Do (doo), v. t. or auxiliary. [ imp. Did (did); p. p. Done (ducr/n); p. pr. & vb. n. Doing (doo"ing). This verb, when transitive, is formed in the indicative, present tense, thus: I do, thou doest (doo"est) or dost (dust), he does (duz), doeth (doo"eth), or doth (duth); when auxiliary, the second person is, thou dost. As an independent verb, dost is obsolete or rare, except in poetry. "What dost thou in this world?" Milton. The form doeth is a verb unlimited, doth, formerly so used, now being the auxiliary form. The second pers, sing., imperfect tense, is didst (didst), formerly didest (did"est).] [AS. don; akin to D. doen, OS. duan, OHG. tuon, G. thun, Lith. deti, OSlav. deti, OIr. denim I do, Gr. tiqe•nai to put, Skr. dha, and to E. suffix -dom, and prob. to L. facere to do, E. fact, and perh. to L. -dere in some compounds, as ad dere to add, cre dere to trust. rad.65. Cf. Deed, Deem, Doom, Fact, Creed, Theme.]
1. To place; to put. [Obs.] Tale of a Usurer (about 1330).
2. To cause; to make; — with an infinitive. [Obs.]
"My lord Abbot of Westminster did do shewe to me late certain evidences." W. Caxton.
"I shall … your cloister do make." Piers Plowman.
"A fatal plague which many did to die." Spenser.
"We do you to wit [ i. e., We make you to know] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia." 2 Cor. viii. 1. We have lost the idiom shown by the citations ( do used like the French faire or laisser), in which the verb in the infinitive apparently, but not really, has a passive signification, i. e., cause … to be made.
3. To bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve.
"The neglecting it may do much danger." Shak.
"He waved indifferently ’twixt doing them neither good not harm." Shak.
4. To perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can.
"Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work." Ex. xx. 9.
"We did not do these things." Ld. Lytton.
"You can not do wrong without suffering wrong." Emerson. Hence: To do homage, honor, favor, justice, etc., to render homage, honor, etc.
5. To bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish; — a sense conveyed by the construction, which is that of the past participle done. "Ere summer half be done." "I have done weeping." Shak.
6. To make ready for an object, purpose, or use, as food by cooking; to cook completely or sufficiently; as the meat is done on one side only.
7. To put or bring into a form, state, or condition, especially in the phrases, to do death, to put to death; to slay; to do away (often do away with), to put away; to remove; to do on, to put on; to don; to do off, to take off, as dress; to doff; to do into, to put into the form of; to translate or transform into, as a text.
"Done to death by slanderous tongues." Shak.
"The ground of the difficulty is done away." Paley.
"Suspicions regarding his loyalty were entirely done away." Thackeray.
"To do on our own harness, that we may not; but we must do on the armor of God." Latimer.
"Then Jason rose and did on him a fair
Blue woolen tunic." W. Morris (Jason).
"Though the former legal pollution be now done off, yet there is a spiritual contagion in idolatry as much to be shunned." Milton.
"It ["Pilgrim’s Progress"] has been done into verse: it has been done into modern English." Macaulay.
8. To cheat; to gull; to overreach. [Colloq.]
"He was not be done, at his time of life, by frivolous offers of a compromise that might have secured him seventy- five per cent." De Quincey.
9. To see or inspect; to explore; as to do all the points of interest. [Colloq.]
10. (Stock Exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note. (a) Do and did are much employed as auxiliaries, the verb to which they are joined being an infinitive. As an auxiliary the verb do has no participle. "I do set my bow in the cloud." Gen. ix. 13. [Now archaic or rare except for emphatic assertion.]
"Rarely … did the wrongs of individuals to the knowledge of the public." Macaulay. (b) They are often used in emphatic construction. "You don’t say so, Mr. Jobson. — but I do say so." Sir W. Scott. "I did love him, but scorn him now." Latham. (c) In negative and interrogative constructions, do and did are in common use. I do not wish to see them; what do you think? Did Caesar cross the Tiber? He did not. "Do you love me?" Shak. (d) Do, as an auxiliary, is supposed to have been first used before imperatives. It expresses entreaty or earnest request; as do help me. In the imperative mood, but not in the indicative, it may be used with the verb to be; as do be quiet. Do, did, and done often stand as a general substitute or representative verb, and thus save the repetition of the principal verb. "To live and die is all we have to do." Denham. In the case of do and did as auxiliaries, the sense may be completed by the infinitive (without to) of the verb represented. "When beauty lived and died as flowers do now." Shak. "I … chose my wife as she did her wedding gown." Goldsmith.
"My brightest hopes giving dark fears a being.
As the light does the shadow." Longfellow. In unemphatic affirmative sentences do is, for the most part, archaic or poetical; as "This just reproach their virtue does excite." Dryden. To do one’s best, To do one’s diligence (and the like), to exert one’s self; to put forth one’s best or most or most diligent efforts. "We will … do our best to gain their assent." Jowett (Thucyd.). — To do one’s business, to ruin one. [Colloq.] Wycherley. — To do one shame, to cause one shame. [Obs.] — To do over. (a) To make over; to perform a second time. (b) To cover; to spread; to smear. "Boats … sewed together and done over with a kind of slimy stuff like rosin." De Foe. — To do to death, to put to death. (See 7.) [Obs.] — To do up. (a) To put up; to raise. [Obs.] Chaucer. (b) To pack together and envelop; to pack up. (c) To accomplish thoroughly. [Colloq.] (d) To starch and iron. "A rich gown of velvet, and a ruff done up with the famous yellow starch." Hawthorne. — To do way, to put away; to lay aside. [Obs.] Chaucer. — To do with, to dispose of; to make use of; to employ; — usually preceded by what. "Men are many times brought to that extremity, that were it not for God they would not know what to do with themselves." Tillotson. — To have to do with, to have concern, business or intercourse with; to deal with. When preceded by what, the notion is usually implied that the affair does not concern the person denoted by the subject of have. "Philology has to do with language in its fullest sense." Earle. "What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? 2 Sam. xvi. 10.
Do, v. i.
1. To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one’s self.
"They fear not the Lord, neither do they after … the law and commandment." 2 Kings xvii. 34.
2. To fare; to be, as regards health; as they asked him how he did; how do you do to- day?
3. [Perh. a different word. OE. dugen, dowen, to avail, be of use, AS. dugan. See Doughty.] To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as if no better plan can be found, he will make this do.
"You would do well to prefer a bill against all kings and parliaments since the Conquest; and if that won’t do; challenge the crown." Collier. To do by. See under By. — To do for. (a) To answer for; to serve as; to suit. (b) To put an end to; to ruin; to baffle completely; as a goblet is done for when it is broken. [Colloq.]
"Some folks are happy and easy in mind when their victim is stabbed and done for." Thackeray. — To do withal, to help or prevent it. [Obs.] "I could not do withal." Shak. — To do without, to get along without; to dispense with. - - To have done, to have made an end or conclusion; to have finished; to be quit; to desist. — To have done with, to have completed; to be through with; to have no further concern with. — Well to do, in easy circumstances.
Dobber
Dob´ber, n.
1. (Zoöl.) See Dabchick.
2. A float to a fishing line. [Local, U. S.]
Dobbin
Dob´bin, n.
1. An old jaded horse. Shak.
2. Sea gravel mixed with sand. [Prov. Eng.]
Dobson
Dob´son, n. (Zoöl.) The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect ( Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite.
Docetic
Do•cet´ic, a. Pertaining to, held by, or like, the Docetae. "Docetic Gnosticism." Plumptre.
Docetism
Doc´e•tism, n. (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of the Docetae.
Dochmiac
Doch´mi•ac, a. (Pros.) Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius.
Docile
Doc´ile, a. [L. docilis,fr. docere to teach; cf. Gr., and L. discere to learn, Gr. learned, knowing: cf. F. docile. Cf. Doctor, Didactic, Disciple.]
1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [Obs.]
2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as a docile child.
"The elephant is at once docible and docile." C. J. Smith.
Docity
Doc´i•ty, n. Teachableness. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S.]
Dock (dok), n. [AS. docce; of uncertain origin; cf. G. docken-blätter, Gael. dogha burdock, OF. doque; perh. akin to L. daucus, daucum, Gr.,, a kind of parsnip or carrot, used in medicine. Cf. Burdock.] (Bot.) A genus of plants ( Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination. Yellow dock is Rumex crispus, with smooth curly leaves and yellow root, which that of other species is used medicinally as an astringent and tonic.
Dock, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Docked p. pr. & vb. n. Docking.] [See Dock a tail. Cf. W. tociaw, and twciaw, to dock, clip.]
1. to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as to dock the tail of a horse.
"His top was docked like a priest biforn." Chaucer.
2. To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as to dock one’s wages.
3. To cut off, bar, or destroy; as to dock an entail.
Dock, v. t. To draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc.
Docket
Dock´et, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Docketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Docketing.]
1. To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as to docket letters and papers. Chesterfield.
2. (Law) (a) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as judgments regularly docketed. (b) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.
3. To mark with a ticket; as to docket goods.
Doctor
Doc´tor, n. [OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere to teach. See Docile.]
1. A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge; a learned man. [Obs.]
"One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel." Bacon.
2. An academical title, originally meaning a man so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only.
3. One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician.
"By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death
Will seize the doctor too." Shak.
4. Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine.
5. (Zoöl.) The friar skate. [Prov. Eng.] Doctors’ Commons. See under Commons. — Doctor’s stuff, physic, medicine. G. Eliot. — Doctor fish (Zoöl.), any fish of the genus Acanthurus; the surgeon fish; — so called from a sharp lancetlike spine on each side of the tail. Also called barber fish. See Surgeon fish.
Doctor
Doc´tor, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Doctored p. pr. & vb. n. Doctoring.]
1. To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as to doctor a sick man or a broken cart. [Colloq.]
2. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.
3. To tamper with and arrange for one’s own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky. [Slang]
Doctorally
Doc´tor•al•ly, adv. In the manner of a doctor.[R.]
Doctorate
Doc´tor•ate, n. [Cf. F. doctorat.] The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.
