daffin

Na, na; ye'd not) wi 'her laffin' daffin 'manner, cryin' to one: 'Adam, ye say ye're alane.

Bob, Son of Battle Alfred Ollivant 1900

It is such a treat to me, for no intercourse is permitted between the sexes in Okoyong, except that of the family, and then it is strained and unnatural, but here they were daffin 'and lauchin' as in Scotland.

Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary W. P. Livingstone

Used to bleach their white garments wi 'daffin and din;

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

Nae daffin’, 6 nae gabbin’, 7 but sighing and sabbing,

Lament for Flodden 1909

Nae daffin ', nae jabbin', but sighin 'and sabbin',

Northumberland Yesterday and To-day 1908

Sae doun he sat, and thocht of a 'that had come an' gane since he was in Ba'weary, an 'his hame, an' the days when he was a bairn an 'ran daffin' on the braes; and that black man aye ran in his held like the owercome of a sang.

Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

` Nick --- young Nick '(his name was Nicol as weel as mine; sae folk ca'd us in their daffin', young Nick and auld Nick) ---

Rob Roy 1887

Before bein 'seen daffin' wi 'Rab Burns, woman, I would far raither been seen speakin' -- to

Nancy Stair A Novel Elinor Macartney Lane 1886

Soft words in a maiden's ear, and a kindly kiss o 'her lip, were old-world matters to me, Mark Macmoran; though I mean not to say that I have been free of the folly of daunering and daffin with a youth in my day, and keeping tryste with him in dark and lonely places.

Stories of Mystery Various 1885

Sae doun he sat, and thocht of a 'that had come an' gane since he was in Ba'weary, an 'his hame, an' the days when he was a bairn an 'ran daffin' on the braes; and that black man aye ran in his heid like the owercome of a sang.

Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878