(Scottish) To fondle or caress.
To dawt on me, and me sae young, / Wi' his fause heart and flatt'ring tongue, / That is the thing you shall never see, / For an auld man shall never dawt on me.
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A Scottish dialectal verb related to 'daunt', meaning to frighten into submission or wear down someone's spirit. Often implies gradual subduing rather than sudden fear — the sense of persistent discouragement that eventually breaks resistance.
(transitive, Scotland) To fondle or pet; to pamper.
(transitive, Scotland) To daunt; to subdue.
(obsolete, outside, Scotland) Dawn, daybreak.
(Scotland, and, northern England, archaic) To throw or dash (something).