Doctorly
Doc´tor•ly, a. Like a doctor or learned man. [Obs.] "Doctorly prelates." Foxe.
Doctrinable
Doc´tri•na•ble, a. Of the nature of, or constituting, doctrine. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
Doctrinaire
Doc•tri•naire´, n. [F. See Doctrine.] One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as doctrinaire notions. In french history, the Doctrinaires were a constitutionalist party which originated after the restoration of the Bourbons, and represented the interests of liberalism and progress. After the Revolution of July, 1830, when they came into power, they assumed a conservative position in antagonism with the republicans and radicals. Am. Cyc.
Doctrinal
Doc´tri•nal (dok"tri•n al), a. [LL. doctrinalis, fr. L. doctrina: cf. F. doctrinal. See Doctrine.]
1. Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; as a doctrinal observation. "Doctrinal clauses." Macaulay.
2. Pertaining to, or having to do with, teaching.
"The word of God serveth no otherwise than in the nature of a doctrinal instrument." Hooker.
Doctrinal
Doc´tri•nal, n. A matter of doctrine; also a system of doctrines. T. Goodwin. Sir T. Elyot.
Doctrinarian
Doc´tri•na´ri•an, n. A doctrinaire. J. H. Newman.
Doctrinarianism
Doc•tri•na´ri•an•ism, n. The principles or practices of the Doctrinaires.
Doctrine
Doc´trine (dok"trin), n. [F. doctrine, L. doctrina, fr. doctor. See Doctor.]
1. Teaching; instruction.
"He taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, Hearken." Mark iv. 2.
2. That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or the body of principles, in any branch of knowledge; any tenet or dogma; a principle of faith; as the doctrine of atoms; the doctrine of chances. "The doctrine of gravitation." I. Watts.
"Articles of faith and doctrine." Hooker. The Monroe doctrine (Politics), a policy enunciated by President Monroe (Message, Dec. 2, 1823), the essential feature of which is that the United States will regard as an unfriendly act any attempt on the part of European powers to extend their systems on this continent, or any interference to oppress, or in any manner control the destiny of, governments whose independence had been acknowledged by the United States.
Syn. — Precept; tenet; principle; maxim; dogma. — Doctrine, Precept. Doctrine denotes whatever is recommended as a speculative truth to the belief of others. Precept is a rule down to be obeyed. Doctrine supposes a teacher; precept supposes a superior, with a right to command. The doctrines of the Bible; the precepts of our holy religion.
"Unpracticed he to fawn or seek for power
By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour." Goldsmith.
Document
Doc´u•ment (-u•m ent), n. [LL. documentum, fr. docere to teach: cf. F. document. See Docile.]
1. That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma. [Obs.]
"Learners should not be too much crowded with a heap or multitude of documents or ideas at one time." I. Watts.
2. An example for instruction or warning. [Obs.]
"They were forth with stoned to death, as a document to others." Sir W. Raleigh.
3. An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else; — in its most extended sense, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information in the case; any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol.
"Saint Luke … collected them from such documents and testimonies as he … judged to be authentic." Paley.
Dodded
Dod´ded, a. [See Dodd.] Without horns; as dodded cattle; without beards; as dodded corn. Halliwell.
Doddered
Dod´dered, a. Shattered; infirm. "A laurel grew, doddered with age." Dryden.
Dodecahedral
Do•dec•a•he´dral, a. Pertaining to, or like, a dodecahedion; consisting of twelve equal sides. Dodecahedral cleavage. See under Cleavage.
Dodecahedron
Do•dec•a•he´dron, n. [Gr. ; twelve + seat, bottom, base: cf. F. dodecaèdre.] (Geom. & Crystallog.) A solid having twelve faces. The regular dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal and regular pentagons; the pyritohedron (see Pyritohedron) is related to it; the rhombic dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal rhombic faces.
Dodecasyllabic
Do•dec•a•syl•lab´ic, a. [Gr. twelve + E. syllabic.] Having twelve syllables.
Dodecasyllable
Do•dec´a•syl•la•ble, n. A word consisting of twelve syllables.
Dodge, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dodged p. pr. & vb. n. Dodging.] [Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle, dade, or dog, v. t.]
1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start. Milton.
2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
"Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity." Milton.
Dodger
Dodg´er, n.
1. One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices. Smart.
2. A small handbill. [U. S.]
3. See Corndodger.
Dodkin
Dod´kin, n. [D. duitken, dim. of duit. See Doit, and cf. Doitkin.] A doit; a small coin. Shelton.
Dodo
Do´do, n. ; pl. Dodoes (#). [Said to be fr. Pg. doudo silly, foolish (cf. Booby); this is fr. Prov. E. dold, the same word as E. dolt.] (Zoöl.) A large, extinct bird ( Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; — called also dronte. It was related to the pigeons.
Do. (do), n. [AS. da; cf. Dan. daa, daa-dyr, deer, and perh. L. dama. rad.66.] (Zoöl.) A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck.
Do. (doo), n. A feat. [Obs.] See Do, n. Hudibras.
Doer
Do´er, n. [From Do, v. t. & i.]
1. One who does; one who performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.
"The doers of the law shall be justified." Rom. ii. 13.
2. (Scots Law) An agent or attorney; a factor. Burrill.
Doff, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Doffed p. pr. & vb. n. Doffing.] [ Do + off. See Do, v. t., 7.]
1. To put off, as dress; to divest one’s self of; hence, figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one’s self of.
"And made us doff our easy robes of peace." Shak.
"At night, or in the rain,
He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn." Emerson.
2. To strip; to divest; to undress.
"Heaven’s King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear." Crashaw.
Do. (dog), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.]
1. (Zoöl.) A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog ( C. familiaris). The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred varieties, as the beagle, bloodhound, bulldog, coachdog, collie, Danish dog, foxhound, greyhound, mastiff, pointer, poodle, St. Bernard, setter, spaniel, spitz dog, terrier, etc. There are also many mixed breeds, and partially domesticated varieties, as well as wild dogs, like the dingo and dhole. (See these names in the Vocabulary.)
2. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
"What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?" 2 Kings viii. 13 (Rev. Ver. )
3. A fellow; — used humorously or contemptuously; as a sly dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.]
4. (Astron.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).
5. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.
6. (Mech.) (a) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them. (b) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill. (c) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool. Dog is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in the sense of relating to, or characteristic of, a dog. It is also used to denote a male; as dog fox or g-fox, a male fox; dog otter or dog-otter, dog wolf, etc.; — also to denote a thing of cheap or mean quality; as dog Latin. A dead dog, a thing of no use or value. 1 Sam. xxiv. 14. — A dog in the manger, an ugly-natured person who prevents others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them but is none to him. — Dog ape (Zoöl.), a male ape. — Dog cabbage, or Dog’s cabbage (Bot.), a succulent herb, native to the Mediterranean region ( Thelygonum Cynocrambe). — Dog cheap, very cheap. See under Cheap. — Dog ear (Arch.), an acroterium. [Colloq.] — Dog flea (Zoöl.), a species of flea ( Pulex canis) which infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to man. In America it is the common flea. See Flea, and Aphaniptera. — Dog grass (Bot.), a grass ( Triticum caninum) of the same genus as wheat. — Dog Latin, barbarous Latin; as the dog Latin of pharmacy. — Dog lichen (Bot.), a kind of lichen ( Peltigera canina) growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, - - a lobed expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous veins beneath. — Dog louse (Zoöl.), a louse that infests the dog, esp. Haematopinus piliferus; another species is Trichodectes latus. — Dog power, a machine operated by the weight of a dog traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for churning. — Dog salmon (Zoöl.), a salmon of northwest America and northern Asia; — the gorbuscha; — called also holia, and hone. — Dog shark. (Zoöl.) See Dogfish. — Dog’s meat, meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal. — Dog Star. See in the Vocabulary. — Dog wheat (Bot.), Dog grass. — Dog whelk (Zoöl.), any species of univalve shells of the family Nassidae, esp. the Nassa reticulata of England. — To give, or throw, to the dogs, to throw away as useless. "Throw physic to the dogs; I’ll none of it." Shak. — To go to the dogs, to go to ruin; to be ruined.
Do., v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dogged p. pr. & vb. n. Dogging.] To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.
"I have been pursued, dogged, and waylaid." Pope.
"Your sins will dog you, pursue you." Burroughs.
"Eager ill-bred petitioners, who do not so properly supplicate as hunt the person whom they address to, dogging him from place to place, till they even extort an answer to their rude requests." South.
Dog Star
Dog" Star Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; — called also Canicula, and, in astronomical charts, α Canis Majoris. See Dog days.
Dogal
Do´gal, a. [LL. dogalis for ducalis. See Doge.] Of or pertaining to a doge.[R.]
Dogate
Do´gate, n. [Cf. F. dogat, It. dogato. See Doge, and cf. Dogeate.] The office or dignity of a doge.
Dogbane
Dog´bane, n. [Said to be poisonous to dogs. Cf. Apocynaceous.] (Bot.) A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.
Dogbolt
Dog´bolt, n. (Gun.) The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon. Knight.
Doge, n. [It doge, dogio, for duce, duca, fr. L. dux, ducis, a leader, commander. See Duke.] The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
Dog-faced
Dog´-faced, a. Having a face resembling that of a dog. Dog-faced baboon (Zoöl.), any baboon of the genus Cynocephalus. See Drill.
Dogfish
Dog´fish, n. (Zoöl.)
1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc. The European spotted dogfishes ( Scyllium catudus, and S. canicula) are very abundant; the American smooth, or blue dogfish is Mustelus canis; the common picked, or horned dogfish ( Squalus acanthias) abundant on both sides of the Atlantic.
2. The bowfin ( Amia calva). See Bowfin.
3. The burbot of Lake Erie.
Dog-fox
Dog´-fox, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A male fox. See the Note under Dog, n. , 6. Sir W. Scott. (b) The Arctic or blue fox; — a name also applied to species of the genus Cynalopex.
Dogged
Dog´ged, a. [Fron. Dog.]
1. Sullen; morose. [Obs. or R.]
"The sulky spite of a temper naturally dogged." Sir W. Scott.
2. Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as dogged resolution; dogged work.
Doggedly
Dog´ged•ly, adv. In a dogged manner; sullenly; with obstinate resolution.
Dogget
Dog´get, n. Docket. See Docket. [Obs.]
Doghole
Dog´hole, n. A place fit only for dogs; a vile, mean habitation or apartment. Dryden.
Dogma
Dog´ma (dog"ma), n. ; pl. E. Dogmas (-maz), L. Dogmata (-ma•ta). [L. dogma, Gr. do•gma, pl. do•gmata, fr. dokei^n to think, seem, appear; akin to L. decet it is becoming. Cf. Decent.]
1. That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.
"The obscure and loose dogmas of early antiquity." Whewell.
2. A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet.
3. A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum.
Syn. — tenet; opinion; proposition; doctrine. — Dogma, Tenet. A tenet is that which is maintained as true with great firmness; as the tenets of our holy religion. A dogma is that which is laid down with authority as indubitably true, especially a religious doctrine; as the dogmas of the church. A tenet rests on its own intrinsic merits or demerits; a dogma rests on authority regarded as competent to decide and determine. Dogma has in our language acquired, to some extent, a repulsive sense, from its carrying with it the idea of undue authority or assumption. This is more fully the case with its derivatives dogmatical and dogmatism.
Dogmatic
Dog•mat´ic (dog•mat"ik), n. One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; — opposed to the Empiric. { Dog•mat´ic (dog•mat"ik), Dog•mat•ic•al (-i•k al), } a. [L. dogmaticus, Gr. dogmatiko•s, fr. do•gma: cf. F. dogmatique.]
1. Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet.
2. Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing.
"Critics write in a positive, dogmatic way." Spectator.
"[They] are as assertive and dogmatical as if they were omniscient." Glanvill. Dogmatic theology. Same as Dogmatics.
Syn. — Magisterial; arrogant. See Magisterial.
Dogmatically
Dog•mat´ic•al•ly, adv. In a dogmatic manner; positively; magisterially.
Dogmaticalness
Dog•mat´ic•al•ness, n. The quality of being dogmatical; positiveness.
Dogmatics
Dog•mat´ics, n. The science which treats of Christian doctrinal theology.
Dogmatize
Dog´ma•tize, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dogmatized p. pr. & vb. n. Dogmatizing.] [L. dogmatizare to lay down an opinion, Gr., fr. : cf. F. dogmatiser. See Dogma.] To assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance.
"The pride of dogmatizing schools." Blackmore.
Dogmatizer
Dog´ma•ti•zer, n. One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher. Hammond.
Dog-rose
Dog´-rose, n. (Bot.) A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.
Dogship
Dog´ship, n. The character, or individuality, of a dog.
Dogsick
Dog´sick, a. Sick as a dog sometimes is very sick. [Colloq.]
Dogskin
Dog´skin, n. The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively.
Dogtooth
Dog´tooth, n. ; pl. Dogteeth .
1. See Canine tooth, under Canine.
2. (Arch.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; — also called tooth ornament. Dogtooth spar (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See Calcite. — Dogtooth violet (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family (genus Erythronium). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also dog’s-tooth violet.]
Dogwood
Dog´wood (-wood•), n. [So named from skewers (dags) being made of it. Dr. Prior. See Dag, and Dagger.] (Bot.) The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes. There are several species, one of which, Cornus mascula, called also cornelian cherry, bears a red acid berry. C. florida is the flowering dogwood, a small American tree with very showy blossoms. Dogwood tree. (a) The dogwood or Cornus. (b) A papilionaceous tree ( Piscidia erythrina) growing in Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; — called also Jamaica dogwood.
Doing
Do´ing, n. ; pl. Doings . Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.
"To render an account of his doings." Barrow.
Doit, n. [D. duit, Icel. pveit, prop., a piece cut off. See Thwaite a piece of ground, Thwite.]
1. A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money. Shak.
2. A thing of small value; as I care not a doit.
Dolabra
Do•la´bra, n. [L., fr. dolare to hew.] A rude ancient ax or hatchet, seen in museums.
Dole, n. [L. dolus: cf. F. dol.] (Scots Law) See Dolus.
Dole, n. [AS. dal portion; same word as dl. See Deal.]
1. Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
"At her general dole,
Each receives his ancient soul." Cleveland.
2. That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also a scanty share or allowance.
3. Alms; charitable gratuity or portion.
"So sure the dole, so ready at their call,
They stood prepared to see the manna fall." Dryden.
"Heaven has in store a precious dole." Keble.
4. A boundary; a landmark. Halliwell.
5. A void space left in tillage. [Prov. Eng.]Dole beer, beer bestowed as alms. [Obs.] — Dole bread, bread bestowed as alms. [Obs.] — Dole meadow, a meadow in which several persons have a common right or share.
Dole (dol), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Doled (dold); p. pr. & vb. n. Doling.] To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly.
"The supercilious condescension with which even his reputed friends doled out their praises to him." De Quincey.
Dolent
Do´lent, a. [L. dolens, p. pr. of dolere: cf. F. dolent. See Dole sorrow.] Sorrowful. [Obs.] Ford.
Dolente
Do•len´te, a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Plaintively. See Doloroso.
Doleritic
Dol•er•it´ic, a. Of the nature of dolerite; as much lava is doleritic lava. Dana.
Dolesome
Dole´some, a. Doleful; dismal; gloomy; sorrowful. — Dole´some•ly, adv. — Dole´some•ness, n.
Dolf, imp. of Delve. [Obs.] Chaucer. { Dol•i•cho•ce•phal´ic (dol•i•ko•se•fal"ik), Dol•i•cho•ceph´a•lous (-sef"a•lus), } a. [Gr. dolicho•s long + kefalh• head.] (Anat.) Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; — opposed to brachycephalic. — Dol•i•cho•ceph´al (#), a. & n. { Dol•i•cho•ceph´a•ly (-a•ly), Dol•i•cho•ceph´a•lism (-a•liz’m) }, n. [Cf. F. dolichcephalie.] The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
Dollar
Dol´lar, n. [D. daalder, LG. dahler, G. thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, i. e., a piece of money first coined, about the year 1518, in the valley (G. thal) of St. Joachim, in Bohemia. See Dale.]
1. (a) A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains. (b) A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined. Previous to 1837 the silver dollar had a larger amount of alloy, but only the same amount of silver as now, the total weight being 416 grains. The gold dollar as a distinct coin was first made in 1849. The eagles, half eagles, and quarter eagles coined before 1834 contained 24.75 grains of gold and 2.25 grains of alloy for each dollar.
2. A coin of the same general weight and value, though differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries.
3. The value of a dollar; the unit commonly employed in the United States in reckoning money values. Chop dollar. See under 9th Chop. — Dollar fish (Zoöl.), a fish of the United States coast ( Stromateus triacanthus), having a flat, roundish form and a bright silvery luster; — called also butterfish, and Lafayette. See Butterfish. — Trade dollar, a silver coin formerly made at the United States mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at home. It contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of alloy.
Dolly Varden
Dol"ly Var"den
1. A character in Dickens’s novel "Barnaby Rudge," a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.
2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also a style of dress. Dolly Varden trout (Zoöl.), a trout of northwest America; — called also bull trout, malma, and red-spotted trout. See Malma.
Dolmen
Dol´men (dol"men), n. [Armor. taol, tol, table + mean, maen, men, stone: cf. F. dolmen.] A cromlech. See Cromlech. [Written also tolmen.]
Dolomize
Dol´o•mize, v. t. To convert into dolomite. — Dol•o•mi•za´tion (#), n.
Dolor
Do´lor, n. [OE. dolor, dolur, dolour, F. douleur, L. dolor, fr. dolere. See 1st Dole.] Pain; grief; distress; anguish. [Written also dolour.] [Poetic]
"Of death and dolor telling sad tidings." Spenser.
Dolorous
Dol´or•ous, a. [L. dolorosus, from dolor: cf. F. douloureux. See Dolor.]
1. Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as a dolorous object; dolorous discourses.
"You take me in too dolorous a sense;
I spake to you for your comfort." Shak.
2. Occasioning pain or grief; painful.
"Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear or teeth of the lion." Dr. H. More. — Dol´or•ous•ly, adv. — Dol´or•ous•ness, n.
Dolphin
Dol´phin (dol"fin), n. [F. dauphin dolphin, dauphin, earlier spelt also doffin; cf. OF. dalphinal of the dauphin; fr. L. delphinus, Gr. delfi•s a dolphin (in senses 1, 2, & 5), perh. properly, belly fish; cf. delfy•s womb, Skr. garbha; perh. akin to E. calf. Cf. Dauphin, Delphine.]
1. (Zool.) (a) A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin. (b) The Coryphaena hippuris, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. See Coryphaenoid. The dolphin of the ancients ( D. delphis) is common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, and attains a length of from six to eight feet.
2. [Gr. delfi•s] (Gr. Antiq.) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy’s vessel.
3. (Naut.) (a) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage. (b) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables. R. H. Dana. (c) A mooring post on a wharf or beach. (d) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
4. (Gun.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted.
5. (Astron.) A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n. , 2. Dolphin fly (Zoöl.), the black, bean, or collier, Aphis ( Aphis fable), destructive to beans. — Dolphin striker (Naut.), a short vertical spar under the bowsprit.
Dolt (dolt; 110), n. [OE. dulte, prop. p. p. of dullen to dull. See Dull.] A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard.
"This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt." Drayton.
Dolus
Do´lus, n. [L., deceit; akin to Gr. .] (Law) Evil intent, embracing both malice and fraud. See Culpa. Wharton.
Dolven
Dolv´en, p. p. of Delve. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
Do., n. [Pg. See Don.]
1. A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan.
2. In Portugal and Brazil, the title given to a member of the higher classes.
Domable
Dom´a•ble, a. [L. domabilis, fr. domare to tame.] Capable of being tamed; tamable.
Domage
Dom´age, n. [See Damage.]
1. Damage; hurt. [Obs.] Chapman.
2. Subjugation. [Obs.] Hobbes.
Domain
Do•main´, n. [F. domaine, OF. demaine, L. dominium, property, right of ownership, fr. dominus master, owner. See Dame, and cf Demesne, Dungeon.]
