Dout
.In Devonshire and other southern counties they still say Dout the candle and Dout the fire. In some counties extinguishers are called douters.
“The dram of base
2
Shakespeare: Hamlet, i. 4.
In Devonshire and other southern counties they still say Dout the candle and Dout the fire. In some counties extinguishers are called douters.
“The dram of base
2
Shakespeare: Hamlet, i. 4.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.