| Dabchick | n | Dap-Chick |
| Daddy-long-legs | n | Grandfather |
| Daffodil | n | Giggary, Gracy Daisy, Gregory, Lentil, Lents |
| Daft | adj | Daff, |
| Dainty | adj | Creeze, Curious |
| Dairy | n | Booth |
| Dairy farmers | n | Cattle-folk |
| Dairy products | n | Dairy-goods |
| Dairymaid | n | Dey |
| Daisy | n | Nails |
| Dale | n | Dean |
| Dam | v | Bay, Stank |
| Damaged (of land) | adj | Mad |
| Dame's Violet | n | Siney |
| Damn (1) | int | Gorm |
| Damn (2) | v | Deyan |
| Damn your hide | int | Darze thy back |
| Damned | adj | Bedanged, Bewattled, Blistered |
| Damp | adj | Bathy, Dawn, Fady, Thone |
| Damson | n | Christling, Crystal, Samsel, Skeg |
| Dance, kind of | n | Dee-Gee |
| Dandelion | n | Grumsel, Male |
| Dandified | adj | Spiff |
| Dandle an infant | v | Dancy, Dink, Dinket |
| Dandruff | n | Room |
| Dandy | n | Collyfodger, Dand |
| Dangerous | adj | Critical |
| Dangle | v | Dingle |
| Dank | adj | Donk |
| Dapper | adj | Prugian |
| Daring | adj | Dairous, Darous |
| Dark | adj | Nighty, Swart |
| Dark side, turn to the | adv | Leeward, go to the |
| Dark-coloured wallflower | n | Bloody-Warrior |
| Darken | v | Gloom |
| Darling | n | Dilling |
| Darn | v | Burl |
| Darnel | n | Devon-Evver, Eaver |
| Dartmoor natives | n | Gubbins |
| Dash (expletive) | int | Dass |
| Dash against the ground | v | Squash |
| Daub | v | Dab |
| Daub a ram's chest | v | Sign |
| Dawdle | v | Doddle, Draw-Latchet, Drimble, Kiddle, Piffle, Totle |
| Dawn | v | Peep |
| Day labourer | n | Daytal |
| Daybreak | n | Cock-Light |
| Daybreak, at | adv | Taply |
| Day's work, agricultural | n | Journey |
| Dead but unburied | adj | Abier |
| Deadly nightshade | n | Dwale |
| Deadwood | n | Daddock |
| Deaf | adj | Dinch, Dunch, Dunny |
| Deafen | v | Deave, Dunt, Duther |
| Deal conducted over a drink | n | Gin-and water |
| Dean, rural | n | Dean Ruler |
| Dearer (in price) | adj | Preciouser |
| Death benefit | n | Farley |
| Deathly | adv | Deathly-Like |
| Decay | v | Milder |
| Decaying | adj | Ampered |
| Deceitful | adj | Fineegin, Hookem-Snivey |
| Deceive | v | Mistry, Mogue |
| Deception | n | Copy of your countenance, Jiggery-Pokery |
| Deck the halls with boughs of holly | v | Tire |
| Decline in health | n | Wasting |
| Decorate | v | Decker, Prank |
| Decoy | n | Quy-Pool |
| Decoy (in duck hunting) | n | Coy, Coy-Duck |
| Decrepit | adj | Craiky |
| Deduct | v | Reduct |
| Deep red | adj | Bozzom |
| Deeply | adv | Naturally |
| Defeat | v | Cope |
| Defect | n | Halt |
| Defile | v | File |
| Deformed person | n | Object |
| Defraud | v | Sell a packet, Sloot |
| Delay | v | Backen |
| Deliberately | n | Nonce |
| Delicacy | n | Fosy |
| Delicate | adj | Kitter, Peaky |
| Dell | n | Gulkin |
| Delusion | n | Crick, Doldrum, Gloze, Whimsey |
| Demean | v | Underman |
| Dement | v | Doit |
| Dementing | adj | Unaccountable |
| Demolish | v | Dismollish |
| Denounce | v | Trounch |
| Dent | v | Burt, Dount |
| Depend | v | Pend |
| Deposit | v | Earn |
| Depressive | adj | Meek |
| Depth (of soil) | n | Genge |
| Derelict (of house) | adj | Gabbard |
| Deride | v | Yang |
| Descend partly by sliding, partly by climbing | v | Scride |
| Descent | n | Scent |
| Design | v | Sign |
| Desire | n | Letch |
| Desk | n | Scob |
| Despicable | adj | Scrawling |
| Despoil | v | Strub |
| Destined | adj | Onde |
| Destitute | adj | Scrawvlin, Spur-Galley |
| Destroy | v | Play the Bugan |
| Detect | v | Protect |
| Determined | adj | Tarmined |
| Detriment | n | Indetriment |
| Deuce | int | Dowst |
| Devil, the | n | Miffy |
| Devil, the (minced oath) | n | Goodgers |
| Devilry | n | Deviltry |
| Devil's coach horse beetle | n | Netherwagg |
| Devil's Snuffbox (plant) | n | Puckfeist |
| Devour | v | Raunch, Raunge, Rawn, Scoggel, Scrannel, Snabble, Snobble, Vour |
| Dew | n | Dag |
| Dewberry | n | Jewberry |
| Dew-pond | n | Mist-pond |
| Dexterity | n | Stroil |
| Diagonally | adv | Aslen, Skitterways |
| Diamond Skin Disease | n | Siplus |
| Diarrhoea (in cattle) | n | Scate, Skent, Skenter |
| Die | v | Croak |
| Difference | n | Differ |
| Different | adj | Other-Lucker, Otherguess, Witherguess |
| Difficult | adj | Uneasy |
| Difficulty | n | Botherment, Clamper, Plunge, Size-Ace |
| Dig | v | Dawk, Kerm, Spedder |
| Dig in heels | v | Scaut |
| Dig lightly | v | Spuddle |
| Dig up by roots | v | Grub |
| Dig up with bare hands | v | Grab |
| Dilemma | n | Non-Plush |
| Diligently | adv | Vreach |
| Din | n | Hulder (1) |
| Dinner held upon collection of tithes | n | Tithe-Dinner |
| Direct | v | Rect |
| Direct (of road) | adj | Gain |
| Direction sign | n | Spy-Post |
| Directly | adv | Thereckly, Toreckly |
| Dirt of mud-pools | n | Guzzen-Dirt |
| Dirty (1) | adj | Daak, Gerred, Grabby, Grafted, Gutted, Kacker, Rucksey |
| Dirty (2) | v | Dug, Gaum, Mucker, Sulsh |
| Dirty person | n | Ax-Waddle, Dabby-Nointer |
| Disabled | adj | Halped |
| Disadvantage | n | Denial |
| Disappointment | n | Spite |
| Disapprove | v | Disprove |
| Disarray | n | Caddle |
| Disbelieve | v | Misbelieve |
| Discard | v | Deck |
| Discipline | v | Ordain |
| Discolour | v | Smolche |
| Discontented | adj | Grumble, Uncontented |
| Discourse | n | Scoose |
| Discovery | n | Fundance |
| Disease of rabbits | n | Todd |
| Diseased | adj | Clytey |
| Diseased (of sheep) | adj | Coad, Coathy |
| Disembark | v | Unbark |
| Disentangle | v | Toze |
| Dish, pewter | n | Podger |
| Dishcloth | n | Drum |
| Disheartening | adj | Heartless |
| Dishevelled | adj | Blowzy |
| Dishevelled person | n | Figure |
| Dishonest | adj | Unhonest |
| Dislike | v | Mislike |
| Dislocate | v | Jigger |
| Dismiss (from employment) | v | Notice |
| Dismount | v | Onlight |
| Disobdient | adj | Inobedient |
| Disobedient (of child) | adj | Unbelieving |
| Disparage | v | Disheighten |
| Disparagement | n | Dispraise |
| Displaced Abomasum in Cattle | n | Otmoor Evil |
| Dispossess | v | Disannul |
| Dispute | n | Spute |
| Disreputable | adj | Totty |
| Disruptor of elections | n | Gallithumpian |
| Dissemble | v | Cunniffle |
| Dissolute | adj | Rammacky |
| Distance | n | Farness |
| Distorted | adj | Framp-Shaken, Twisty |
| Distracted | adj | Billed |
| Distrain | v | Strain |
| Distraint | n | Stress |
| Distressed | adj | Undone |
| Distrust | v | Mistrust |
| Disturb | v | Disturve, Rustle, Toil |
| Disturbance | n | Barney, Falarie, Harriage, Melander, Pother, Rookery, Rowdy-Dow, Scour, Shandy, Stirrage, Tantara |
| Disturbed | adj | Rumplesome |
| Ditch | n | Channel, Drock, Graff, Grip, Siche, Travish |
| Ditch, broad | n | Rife |
| Ditch, saltwater | n | Gye |
| Dive bar | n | Kidley-Wink |
| Divide | v | Vide |
| Division of land | n | Shot |
| Division of threads in warp | n | Lease |
| Dizziness | n | Gid |
| Dizzy | adj | Swimy, Swinny, Swivetty |
| Do arithmetic | v | Vigger |
| Do it | int | Troot |
| Do job half-heartedly | v | Skiffaw |
| Do work of a blacksmith | v | Blacksmith |
| Docile | adj | Towardly |
| Dock | n | Camber |
| Dock tail of animal | v | Rump |
| Docker | n | Yardie |
| Doctor | n | Leech |
| Dodge | v | Proffer |
| Doe, young | n | Hearst |
| Dog food | n | Croots |
| Dog given to lying before the fire | n | Vire-Spannel |
| Dog Rose | n | Roe-Briar |
| Dog Rose hips | n | Itching-berries |
| Dog, large | n | Towser |
| Dogfish | n | Suss |
| Dog's mercury | n | Bristol Weed |
| Dollop | n | Dob, Dollot, Gollop |
| Dolours | n | Dallers |
| Domesticate | v | Lair |
| Domineering | adj | Mandy, Pilkey |
| Donkey | n | Assinego, Bussock, Canoodle, Jessop, Jogenny, Moke, Mokus, Nirrup, Nutten, Ned, Rantipike, Shonto, Shouto |
| Dormer window | n | Chicket |
| Dormouse | n | Chestlecrumb, Derrymouse, Dorymouse, Mur, Shuttlecroft. Thurdle-Crump |
| Dotage | n | Twychild |
| Dotard | n | Lirripoop |
| Double chin | n | Choller |
| Double cross formed by arms of two people | n | Kinchy Coach |
| Double fruit | n | Twin |
| Double up | v | Reel up |
| Double-chinned (of bull) | adj | Throaty |
| Doubtful | adj | Doubtsome |
| Dough, leavened | n | Sponge |
| Doughnut | n | Dabbit |
| Douglas's Meadowfoam | n | Sebastopol Daisy |
| Douse | v | Doush |
| Dowel | n | Dug |
| Dowlas | n | Pulleree-Alleree |
| Down (feathers) | n | Dowl |
| Downpour | n | Drunder-Dash, Peffle. Pour, Skelcher |
| Downtrodden (of grass) | adj | Mudgetty |
| Dozing | adj | Adreamed, Dodding |
| Drag | v | Drug, Tag, Tush |
| Drag (agricultural implement) | n | Pan |
| Drag (river) | v | Waddle |
| Drag for submerged contraband | v | Creep |
| Dragonfly | n | Chaffinger |
| Drain (1) | n | Drawn, Gote, Gout, Sew |
| Drain (2) | v | Sew |
| Drain (on Somerset Levels) | n | Ea |
| Drain land with trenches | v | Trench |
| Drain, brushwood | n | Fry |
| Drain, covered | n | Druff |
| Draper's assistant | n | Counter-jumper |
| Draughts | n | Checker |
| Draw water | v | Lave |
| Dreadful | adj | Cruel |
| Dreaming | adj | Adreamed |
| Dredge | v | Drudge |
| Dregs | n | Drewzens, Drugs |
| Drench | v | Drunch, Slouch |
| Drenched | adj | Drent |
| Dress | v | Ray |
| Dress plough | v | Lain |
| Dress up | v | Dill, Tift |
| Dressmaker | n | Zawster |
| Dribble | v | Dravel |
| Dribbler | n | Slorra-Pooch |
| Dribbling child | n | Draybling |
| Drift along | v | Drizzle |
| Drill | n | Wimble-Stock |
| Drink | n | Suction |
| Drink taken between meals | n | Bever |
| Drinking beer in the harvest fields | v | Coaching |
| Drinking cup, small | n | Bicker |
| Drinking vessel, small | n | Tot |
| Drip | v | Dreep |
| Drip | v | Vlet |
| Dripping wet | adj | Drillen |
| Drive (livestock) | v | Tease |
| Drive away | v | Fease |
| Drive out | v | Beeze, Rifle Out, Veeze |
| Drive sheep | v | Rechase |
| Driver of ox-team | n | Goadsman |
| Drizzle | n | Hemple, Smurr |
| Droll | adj | Droo |
| Drone (in speaking) | v | Drane |
| Drone wasp | n | Drane |
| Droop | v | Lob |
| Drooping (of eyes) | adj | Pinky |
| Droopy | adj | Drooty |
| Drop (of drink) | n | Nip, Nipperkin |
| Drop (of liquid) | n | Drain, Drib, Leak |
| Drop from over-ripeness (of grain) | v | Reese |
| Droppings, animal | n | Halt |
| Dropwort | n | Lemp |
| Drought | n | Dryth |
| Drowsy | adj | Drew, Sassle |
| Drudge | n | Tacky-Lacky |
| Drug | n | Dose |
| Drum | v | Tabor |
| Drunk | adj | Aboard, Bosky, Cocked, Mawkish, Primed, Slushy, Wopperdy |
| Drunk, slighly | adj | Drinky |
| Drunkard | n | Sottefer |
| Dry | v/adj | Drow |
| Dry (of food) | adj | Chocky |
| Dry (turf) | v | Stool |
| Dry fish | v | Scrowle |
| Dry meat | v | Roove |
| Dry of milk (of a cow) | adj | A-Sew, Sew |
| Dry stalks of umbelliferous plants | n | Gicks |
| Dry turf for fuel | v | Tich |
| Dubious | adj | Duberous, Dubersome, Dubitous |
| Duck (1) | n | Dug, Homble |
| Duck (2) | v | Dug |
| Duck (in ducking stool) | v | Plounce |
| Ducking stool | n | Cook-Stool |
| Duckweed | n | Creed |
| Dullard | n | Drumbelo, Humdrum |
| Dull-Witted | adj | Stolard |
| Dumb | adj | Mumchance |
| Dumpling | n | Duddles |
| Dumpling made of flour and water | n | Sussex Dumpling |
| Dumpling, large | n | Copy-Loaf |
| Dumpy | adj | Domp, Underground |
| Dunderhead | n | Dunderpate |
| Dung | n | Cack, Thost |
| Dung fork | n | Dinch-Pick, Duns-Pick, Gaffle |
| Dunghill | n | Mixen, Moine |
| Dung-hook | n | Kaiver |
| Dung-pot | n | Dum-Put |
| Dunlin | n | Sanderling |
| Durable | adj | Answerable, Endurable |
| During | prep | Along |
| Dusk | n | Dimmet, Dimps, Duck, Dumps, Gropsing |
| Dusky | adj | Mummy |
| Dust | n | Briss, Pilm |
| Dust bath, have a | v | Batter |
| Dust Devil | n | Whirlypuff |
| Dust, sunlit | n | Flock |
| Dusty | adj | Pulfered |
| Dutch built | adj | Buggle-Arsed |
| Dutchman | n | Closh |
| Dwarf | n | Durgan, Pug, Rope, Wrenock |
| Dwarf furze | n | Bed Furze |
| Dwarf white-flowered phlox | n | Devonshire Beauty |
| Dwindle | v | Dwine, Windle |
| Dyspepsia | n | Pip |
| Dyspeptic | adj | Parbreaking |
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