his "dagon" is nearly identical with "dog-on." Here are some detached
sentences from "The Little Minister:"

"Beattie spoke for more than himself when he said: 'Dagon that Manse! I
never gie a swear but there it is glowering at me.'"

"'Dagon religion,' Rob retorted fiercely; 't spoils a' thing.'"

"There was some angry muttering from the crowd, and young Charles Yuill
exclaimed, 'Dagon you, would you lord it ower us on week-days as well as
on Sabbaths?'"

"'Have you on your Sabbath shoon or have you no on your Sabbath shoon?'
'Guid care you took I should ha'e the dagont things on!' retorted the
farmer."

It will be seen that "dagont," as used above, is the Scotch form of
"dog-oned." But Mr. Barrie uses the same form apparently for "dog-on it"
in the following passage:

"Ay, there was Ruth when she was na wanted, but Ezra, dagont, it looked
as if Ezra had jumped clean out o' the Bible!"

Strangely enough, this word as a verb is not to be found in Jamieson's
dictionary of the Scottish dialect, but Jamieson gives "dugon" as a
noun. It is given in the supplement to Jamieson, however, as "dogon,"
but still as a noun, with an ancient plural _dogonis_. It is explained
as "a term of contempt." The example cited by Jamieson is Hogg's "Winter
Tales," I. 292, and is as follows: