I was in a great passion, but she was dung doitrified a wee.