daurs

Used when in a dispute one person "daurs" another to do such a thing.

The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836

"Ye may thrash me till ye're blind; and it's nob'but yer duty; but if only one daurs so much as to look at yer Wullie ye're mad," the boy answered bitterly.

Bob, Son of Battle Alfred Ollivant 1900

Oxon; 1 son, heir Michael Conway, b. 1895, 2 daurs.

The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. Awakening To Let John Galsworthy 1900

Oxon; 1 son, heir Michael Conway, b. 1895, 2 daurs.

Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

Oxon; 1 son, heir Michael Conway, b. 1895, 2 daurs.

The Forsyte Saga - Complete John Galsworthy 1900

"No man daurs to say that my han 'has not been the han' o 'the diligent; but Guid kens I'm nane the richer."

Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864

'Ready for the first who daurs to lay hands on the Master!

Two Penniless Princesses Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

And it will be ill for any ither body that daurs to touch it. "

A Daughter of Fife Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875