Glossary

Dead Useful • Glossary Dead = really; common in certain British dialects, particularly in the Midlands (i.e. around Birmingham). Read More

Dead Clumsy • Glossary Dead = really; common in certain British dialects, particularly in the Midlands (i.e. around Birmingham). Read More

Dead Depressing • Glossary Dead = really; common in certain British dialects, particularly in the Midlands (i.e. around Birmingham). Read More

Dead Helpful • Glossary Dead = really; common in certain British dialects, particularly in the Midlands (i.e. around Birmingham). Read More

Deliverance Dane • Glossary A reference by American witch Tina Goldstein in 1926 invoking the name of a woman accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials in 1693 (WFT). Tina wondered “Why in the name of Deliverance Dane?” Newt Scamancer would allow his pet Niffler to roam free and pillage a bank vault… Read More

Not a Dicky Bird • Glossary Not a word. Read More

Will we die, just a little? • Glossary

Dilligrout • Glossary Used by the Fat Lady as a Gryffindor password in sixth year (HBP12, HBP14). A kind of stew or porridge that historically was offered to the British monarch on coronation day by the lord of the manor of Addington, Surrey (NSOED)… Read More

Dobbin • Glossary A pet name for a farm horse, or for any horse used as a working animal to pull carts and the like (NSOED). Read More

Dodgy • Glossary Unreliable, with slightly criminal or less than honest overtones. Probably derived from “dodging the law”. Read More

Doss • Glossary A slang term for a place to sleep; by extension, any easy task offering a lot of opportunity for being lazy (NSOED). Read More

Doublet • Clothing • Glossary A fitted garment for a man, covering the upper body and worn over a shirt. A doublet has a very short stiffened little “skirt” that is meant to conceal the “points” at the waistline where the wearer’s trousers are laced on (something like the eyes of a modern shoe, where… Read More

Dozy • Glossary While this can be used to mean “drowsy” or lazy, it’s often used to mean thick. Read More

Draught • Glossary U.S.: draft (both in the senses of “air current” and of “a quantity of something to be drunk”). Read More

Drawing Room • Architecture • Glossary Short for “withdrawing room”, a room of a house to which ladies might withdraw, e.g., if the gentlemen at a dinner party have a males-only session of port and cigars after dinner. The use of such a room is not normally restricted to ladies, however. Read More

Dresser • Glossary A cupboard or set of shelves for dishes or kitchen utensils. [Source: Dictionary.com]… Read More

Dressing Gown • Clothing • Glossary