dawt

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).