dandern.1
/ˈdandə/, U.S. /ˈdændər/, Scottish English /ˈdandər/ Scottish.
A piece of the vitrified refuse of a smith's fire or a furnace; a calcined cinder or piece of slag.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [noun] > cinder > from a forge
dander1791
smithy dander1828
1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 230 These [peats] burnt in kiln-pots leave a plate of yetlin amongst the ashes, which the country people call a dander.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 85 ‘Nay, father,’ said the Smith, ‘you cannot suppose that Harry Gow cares the value of a smithy-dander for such a cub.’
1828 T. Stirling Specif. Patent 5685 3 A layer of dander or the scoriæ obtained from the Carron Ironworks in Scotland.
1888 Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. Mar. 98 1 The horse sprained the fetlock joint in the near forefoot..in consequence of a number of lumps of ashes or ‘danders’ having been left on the road.
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dandern.2
/ˈdandə/, U.S. /ˈdændər/ (See quot. ?1790) Now commonly dunder n.1
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?1790 J. Dalrymple Observ. Yeast-cake 1 The season for working molasses lasts five months, of which three weeks are lost in making up the dander, that is, the ferment.
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dandern.4
/ˈdandə/, U.S. /ˈdændər/ colloquial (originally U.S.) and dialect.
Ruffled or angry temper; in to get one's dander up, etc.
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the mind > emotion > anger > [noun] > angry temper
dander1831
Irish1834
the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (intransitive)] > become angry
wrethec900
wrothc975
abelghec1300
to move one's blood (also mood)c1330
to peck moodc1330
gremec1460
to take firea1513
fumec1522
sourdc1540
spitec1560
to set up the heckle1601
fire1604
exasperate1659
to fire up1779
to flash up1822
to get one's dander up1831
to fly (occasionally jump, etc.) off (at) the handle1832
to have (also get) one's monkey up1833
to cut up rough, rusty, savage1837
rile1837
to go off the handle1839
to flare up1840
to set one's back up1845
to run hot1855
to wax up1859
to get one's rag out1862
blow1871
to get (also have) the pricker1871
to turn up rough1872
to get the needle1874
to blaze up1878
to get wet1898
spunk1898
to see red1901
to go crook1911
to get ignorant1913
to hit the ceiling1914
to hit the roof1921
to blow one's top1928
to lose one's rag1928
to lose one's haira1930
to go up in smoke1933
hackle1935
to have, get a cob on1937
to pop (also blow) one's cork1938
to go hostile1941
to go sparec1942
to do one's bun1944
to lose one's wool1944
to blow one's stack1947
to go (also do) one's (also a) dingerc1950
rear1953
to get on ignorant1956
to go through the roof1958
to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964
to lose ita1969
to blow a gasket1975
to throw a wobbler1985
the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > be or become irritated [verb (intransitive)]
enchafec1380
fume and chafec1522
chafe1525
to fret and fume1551
rankle1582
to lose patience, one's temper1622
pique1664
to have no patience with1682
ruffle1719
to be out of the way (with)1740
echinate1792
nettle1810
to get one's dander up1831
to set up one's jay-feathers1880
hackle1935
to get off one's bike1939
1831 H. J. Finn Amer. Comic Ann. 148 A general roar of laughter brought Timmy on his legs. His dander was raised.
1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing l. 104 My dander began to rise, and I couldn't hold in any longer.
1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major iii. 34 He was as wrathy as thunder—and when he gets his dander up, it's no joke, I tell you.
1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 31 He was fairly ryled, and got his dander up.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Dander, anger.
1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. i. 10 Wut 'll git your dander riz?
1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. v. 49 When my dander is up it's the very thing to urge me on.
1861 G. Du Maurier Let. Dec. (1951) 97 If you want to get on you must put the kicking straps on your dander and offend nobody.
1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) (at cited word) ‘I got his dander up’ means I put him out of temper. [In Dialect Glossaries of Cumbrld., Sheffield, Berkshire.]
1966 Listener 17 Mar. 395/1 Precocious manifestos raise the critical dander.
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dandern.5
/ˈdandə/, U.S. /ˈdændər/, Scottish English /ˈdandər/ Scottish and dialect.
1. Scottish. A stroll, a saunter.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking leisurely or idly > an act of
lounge1806
stroll1814
dander1821
toddle1825
saunter1828
paseo1832
pasear1847
potter1897
crawl1905
passeggiata1950
1821 Joseph the Book-man 17 He'd from Edina take a dander To Glasgow.
1883 J. Nasmyth Autobiogr. xxi. 379 We had a long dander together through the Old Town.
2. dialect. A fit of shivering.
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1877 in Gloss. Words Holderness
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danderv.
/ˈdandə/, U.S. /ˈdændər/, Scottish English /ˈdandər/ Scottish and dialect.
1. intransitive. To walk idly or purposelessly; to stroll, saunter. (Scottish and northern dialect)
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > leisurely or carelessly
lop1587
dander?1590
dandle?1590
lolla1657
saunter1671
sidle1697
sail1699
toddle1726
lollop1745
to loll it1796
waltz1862
faffle1869
flane1876
?1590–1 J. Burel Passage of Pilgremer i, in Poems sig. M4v Quhiles wandring, quhiles dandring.
1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 75 Alane through flow'ry hows I dander.
1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 52 The wearied auld fwok dander'd heame.
1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd III. ix. viii. 286 I would just dauner about and dwine away.
1856 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 288 To see poor Jess Donaldson daundering about, opening drawers and presses.
1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums xvi. 153 Hendry dandered in to change his coat deliberately.
2. dialect.
a. To ‘wander’ or ‘ramble’ in talk, to talk incoherently.
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1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Dander..to talk incoherently. Chesh.
b. To tremble, to vibrate; applied also to the rolling sound of a drum. In this sense akin to dunder, dunner.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > tremble or quiver
shiverc1250
tremble1303
lillec1400
tryllec1400
quaver?a1439
didderc1440
dadderc1450
whitherc1450
bever1470
dindle1470
brawl1489
quiver1490
quitter1513
flichter1528
warble1549
palsy1582
quoba1586
twitter1629
dither1649
verberate1652
quibble1721
dandera1724
tremulate1749
vibrate1757
dingle1787
nidge1803
tirl1825
reel1847
shudder1849
tremor1921
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > drums
dashc1325
tucka1400
dub1588
beat1656
ruff1675
dandera1724
rufflea1734
detonate1853
a1724 Battle of Harlaw xviii, in Evergreen I. 85 The Armies met, the Trumpet sounds, The dandring Drums alloud did touk.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 42 Dander, to tremble as a house seems to do from the inside when a carriage passes heavily in the street.
1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. ‘Thou danders like an old weathercock—hold still with thee.’
Derivatives
ˈdanderer n. one who ‘danders’.
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1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 407 (Jam.) Thou art but a daunderer a-down the dyke-sides.
ˈdandering adj. that ‘danders’.
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1773 R. Fergusson Poems 108 We needna gie a plack For dand'ring mountebank or quack.
1849 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 85 There are always some ‘dandering individuals’ dropping in.
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