1. Dominion; empire; authority.
2. The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted; the possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the like. Also used figuratively.
"The domain of authentic history." E. Everett.
"The domain over which the poetic spirit ranges." J. C. Shairp.
3. Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne. Shenstone.
4. (Law) Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership. Public domain, the territory belonging to a State or to the general government; public lands. [U.S.] — Right of eminent domain, that superior dominion of the sovereign power over all the property within the state, including that previously granted by itself, which authorizes it to appropriate any part thereof to a necessary public use, reasonable compensation being made.
Domal
Do´mal, a. [L. domus house.] (Astrol.) Pertaining to a house. Addison.
Domanial
Do•ma´ni•al, a. Of or relating to a domain or to domains.
Dome, n. [F. dôme, It. duomo, fr. L. domus a house, domus Dei or Domini, house of the Lord, house of God; akin to Gr. house, to build, and E. timber. See Timber.]
1. A building; a house; an edifice; — used chiefly in poetry.
"Approach the dome, the social banquet share." Pope.
2. (Arch.) A cupola formed on a large scale. "The Italians apply the term il duomo to the principal church of a city, and the Germans call every cathedral church Dom; and it is supposed that the word in its present English sense has crept into use from the circumstance of such buildings being frequently surmounted by a cupola." Am. Cyc.
3. Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.
4. (Crystallog.) A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also one of the planes of such a form. If the plane is parallel to the longer diagonal (macrodiagonal) of the prism, it is called a macrodome; if parallel to the shorter (brachydiagonal), it is a brachydome; if parallel to the inclined diagonal in a monoclinic crystal, it is called a clinodome; if parallel to the orthodiagonal axis, an orthodome. Dana.
Dome, n. [See Doom.] Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Domesday
Domes´day, n. A day of judgment. See Doomsday. [Obs.] Domesday Book, the ancient record of the survey of most of the lands of England, made by order of William the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors’ tenures, arable land, woodland, etc. [Written also Doomsday Book.]
Domesman
Domes´man, n. ; pl. Domesmen (#). [See Doom.] A judge; an umpire. [Obs.]
Domestic
Do•mes´tic, a. [L. domesticus, fr. domus use: cf. F. domestique. See 1st Dome.]
1. Of or pertaining to one’s house or home, or one’s household or family; relating to home life; as domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants.
"His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong." Macaulay.
4. Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one’s own country; intestine; not foreign; as foreign wars and domestic dissensions. Shak.
3. Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as a domestic man or woman.
4. Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as domestic animals.
5. Made in one’s own house, nation, or country; as domestic manufactures, wines, etc.
Domestical
Do•mes´tic•al, a. Domestic. [Obs.]
"Our private and domestical matter." Sir. P. Sidney.
Domesticant
Do•mes´ti•cant, a. Forming part of the same family. [Obs.] Sir E. Dering.
Domesticate
Do•mes´ti•cate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Domesticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Domesticating.] [LL. domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See Domestic, a. ]
1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as to domesticate one’s self.
2. To cause to be, as it were, of one’s family or country; as to domesticate a foreign custom or word.
3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant.
Domett
Dom´ett, n. A kind of baize of which the ward is cotton and the weft woolen. Blakely.
Domicile
Dom´i•cile, n. [L. domicilium; domus house + (prob.) root of celare to conceal: cf. F. domicile. See Dome, and Conceal.]
1. An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or a family.
2. (Law) A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode. Wharton.
Domicile
Dom´i•cile, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Domiciled p. pr. & vb. n. Domiciling.] [Cf. F. domicilier. Cf. Domiciliate.] To establish in a fixed residence, or a residence that constitutes habitancy; to domiciliate. Kent.
Domiciliar
Dom•i•cil´i•ar, n. A member of a household; a domestic.
Domiciliate
Dom•i•cil´i•ate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Domiciliated p. pr. & vb. n. Domiciliating ] [See Domicile.]
1. To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.
2. To domesticate. Pownall.
Domiculture
Dom´i•cul•ture ( 135), n. [L. domus house + E. culture. See 1st Dome.] The art of house-keeping, cookery, etc. [R.] R. Park.
Domify
Dom´i•fy, v. t. [L. domus + - fy: cf. F. domifier.]
1. (Astrol.) To divide, as the heavens, into twelve houses. See House, in astrological sense. [Obs.]
2. To tame; to domesticate. [Obs.] Johnson.
Domina
Dom´i•na, n. [L., lady. See Dame.] (O. Eng. Law) Lady; a lady; — a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right. Burrill. { Dom´i•nance, Dom´i•nan•cy } n. Predominance; ascendency; authority.
Dominant
Dom´i•nant, a. [L. dominans, -antis, p. pr. of dominari: cf. F. dominant. See Dominate.] Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as the dominant party, church, spirit, power.
"The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, … but imperious, insolent, and cruel." Macaulay. Dominant estate or tenement (Law), the estate to which a servitude or easement is due from another estate, the estate over which the servitude extends being called the servient estate or tenement. Bouvier. Wharton’s Law Dict. — Dominant owner (Law), one who owns lands on which there is an easement owned by another.
Syn. — Governing; ruling; controlling; prevailing; predominant; ascendant.
Dominate
Dom´i•nate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dominated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dominating.] [L. dominatus, p. p. of dominari to dominate, fr. dominus master, lord. See Dame, and cf. Domineer.] To predominate over; to rule; to govern. "A city dominated by the ax." Dickens.
"We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated." W. Tooke.
Dominative
Dom´i•na•tive, a. [Cf. F. dominatif.] Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys.
Domine
Dom´i•ne, n. [See Dominie.]
1. A name given to a pastor of the Reformed Church. The word is also applied locally in the United States, in colloquial speech, to any clergyman.
2. [From Sp. domine a schoolmaster.] (Zoöl.) A West Indian fish ( Epinula magistralis), of the family Trichiuridae. It is a long-bodied, voracious fish.
Domineer
Dom•i•neer´, v. i. & t. [ imp. & p. p. Domineered p. pr. & vb. n. Domineering.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See Dominate, v. t.] To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; — often with over; as to domineer over dependents.
"Go to the feast, revel and domineer." Shak.
"His wishes tend abroad to roam,
And hers to domineer at home." Prior.
Domineering
Dom•i•neer´ing, a. Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.
"A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate." Blackw. Mag.
Syn. — Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See Imperious. — Dom•i•neer´ing•ly, adv.
Dominical
Do•min´ic•al, a. [LL. dominicalis, for L. dominicus belonging to a master or lord ( dominica dies the Lord’s day), fr. dominus master or lord: cf. F. dominical. See Dame.]
1. Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord’s day, or Sunday.
2. Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as the dominical (or Lord’s) prayer. Howell.
"Some words altered in the dominical Gospels." Fuller. Dominical altar (Eccl.), the high altar. — Dominical letter, the letter which, in almanacs, denotes Sunday, or the Lord’s day ( dies Domini). The first seven letters of the alphabet are used for this purpose, the same letter standing for Sunday during a whole year (except in leap year, when the letter is changed at the end of February). After twenty-eight years the same letters return in the same order. The dominical letters go backwards one day every common year, and two every leap year; e. g., if the dominical letter of a common year be G, F will be the dominical letter for the next year. Called also Sunday letter. Cf. Solar cycle, under Cycle, n.
Dominical
Do•min´ic•al, n. The Lord’s day or Sunday; also the Lord’s prayer. [Obs.]
Dominican
Do•min´i•can, a. [NL. Dominicanus, fr. Dominicus, Dominic, the founder: cf. F. Dominicain.] Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religious communities named from him. Dominican nuns, an order of nuns founded by St. Dominic, and chiefly employed in teaching. — Dominican tertiaries (the third order of St. Dominic). See Tertiary.
Dominie
Dom´i•nie, n. [L. dominus master. See Don, Dame.]
1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Scot.]
"This was Abel Sampson, commonly called, from occupation as a pedagogue, Dominie Sampson." Sir W. Scott.
2. A clergyman. See Domine, 1. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]
Dominion
Do•min´ion, n. [LL. dominio, equiv. to L. dominium. See Domain, Dungeon.]
1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.
"I praised and honored him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion." Dan. iv. 34.
"To choose between dominion or slavery." Jowett (Thucyd. ).
2. Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.
"Objects placed foremost ought … have dominion over things confused and transient." Dryden.
3. That which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject; as the dominions of a king. Also used figuratively; as the dominion of the passions.
4. pl. A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination, 3. Milton.
"By him were all things created … whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers." Col. i. 16.
Syn. — Sovereignty; control; rule; authority; jurisdiction; government; territory; district; region.
Domino
Dom´i•no, n. ; pl. Dominos or (esp. the pieces for a game) Dominoes (#). [F. domino, or It. dominò, or Sp. dominó, fr. L. dominus master. The domino was orig. a hood worn by the canons of a cathedral. See Don, Dame.]
1. A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice. Kersey.
2. A mourning veil formerly worn by women.
3. A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling.
4. A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure.
5. A person wearing a domino.
6. pl. A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played Hoyle.
7. One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is played. Hoyle.
Dominus
Dom´i•nus, n. ; pl. Domini (#). [L., master. See Dame.] Master; sir; — a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor. Cowell.
Domitable
Dom´i•ta•ble, a. [L. domitare to tame, fr. domare.] That can be tamed. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
Do. (don), n. [Sp. don; akin to Pg. dom, It. donno; fr. L. dominus master. See Dame, and cf. Domine, Dominie, Domino, Dan, Dom.]
1. Sir; Mr; Signior; — a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes.
"Don is used in Italy, though not so much as in Spain. France talks of Dom Calmet, England of Dan Lydgate." Oliphant.
2. A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities. [Univ. Cant] "The great dons of wit." Dryden.
Do., v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Donned (dond); p. pr. & vb. n. Donning.] [ Do + on; — opposed to doff. See Do, v. t., 7.] To put on; to dress in; to invest one’s self with.
"Should I don this robe and trouble you." Shak.
"At night, or in the rain,
He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn." Emerson.
Doña
Do"ña, n. [Sp. doña. See Duenna.] Lady; mistress; madam; - - a title of respect used in Spain, prefixed to the Christian name of a lady.
