▪ I. daidle, n. Sc.
(ˈdeɪd(ə)l)
A pinafore. Hence ˈdaidlie, -ey (diminutive).
| 17.. Jacobite Relics (1819) I. 7 Jenny [shall have] the sark of God For—petticoat, dishclout, and daidle. 1833 Moir Mansie Wauch v. (1849) 23, I was a wee chap with a daidley. |
▪ II. daidle, v. Sc. and north. dial.
(ˈdeɪd(ə)l)
[app. Sc. form of daddle v.]
intr. To move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter, loiter. Chiefly in pres. pple. = loafing, idling, lazy, slovenly. (Cf. dawdle.)
| 1808 in Jamieson. 1816 Scott Old Mort. xvii, He's but a daidling coward body. Sc. Proverb, A primsie damsel makes a daidlin' dame. |