dorr - Hamely Tongue
Source: The Hamely Tongue: A Personal Record of Ulster-Scots in County Antrim
Author: James Fenton
Comments: ‘The Hamely Tongue’ has been widely acclaimed as the authoritative record of contemporary (surviving) Ulster-Scots in its heartland of County Antrim where James Fenton faithfully recorded his dictionary items among a network of other native speakers over a 30-year period. This searchable online version of his book takes its text from ‘Part One’ of the fourth edition of 2014 and includes over 3000 word entries. The book preliminaries, supplementary word lists and end matter have been excluded.
dorr ~ door. bak dorrs devious ways, ulterior motives, ways of being improperly influenced (There’s nae bak dorrs in me). bak-dorr trot diarrhoea (also bak-dorr traik: see traik). between you an me an the dorrpost (introduction to the imparting of a confidence, usually by a gossip). death’s dorr the very verge of death. deef as the dorr-nail (see deef). dorrcheek doorpost, the doorway. half-dorr a door of half the normal height (keeping children in and poultry, etc. out, while allowing the occupant to see into the yard or roadway, or to converse with neighbours; also half-leaf). in the dorr in the house, at home (She compleens he’s niver in the dorr). naw at the dorr wae not easily reached; a considerable distance away (Belfast’s naw at the dorr wae ye). oot the dorr out of the house (A wuznae oot the dorr a’ week). oot-the-dorr a trip, a visit to the shops, etc. (These days it’s a hanfa o money ivery oot-the-dorr ye go). pit tae the dorr make/made bankrupt. roon the dorrs (of peddling, etc.) door-to-door; round the neighbourhood (The same owl blade’ll shane poem it roon the dorrs). wuznae behin the dorr didn’t miss out (He wuznae behin the dorr whun mooths wuz gien oot). (Also loc. dure.) (See pull, tae1.)