Donable
Do´na•ble, a. [L. donabilis, fr. donare to donate.] Capable of being donated or given. [R.]
Donary
Do´na•ry, n. [L. donarium, fr. donare.] A thing given to a sacred use. [R.] Burton.
Donat
Don´at, n. [From Donatus, a famous grammarian.] A grammar. [Obs.] [Written also donet.]
Donate
Do´nate (do"nat), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Donated; p. pr. & vb. n. Donating.] [L. donatus, p. p. of donare to donate, fr. donum gift, fr. dare to give. See 2d Date.] To give; to bestow; to present; as to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college.
Donation
Do•na´tion, n. [L. donatio; cf. F. donation.]
1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
"After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given." South.
2. That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift.
"And some donation freely to estate
On the bless’d lovers." Shak.
3. (Law) The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift. Bouvier. Donation party, a party assembled at the house of some one, as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. [U.S.] Bartlett.
Syn. — Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See Gift.
Donatism
Don´a•tism, n. [Cf. F. Donatisme.] (Eccl. Hist.) The tenets of the Donatists.
Donative
Don´a•tive, n. [L. donativum, fr. donare: cf. F. donatif. See Donate.]
1. A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present. "The Romans were entertained with shows and donatives." Dryden.
2. (Eccl. Law) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders. See the Note under Benefice, n. , 3.
Donative
Don´a•tive, a. Vested or vesting by donation; as a donative advowson. Blackstone.
Donator
Do•na´tor, n. [L. Cf. Donor.] (Law) One who makes a gift; a donor; a giver.
Do-naught
Do´-naught, n. [ Do + naught.] A lazy, good-for-nothing fellow.
Doncella
Don•cel´la, n. [Sp., lit., a maid. Cf. Damsel.] (Zoöl.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies ( Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish ( Harpe rufa) of the same region.
Done, p. p. from Do, and formerly the infinitive.
1. Performed; executed; finished.
2. It is done or agreed; let it be a match or bargain; — used elliptically. Done brown, a phrase in cookery; applied figuratively to one who has been thoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled. [Colloq.] — Done for, tired out; used up; collapsed; destroyed; dead; killed. [Colloq.] — Done up. (a) Wrapped up. (b) Worn out; exhausted. [Colloq.]
Done, a. [Prob. corrupted from OF. done, F. donne, p. p. of OF. doner, F. donner, to give, issue, fr. L. donare to give. See Donate, and cf. Donee.] Given; executed; issued; made public; — used chiefly in the clause giving the date of a proclamation or public act.
Donet
Don´et, n. Same as Donat. Piers Plowman.
Doniferous
Do•nif´er•ous (do•nif"er•us), a. [L. donum gift + -ferous.] Bearing gifts. [R.]
Donjon
Don´jon (dun"jun), n. [See Dungeon.] The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle.
Donna
Don´na, n. [It. donna, L. domina. See Don, Dame.] A lady; madam; mistress; — the title given a lady in Italy.
Donnat
Don´nat, n. [Corrupted from do- naught.] See Do-naught. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Donnism
Don´nism, n. [Don, n., 2.] Self-importance; loftiness of carriage. [Cant, Eng. Universities]
Donor
Do´nor, n. [F. donneur, OF. daneor, fr. donner. See Donee, and cf. Donator.]
1. One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.
2. (Law) One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; — the opposite of donee. Kent.
"Touching, the parties unto deeds and charters, we are to consider as well the donors and granters as the donees or grantees." Spelman.
Donship
Don´ship, n. The quality or rank of a don, gentleman, or knight. Hudibras.
Donzel
Don´zel, n. [Cf. It. donzello, Sp. doncel, OF. danzel. See Damsel, Don, n. ] A young squire, or knight’s attendant; a page. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Doodle
Doo´dle, n. [Cf. Dawdle.] A trifler; a simple fellow.
Doodlesack
Doo´dle•sack, n. [Cf. G. dudelsack.] The Scotch bagpipe. [Prov. Eng.]
Doom (doom), n. [As. dom; akin to OS. dom, OHG. tuom, Dan. & Sw. dom, Icel. domr, Goth. doms, Gr. qe•mis law; fr. the root of E. do, v. t. rad.65. See Do, v. t., and cf. Deem, -dom.]
1. Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.
"The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens." J. R. Green.
"Now against himself he sounds this doom." Shak.
2. That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.
"Ere Hector meets his doom." Pope.
"And homely household task shall be her doom." Dryden.
3. Ruin; death.
"This is the day of doom for Bassianus." Shak.
4. Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision. [Obs.]
"And there he learned of things and haps to come,
To give foreknowledge true, and certain doom." Fairfax.
Syn. — Sentence; condemnation; decree; fate; destiny; lot; ruin; destruction.
Doom, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Doomed p. pr. & vb. n. Dooming.]
1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. [Obs.] Milton.
2. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as a criminal doomed to chains or death.
"Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls." Dryden.
3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
"Have I tongue to doom my brother’s death?" Shak.
4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New England] J. Pickering.
5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate.
"A man of genius … doomed to struggle with difficulties." Macaulay.
Doomage
Doom´age, n. A penalty or fine for neglect. [Local, New England]
Doomful
Doom´ful, a. Full of condemnation or destructive power. [R.] "That doomful deluge." Drayton.
Doomsday
Dooms´day, n. [AS. dmes dag. See Doom, and Day.]
1. A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. "My body’s doomsday." Shak.
2. The day of the final judgment.
"I could not tell till doomsday." Chaucer. Doomsday Book. See Domesday Book.
Doomsman
Dooms´man, n. [ Doom + man.] A judge; an umpire. [Obs.] Hampole.
Doomster
Doom´ster, n. Same as Dempster. [Scot.]
Door, n. [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. dura, dor, D. deur, OHG. turi, door, tor gate, G. thür, thor, Icel. dyrr, Dan. dör, Sw. dörr, Goth. daur, Lith. durys, Russ. dvere, Olr. dorus, L. fores, Gr. ; cf. Skr. dur, dvara. rad.246. Cf. Foreign.]
1. An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way.
"To the same end, men several paths may tread,
As many doors into one temple lead." Denham.
2. The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened.
"At last he came unto an iron door
That fast was locked." Spenser.
3. Passage; means of approach or access.
"I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved." John x. 9.
4. An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or apartment to which it leads.
"Martin’s office is now the second door in the street." Arbuthnot. Blank door, Blind door, etc. (Arch.) See under Blank, Blind, etc. — In doors, or Within doors, within the house. — Next door to, near to; bordering on.
"A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult." L’Estrange. — Out of doors, or Without doors, and, colloquially, Out doors, out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost.
"His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors." Locke. — To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one’s door, to charge one with a fault; to blame for. — To lie at one’s door, to be imputable or chargeable to.
"If I have failed, the fault lies wholly at my door." Dryden. Door is used in an adjectival construction or as the first part of a compound (with or without the hyphen), as door frame, doorbell or door bell, door knob or doorknob, door latch or doorlatch, door jamb, door handle, door mat, door panel.
Doorcase
Door´case, n. The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.
Doorcheek
Door´cheek, n. The jamb or sidepiece of a door. Ex. xii. 22 (Douay version).
Doorkeeper
Door´keep•er, n. One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.
Doorstead
Door´stead, n. Entrance or place of a door. [Obs. or Local] Bp. Warburton.
Doorstep
Door´step, n. The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.
Doorway
Door´way, n. The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room.
Do., v. i. [Cf. Dap, Dip.] To dip. [Obs.] Walton.
Dope (dop), n. [D. doop a dipping, fr. doopen to dip. Cf. Dip.]
1. Any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, etc.
2. Any preparation, as of opium, used to stupefy or, in the case of a race horse, to stimulate. [Slang or Cant]
3. An absorbent material; esp., in high explosives, the sawdust, infusorial earth, mica, etc., mixed with nitroglycerin to make a damp powder (dynamite, etc.) less dangerous to transport, and ordinarily explosive only by suitable fulminating caps.
4. Information concerning the previous performances of race horses, or other facts concerning them which may be of assistance in judging of their chances of winning future races; sometimes, similar information concerning other sports. [Sporting Slang]
Dope-book
Dope´-book, n. A chart of previous performances, etc., of race horses. [Race-track Slang]
Do., n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. Dormouse.] (Zoöl.) A large European scaraboid beetle ( Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock.
Do., n. [Cf. Dor a beetle, and Hum, Humbug.] A trick, joke, or deception. Beau. & Fl.To give one the dor, to make a fool of him. [Archaic] P. Fletcher.
Do., v. t. To make a fool of; to deceive. [Obs.] [Written also dorr.] B. Jonson.
Dorado
Do•ra´do, n. [Sp. dorado gilt, fr. dorar to gild, fr. L. deaurare. See 1st Dory, and cf. Fl Dorado.]
1. (Astron.) A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of the ecliptic; — called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish.
2. (Zoöl.) A large, oceanic fish of the genus Coryphaena.
Doree
Do´ree, n. [See Dory.] (Zoöl.) A European marine fish ( Zeus faber), of a yellow color. See Illust. of John Doree. The popular name in England is John Doree, or Dory, well known to be a corruption of F. jaune- doree, i. e., golden-yellow. See 1st Dory.
Doretree
Dore´tree, n. A doorpost. [Obs.] "As dead as a doretree." Piers Plowman.
Dorhawk
Dor´hawk, n. (Zoöl.) The European goatsucker; — so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker. [Written also dorrhawk.] Booth.
Dorian
Do´ri•an, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as a Dorian fashion.
2. (Mus.) Same as Doric, 3. "Dorian mood." Milton. Dorian mode (Mus.), the first of the authentic church modes or tones, from D to D, resembling our D minor scale, but with the B natural. Grove.
Dorian
Do´ri•an, n. A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece.
Doric
Dor´ic, a. [L. Doricus, Gr., fr. the Dorians.]
1. Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as the Doric dialect.
2. (Arch.) Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order. This order is distinguished, according to the treatment of details, as Grecian Doric, or Roman Doric.
3. (Mus.) Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war.
