daur

British  

/ dɔːr /

verb

1. a Scot word for dare

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Example Sentences

“I would ha’ been no gran’ not to ha’ come,” said Rab, “to tell our brither that we stan’ against a’ that daur accuse him o’ wrang.

From Seven Frozen Sailors by Fenn, George Manville

I'll put daur ahint the door, and do't.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

Ye're tenderfeet, I daur wager—so are we for that maitter—but I wouldna tak' my wife into such wark, nay, nay.

From A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Roper, Edward

He wrote a challenge from Dunbar, "Come fight me, Charlie, an ye daur; If it be not by the chance of war, I'll give you a merry morning."

From The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) by Thomson, James Pringle

“I am sure, Mr. Kinlock——” “How daur you ‘mister’ me?

From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston