dauts
/dɔts/
verb
- Third person singular form of daut: pets, caresses, or shows affection to.
- He dauts his grandchildren whenever they visit.
- She dauts her cat every morning before breakfast.
- The nurse dauts the infants gently during feeding time.
noun
- Plural of dautie: beloved persons, darlings.
- The old letters were addressed to 'my dear dauts'.
- The grandmother called all her grandchildren her little dauts.
- In the nursery rhyme, the mother hen gathers her dauts under her wing.