Dormancy
Dor´man•cy, n. [From Dormant.] The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.
Dormant
Dor´mant, a. [F., p. pr. of dormir to sleep, from L. dormire; cf. Gr., Skr. dra, OSlav. drmati.]
1. Sleeping; as a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as dormant passions; dormant claims or titles.
"It is by lying dormant a long time, or being … very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals upon a people." Burke.
2. (Her.) In a sleeping posture; as a lion dormant; — distinguished from couchant. Dormant partner (Com.), a partner who takes no share in the active business of a company or partnership, but is entitled to a share of the profits, and subject to a share in losses; — called also sleeping or silent partner. — Dormant window (Arch.), a dormer window. See Dormer. — Table dormant, a stationary table. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Dormant
Dor´mant, n. [See Dormant, a. ] (Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep." Arch. Pub. Soc. — Called also dormant tree, dorman tree, dormond, and dormer. Halliwell.
Dormer
Dor´mer, or Dor"mer win"dow, n. [Literally, the window of a sleeping apartment. F. dormir to sleep. See Dormant, a. & n. ] (Arch.) A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. also the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained.
Dormitory
Dor´mi•to•ry, n. ; pl. Dormitories (#). [L. dormitorium, fr. dormitorius of or for sleeping, fr. dormire to sleep. See Dormant.]
1. A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding school. Thackeray.
2. A burial place. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
"My sister was interred in a very honorable manner in our dormitory, joining to the parish church." Evelyn.
Dorp, n. [LG. & D. dorp. See Thorpe.] A hamlet. "A mean fishing dorp." Howell.
Dorr, n. The dorbeetle; also a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor. Robynson (More’s Utopia).
Dorr, v. t.
1. To deceive. [Obs.] See Dor, v. t.
2. To deafen with noise. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Dorsal
Dor´sal, a. [F. dorsal, LL. dorsalis, fr. L. dorsualis, fr. dorsum back; cf. Gr.,, mountain ridge. Cf. Dorse, Dorsel, Dosel.]
1. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; — opposed to ventral.
2. (Bot.) (a) Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf. (b) Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss. Dorsal vessel (Zoöl.), a central pulsating blood vessel along the back of insects, acting as a heart.
Dorsal
Dor´sal, n. [LL. dorsale, neut. fr. dorsalis. See Dorsal, a. ] (Fine Arts) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.
Dorsally
Dor´sal•ly, adv. (Anat.) On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad.
Dorse, n. [Cf. L. dorsum the back. See Dorsel, Dosel.]
1. Same as dorsal, n. [Obs.]
2. The back of a book. [Obs.]
"Books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses." Wood.
Dorsel
Dor´sel, n. [See Dosser.]
1. A pannier.
2. Same as Dorsal, n.
dorsibranchiata
dor•si•bran•chi•a´ta, n. pl. [NL., from L. dorsum back + branchiae gills.] (Zoöl.) A division of chaetopod annelids in which the branchiae are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illust. . under Annelida and Chaetopoda.]
Dorsimeson
Dor•si•mes´on, n. [ Dorsum + meson.] (Anat.) See Meson.
Dorsiparous
Dor•sip´a•rous, a. [ Dorsum + L. parere to bring forth.] (Biol.) Same as Dorsiferous.
Dorsiventral
Dor•si•ven´tral, a. [ Dorsum + ventral.]
1. (Biol.) Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral.
2. (Anat.) See Dorsoventral.
Dory
Do´ry, n. ; pl. Dories (#). [Named from 1st color, fr. F. doree gilded, fr. dorer to gild, L. deaurare. See Deaurate, and cf. Aureole.]
1. (Zoöl.) A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree.
2. (Zoöl.) The American wall-eyed perch; — called also dore. See Pike perch.
Doryphora
Do•ryph´o•ra, n. [NL. See Doryphoros.] (Zoöl.) A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See Potato beetle.
Dosage
Dos´age (dos"aj), n. [Cf. F. dosage. See Dose, v. ]
1. (Med.) The administration of medicine in doses; specif., a scheme or system of grading doses of medicine according to age, etc.
2. The process of adding some ingredient, as to wine, to give flavor, character, or strength.
Dose (dos), n. [F. dose, Gr. do•sis a giving, a dose, fr. dido•nai to give; akin to L. dare to give. See Date point of time.]
1. The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.
2. A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive.
3. Anything nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one.
"I am for curing the world by gentle alteratives, not by violent doses." W. Irving.
"I dare undertake that as fulsome a dose as you give him, he shall readily take it down." South.
Dose, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dosed p. pr. & vb. n. dosing.] [Cf. F. doser. See Dose, n. ]
1. To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.
2. To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need.
"A self-opinioned physician, worse than his distemper, who shall dose, and bleed, and kill him, "secundum artem."" South
3. To give anything nauseous to.
Dosel
Dos´el, n. [OF. dossel; cf. LL. dorsale. See Dorsal, and cf. Dorse, Dorsel.] Same as Dorsal, n. [R.]
Dosology
Do•sol´o•gy, n. [ Dose +- logy.] Posology. [R.] Ogilvie.
Doss, n. [Etym. uncertain.] A place to sleep in; a bed; hence, sleep. [Slang]
Dossel
Dos´sel, n. [See Dosel, n. ] Same as Dorsal, n.
Dosser
Dos´ser, n. [LL. dosserum, or F. dossier bundle of papers, part of a basket resting on the back, fr. L. dorsum back. See Dorsal, and cf. Dosel.] [Written also dorser and dorsel.]
1. A pannier, or basket.
"To hire a ripper’s mare, and buy new dossers." Beau. & Fl.
2. A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.
Dossil
Dos´sil, n. [OE. dosil faucet of a barrel, OF. dosil, duisil, spigot, LL. diciculus, ducillus, fr. L. ducere to lead, draw. See Duct, Duke.]
1. (Surg.) A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent.
2. (Printing) A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.
Do., n. [F., fr. L. dos, dotis, dowry. See Dower, and cf. Dote dowry.] (Law) A marriage portion; dowry. [Louisiana]
Do., v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dotting.]
1. To mark with dots or small spots; as to dot a line.
2. To mark or diversify with small detached objects; a. , a landscape dotted with cottages.
Dotage
Do´tage, n. [From Dote, v. i.]
1. Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility; as a venerable man, now in his dotage.
"Capable of distinguishing between the infancy and the dotage of Greek literature." Macaulay.
2. Foolish utterance; drivel.
"The sapless dotages of old Paris and Salamanca." Milton.
3. Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection.
"The dotage of the nation on presbytery." Bp. Burnet.
Dotal
Do´tal, a. [L. dotalis, fr. dos, dotis, dowry: cf. F. dotal. See Dot dowry.] Pertaining to dower, or a woman’s marriage portion; constituting dower, or comprised in it. Garth.
Dotard
Do´tard, n. [Dote, v. i.] One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood.
"The sickly dotard wants a wife." Prior.
Dotary
Do´ta•ry, n. A dotard’s weakness; dotage. [Obs.] Drayton.
Dotation
Do•ta´tion, n. [LL. dotatio, fr. L. dotare to endow, fr. dos, dotis, dower: cf. F. dotation. See Dot dowry.]
1. The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman.
2. Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation. Blackstone.
Dote, n. [See Dot dowry.]
1. A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n. Wyatt.
2. pl. Natural endowments. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Dote, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Doted; p. pr. & vb. n. Doting.] [OE. doten; akin to OD. doten, D. dutten, to doze, Icel. dotta to nod from sleep, MHG. tzen to keep still: cf. F. doter, OF. radoter (to dote, rave, talk idly or senselessly), which are from the same source.] [Written also doat.]
1. To act foolishly. [Obs.]
"He wol make him doten anon right." Chaucer.
2. To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel.
"Time has made you dote, and vainly tell
Of arms imagined in your lonely cell." Dryden.
"He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died." South.
3. To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; — with on or upon; as the mother dotes on her child.
"Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote." Shak.
"What dust we dote on, when ’t is man we love." Pope.
Dotery
Dot´er•y, n. The acts or speech of a dotard; drivel. [R.]
Doting
Dot´ing, a. That dotes; silly; excessively fond. — Dot´ing•ly, adv. — Dot´ing•ness, n.
Dottard
Dot´tard, n. [For Dotard ?] An old, decayed tree. [R.] Bacon.
Dotterel
Dot´ter•el, a. [Cf. Dottard.] Decayed. "Some old dotterel trees." [Obs.] Ascham.
Dotterel
Dot´ter•el, n. [From Dote, v. i.]
1. (Zoöl.) A European bird of the Plover family ( Eudromias or Charadrius, morinellus). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler.
"In catching of dotterels we see how the foolish bird playeth the ape in gestures." Bacon. The ringed dotterel (or ring plover) is Charadrius hiaticula.
2. A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull. Barrow.
Dotty
Dot´ty, a. [From 2d Dot.]
1. Composed of, or characterized by, dots.
2. [Perh. a different word; cf. Totty.] Unsteady in gait; hence, feeble; half-witted. [Eng.]
Doty
Do´ty, a. [See Dottard.] Half-rotten; as doty timber. [Local, U. S.]
Douanier
Dou•a´nier´, n. [F.] An officer of the French customs. [Anglicized form douaneer.]
Douar
Dou´ar, n. [F., fr. Ar. dar.] A village composed of Arab tents arranged in streets.
Douay Bible
Dou"ay Bi"ble [From Douay, or Douai, a town in France.] A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; — done from the Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New Testament portion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the Old Testament at Douai, A. D. 1609-10. Various revised editions have since been published. [Written also Doway Bible. Called also the Rheims and Douay version.]
Double
Dou´ble (dub"’l), a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF. doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr. diplo•os double. See Two, and Full, and cf. Diploma, Duple.]
1. Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.
"Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me." 2 Kings ii. 9.
"Darkness and tempest make a double night." Dryden.
2. Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled.
"[Let] The swan, on still St. Mary’s lake,
Float double, swan and shadow." Wordsworth.
3. Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere.
"With a double heart do they speak." Ps. xii. 2.
4. (Bot.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double. Double is often used as the first part of a compound word, generally denoting two ways, or twice the number, quantity, force, etc., twofold, or having two. Double base, or Double bass (Mus.), the largest and lowest-toned instrument in the violin form; the contrabasso or violone. — Double convex. See under Convex. — Double counterpoint (Mus.), that species of counterpoint or composition, in which two of the parts may be inverted, by setting one of them an octave higher or lower. — Double court (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for four players, two on each side. — Double dagger (Print.), a reference mark (‡) next to the dagger (†) in order; a diesis. — Double drum (Mus.), a large drum that is beaten at both ends. — Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States having the value of 20 dollars. - - Double entry. See under Bookkeeping. — Double floor (Arch.), a floor in which binding joists support flooring joists above and ceiling joists below. See Illust. of Double-framed floor. — Double flower. See Double, a. , 4. — Double-framed floor (Arch.), a double floor having girders into which the binding joists are framed. - - Double fugue (Mus.), a fugue on two subjects. — Double letter. (a) (Print.) Two letters on one shank; a ligature. (b) A mail requiring double postage. — Double note (Mus.), a note of double the length of the semibreve; a breve. See Breve. — Double octave (Mus.), an interval composed of two octaves, or fifteen notes, in diatonic progression; a fifteenth. — Double pica. See under Pica. — Double play (Baseball), a play by which two players are put out at the same time. — Double plea (Law), a plea alleging several matters in answer to the declaration, where either of such matters alone would be a sufficient bar to the action. Stephen. — Double point (Geom.), a point of a curve at which two branches cross each other. Conjugate or isolated points of a curve are called double points, since they possess most of the properties of double points (see Conjugate). They are also called acnodes, and those points where the branches of the curve really cross are called crunodes. The extremity of a cusp is also a double point. — Double quarrel. (Eccl. Law) See Duplex querela, under Duplex. — Double refraction. (Opt.) See Refraction. — Double salt. (Chem.) (a) A mixed salt of any polybasic acid which has been saturated by different bases or basic radicals, as the double carbonate of sodium and potassium, NaKCO3.6H2O. (b) A molecular combination of two distinct salts, as common alum, which consists of the sulphate of aluminium, and the sulphate of potassium or ammonium. — Double shuffle, a low, noisy dance. — Double standard (Polit. Econ.), a double standard of monetary values; i. e., a gold standard and a silver standard, both of which are made legal tender. — Double star (Astron.), two stars so near to each other as to be seen separate only by means of a telescope. Such stars may be only optically near to each other, or may be physically connected so that they revolve round their common center of gravity, and in the latter case are called also binary stars. — Double time (Mil.). Same as Double-quick. — Double window, a window having two sets of glazed sashes with an air space between them.
Double
Dou´ble, adv. Twice; doubly.
"I was double their age." Swift.
Double
Dou´ble, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Doubled p. pr. & vb. n. Doubling ] [OE. doblen, dublen, doublen, F. doubler, fr. L. duplare, fr. duplus. See Double, a. ]
1. To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; as to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length.
"Double six thousand, and then treble that." Shak.
2. To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; — often followed by up; as to double up a sheet of paper or cloth. Prior.
"Then the old man
Was wroth, and doubled up his hands." Tennyson.
3. To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
"Thus reënforced, against the adverse fleet,
Still doubling ours, brave Rupert leads the way." Dryden.
4. To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion.
"Sailing along the coast, the doubled the promontory of Carthage." Knolles.
5. (Mil.) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
Double
Dou´ble, n.
1. Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like.
"If the thief be found, let him pay double." Ex. xxii. 7.
2. Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet, 2.); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and blurred.
3. That which is doubled over or together; a doubling; a plait; a fold.
"Rolled up in sevenfold double
Of plagues." Marston.
4. A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice.
"These men are too well acquainted with the chase to be flung off by any false steps or doubles." Addison.
5. Something precisely equal or counterpart to another; a counterpart. Hence, a wraith.
"My charming friend … has I am almost sure, a double, who preaches his afternoon sermons for him." Atlantic Monthly.
6. A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute.
7. Double beer; strong beer.
8. (Eccl.) A feast in which the antiphon is doubled, hat is, said twice, before and after the Psalms, instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts. Shipley.
9. (Lawn Tennis) A game between two pairs of players; as a first prize for doubles.
10. (Mus.) An old term for a variation, as in Bach’s Suites.
Double dealing
Dou"ble deal"ing False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing. Shak.
Double-handed
Dou´ble-hand´ed, a.
1. Having two hands.
2. Deceitful; deceptive. Glanvill.
Doublehearted
Dou´ble•heart´ed, a. Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. Sandys.
Double-hung
Dou´ble-hung, a. Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; — said of a window.
Double-lock
Dou´ble-lock, v. t. To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. Tatler.
Double-quick
Dou´ble-quick, v. i. & t. (Mil.) To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time.
Double-shade
Dou´ble-shade, v. t. To double the natural darkness of (a place). Milton.
Doublet
Doub´let, n. [In sense 3, OF. doublet; in sense 4, F. doublet, dim. of double double. See Double, a. ]
1. Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.
2. (Print.) A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time.
3. A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century.
4. (Lapidary Work) A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. also a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone.
5. (Opt.) An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct. W. H. Wollaston.
6. pl. (See No. 1.) Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as to throw doublets.
7. pl. [Cf. Pr. doblier, dobler draughtboard.] A game somewhat like backgammon. Halliwell.
8. One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as crypt and grot are doublets; also guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc.
Doublets
Doub´lets, n. pl. See Doublet, 6 and 7.
Doubloon
Doub•loon´, n. [F. doublon, Sp. doblon. See Double, a. , and cf. Dupion.] A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at different times from over fifteen dollars to about five. See Doblon in Sup.
Doubt, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Douted; p. pr. & vb. n. Doubting.] [OE. duten, douten, OF. duter, doter, douter, F. douter, fr. L. dubitare; akin to dubius doubtful. See Dubious.]
1. To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined.
"Even in matters divine, concerning some things, we may lawfully doubt, and suspend our judgment." Hooker.
"To try your love and make you doubt of mine." Dryden.
2. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive. [Obs.]
Syn. — To waver; vacillate; fluctuate; hesitate; demur; scruple; question.
Doubt, n. [OE. dute, doute, F. doute, fr. douter to doubt. See Doubt, v. i.]
1. A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation.
"Doubt is the beginning and the end of our efforts to know." Sir W. Hamilton.
"Doubt, in order to be operative in requiring an acquittal, is not the want of perfect certainty (which can never exist in any question of fact) but a defect of proof preventing a reasonable assurance of quilt." Wharton.
2. Uncertainty of condition.
"Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee." Deut. xxviii. 66.
3. Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread. [Obs.]
"I stand in doubt of you." Gal. iv. 20.
"Nor slack her threatful hand for danger’s doubt." Spenser.
4. Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection.
"To every doubt your answer is the same." Blackmore. No doubt, undoubtedly; without doubt. - - Out of doubt, beyond doubt. [Obs.] Spenser.
Syn. — Uncertainty; hesitation; suspense; indecision; irresolution; distrust; suspicion; scruple; perplexity; ambiguity; skepticism.
Doubtable
Doubt´a•ble, a. [OF. doutable, L. dubitabilis, from dubitare. Cf. Dubitable.]
1. Capable of being doubted; questionable.
2. Worthy of being feared; redoubtable. [Obs.]
Doubtance
Doubt´ance, n. [OF. doutance. Cf. Dubitancy.] State of being in doubt; uncertainty; doubt. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Doubter
Doubt´er, n. One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples.
Doubtfully
Doubt´ful•ly, adv. In a doubtful manner.
"Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare." Dryden.
Doubtous
Doubt´ous, a. [OF. dotos, douteus, F. douteux.] Doubtful. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Doucepere
Douce´pere, n. [F. les douze pairs the twelve peers of France, renowned in romantic fiction.] One of the twelve peers of France, companions of Charlemagne in war. [Written also douzepere.] [Obs.]
"Big-looking like a doughty doucepere." Spenser. { Dou´cet, Dow´set }, n. [F. doucet sweet, dim. of doux. See Douce.]
1. A custard. [Obs.]
2. A dowcet, or deep’s testicle.
Douceur
Dou•ceur´, n. [F., fr. doux sweet. See Douce.]
1. Gentleness and sweetness of manner; agreeableness. Chesterfield.
2. A gift for service done or to be done; an honorarium; a present; sometimes, a bribe. Burke.
Douche, n. [F., fr. It. doccia, fr. docciare to flow, pour, fr. an assumed LL. ductiare, fr. L. ducere, ductum, to lead, conduct (water). See Duct.]
1. A jet or current of water or vapor directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; a douche bath.
2. (Med.) A syringe.
Doucine
Dou´cine, n. [F.] (Arch.) Same as Cymarecta, under Cyma.
Doucker
Douck´er, n. [From aouck, for duck. See Duck, v. t.] (Zoöl.) A grebe or diver; — applied also to the golden-eye, pochard, scoter, and other ducks. [Written also ducker.] [Prov. Eng.]
Dough, n. [OE. dagh, dogh, dow, AS. dah; akin to D. deeg, G. teig, Icel. deig, Sw. deg, Dan. deig, Goth. daigs; also to Goth. deigan to knead, L. fingere to form, shape, Skr. dih to smear; cf. Gr. wall, to touch, handle. . Cf. Feign, Figure, Dairy, Duff.]
1. Paste of bread; a soft mass of moistened flour or meal, kneaded or unkneaded, but not yet baked; as to knead dough.
2. Anything of the consistency of such paste. To have one’s cake dough. See under Cake.
Doughbird
Dough´bird, n. (Zoöl.) The Eskimo curlew ( Numenius borealis). See Curlew.
Doughfaceism
Dough´face•ism, n. The character of a doughface; truckling pliability.
Doughiness
Dough´i•ness, n. The quality or state of being doughy.
Doughnut
Dough´nut, n. A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard.
Doughtiness
Dough´ti•ness, n. The quality of being doughty; valor; bravery.
Doughtren
Dough´tren, n. pl. [See Daughter.] Daughters. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Doughty
Dough´ty (dou"ty), a. [ Compar. Doughtier (-ti•er); superl. Doughtiest.] [OE. duhti, dohti, douhti, brave, valiant, fit, useful, as dyhtig; akin to G. tüchtig, Dan. dygtig, Sw. dygdig virtuous, and fr. AS. dugan to avail, be of use, be strong, akin to D. deugen, OHG. tugan, G. taugen, Icel. & Sw. duga, Dan. due, Goth. dugan, but of uncertain origin; cf. Skr. duh to milk, give milk, draw out, or Gr. ty•chh fortune. rad.68.] Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as a doughty hero.
"Sir Thopas wex [grew] a doughty swain." Chaucer.
"Doughty families, hugging old musty quarrels to their hearts, buffet each other from generation to generation." Motley. Now seldom used, except in irony or burlesque.
Doupe, n. (Zoöl.) The carrion crow. [Written also dob.] [Prov. Eng.]
Douse, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Doused p. pr. & vb. n. Dousing.] [Cf. Dowse, and OD. donsen to strike with the fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down violently and noisily; perh. akin to E. din.]
1. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse. Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as douse the topsail.
Dout, v. t. [ Do + out. Cf. Doff.] To put out. [Obs.] "It douts the light." Sylvester.
Dove, n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. dfe; akin to OS. dba, D. duif, OHG. tba, G. taube, Icel. dfa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. db; perh. from the root of E. dive.]
1. (Zoöl.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous. The domestic dove, including the varieties called fantails, tumblers, carrier pigeons, etc., was derived from the rock pigeon ( Columba livia) of Europe and Asia; the turtledove of Europe, celebrated for its sweet, plaintive note, is C. turtur or Turtur vulgaris; the ringdove, the largest of European species, is C. palumbus; the Carolina dove, or Mourning dove, is Zenaidura macroura; the sea dove is the little auk ( Mergulus alle or Alle alle). See Turtledove, Ground dove, and Rock pigeon. The dove is a symbol of innocence, gentleness, and affection; also in art and in the Scriptures, the typical symbol of the Holy Ghost.
2. A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
"O my dove, … let me hear thy voice." Cant. ii. 14.Dove tick (Zoöl.), a mite ( Argas reflexus) which infests doves and other birds. — Soiled dove, a prostitute. [Slang] { Dove´cot•, Dove´cote• } n. A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
"Like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli." Shak.
Dove-eyed
Dove´-eyed, a. Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as dove-eyed Peace.
Dovekie
Dove´kie, n. (Zoöl.) A guillemot ( Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove.
Dovelike
Dove´like, a. Mild as a dove; gentle; pure and lovable. Longfellow.
Dovetail
Dove´tail, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dovetailed p. pr. & vb. n. Dovetailing.]
1. (Carp.) (a) To cut to a dovetail. (b) To join by means of dovetails.
2. To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to fit ingeniously or complexly.
"He put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed … that it was indeed a very curious show." Burke.
Dovish
Dov´ish, a. Like a dove; harmless; innocent. "Joined with dovish simplicity." Latimer.
Do., n. A kind of vessel. See Dhow.
Do., v. t. [F. douer. See Dower.] To furnish with a dower; to endow. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Dowable
Dow´a•ble, a. [From Dow, v. t.] Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower. Blackstone.
Dowager
Dow´a•ger, n. [OF. douagiere, fr. douage dower. See Dower.]
1. (Eng. Law) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease. Blount. Burrill.
2. A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband’s heir bearing the same name; — chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank.
"With prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans." Tennyson. Queen dowager, the widow of a king.
Dowcet
Dow´cet, n. [See Doucet.] One of the testicles of a hart or stag. [Spelt also doucet.] B. Jonson.
Dowdy
Dow´dy, a. [ Compar. Dowdier superl. Dowdiest.] [Scot. dawdie slovenly, daw, da sluggard, drab, Prov. E. dowd flat, dead.] Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking. — Dow´di•ly (#), adv. — Dow´di•ness, n.
Dowdy
Dow´dy, n. ; pl. Dowdies . An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. Shak. Dryden.
Dowel
Dow´el, n. [Cf. G. döbel peg, F. douelle state of a cask, surface of an arch, douille socket, little pipe, cartridge.] (Mech.)
1. A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
2. A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it. Dowel joint, a joint secured by a dowel or dowels. — Dowel pin, a dowel. See Dowel, n. , 1.
Dowel
Dow´el, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Doweled or Dowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Doweling or Dowelling.] To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.
Dower
Dow´er, n. [F. douaire, LL. dotarium, from L. dotare to endow, portion, fr. dos dower; akin to Gr. gift, and to L. dare to give. See 1st Date, and cf. Dot dowry, Dotation.]
1. That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
"How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower!" Sir J. Davies.
"Man in his primeval dower arrayed." Wordsworth.
2. The property with which a woman is endowed; especially: (a) That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry. [Obs.]
"His wife brought in dower Cilicia’s crown." Dryden. (b) (Law) That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband. Blackstone. Dower, in modern use, is and should be distinguished from dowry. The former is a provision for a widow on her husband’s death; the latter is a bride’s portion on her marriage. Abbott. Assignment of dower. See under Assignment.
Dowered
Dow´ered, p. a. Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion. Shak.
Dowerless
Dow´er•less, a. Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion. Shak.
Dowle (doul), n. [Cf. OF. douille soft. Cf. Ductile.] Feathery or wool-like down; filament of a feather. Shak.
"No feather, or dowle of a feather." De Quincey.
Down (doun"), v. t. To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down. [R.] Young.
Down, n. [OE. dun, doun, AS. dun; of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. dun hill, fortified hill, Gael. dun heap, hillock, hill, W. din a fortified hill or mount; akin to E. town. See Town, and cf. Down, adv. & prep., Dune.]
1. A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; — usually in the plural.
"Hills afford prospects, as they must needs acknowledge who have been on the downs of Sussex." Ray.
"She went by dale, and she went by down." Tennyson.
2. A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; — usually in the plural. [Eng.]
"Seven thousand broad-tailed sheep grazed on his downs." Sandys.
3. pl. A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.
"On the 11th [June, 1771] we run up the channel … at noon we were abreast of Dover, and about three came to an anchor in the Downs, and went ashore at Deal." Cook (First Voyage).
4. pl. [From the adverb.] A state of depression; low state; abasement. [Colloq.]
"It the downs of life too much outnumber the ups." M. Arnold.
Down, adv. [For older adown, AS. adn, adne, prop., from or off the hill. See 3d Down, and cf. Adown, and cf. Adown.]
1. In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; - - the opposite of up.
2. Hence, in many derived uses, as: (a) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; — used with verbs indicating motion.
"It will be rain to-night. Let it come down." Shak.
"I sit me down beside the hazel grove." Tennyson.
"And that drags down his life." Tennyson.
"There is not a more melancholy object in the learned world than a man who has written himself down." Addison.
"The French … shone down [i. e., outshone] the English." Shak. (b) In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a descent; below the horizon; on the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet.
"I was down and out of breath." Shak.
"The moon is down; I have not heard the clock." Shak.
"He that is down needs fear no fall." Bunyan.
3. From a remoter or higher antiquity.
"Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation." D. Webster.
4. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions. Arbuthnot. Down is sometimes used elliptically, standing for go down, come down, tear down, take down, put down, haul down, pay down, and the like, especially in command or exclamation.
"Down, therefore, and beg mercy of the duke." Shak.
"If he be hungry more than wanton, bread alone will down." Locke. Down is also used intensively; as to be loaded down; to fall down; to hang down; to drop down; to pay down.
"The temple of Herè at Argos was burnt down." Jowett (Thucyd. ). Down, as well as up, is sometimes used in a conventional sense; as down East.
"Persons in London say down to Scotland, etc., and those in the provinces, up to London." Stormonth. Down helm (Naut.), an order to the helmsman to put the helm to leeward. — Down on or upon (joined with a verb indicating motion, as go, come, pounce), to attack, implying the idea of threatening power.
"Come down upon us with a mighty power." Shak. — Down with, take down, throw down, put down; — used in energetic command. "Down with the palace; fire it." Dryden. — To be down on, to dislike and treat harshly. [Slang, U.S.] — To cry down. See under Cry, v. t. — To cut down. See under Cut, v. t. — Up and down, with rising and falling motion; to and fro; hither and thither; everywhere. "Let them wander up and down." Ps. lix. 15.
Down, prep. [From Down, adv. ]
1. In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as down a hill; down a well.
2. Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound. Down the country, toward the sea, or toward the part where rivers discharge their waters into the ocean. — Down the sound, in the direction of the ebbing tide; toward the sea.
Down, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Downed (dound); p. pr. & vb. n. Downing.] To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down. [Archaic or Colloq.] "To down proud hearts." Sir P. Sidney.
"I remember how you downed Beauclerk and Hamilton, the wits, once at our house." Madame D’Arblay.
Downgyved
Down´gyved, a. Hanging down like gyves or fetters. [Poetic & Rare] Shak.
Downhill
Down´hill, adv. Towards the bottom of a hill; as water runs downhill.
Downhill
Down´hill, a. Declivous; descending; sloping. "A downhill greensward." Congrewe.
Downiness
Down´i•ness, n. The quality or state of being downy.
Downlooked
Down´looked, a. Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen. [R.] Dryden.
Downpour
Down´pour, n. A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.
Down-share
Down´-share, n. A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs. [Eng.] Knight.
Downstream
Down´stream, adv. Down the stream; as floating downstream.
Downstroke
Down´stroke, n. (Penmanship) A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.
Downthrow
Down´throw, n. (Geol.) The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw, n. { Down´trod•, Down´trod•den } a. Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power. Shak. { Down´ward, Down´wards } adv. [AS. adnweard. See Down, adv. , and -ward.]
1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards. "Looking downwards." Pope.
"Their heads they downward bent." Drayton.
2. From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin.
"And downward fell into a groveling swine." Milton.
3. From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.
"A ring the county wears,
That downward hath descended in his house,
From son to son, some four or five descents." Shak.
Downweed
Down´weed, n. (Bot.) Cudweed, a species of Gnaphalium.
Dowry
Dow´ry, n. ; pl. Dowries (#). [Contr. from dowery; cf. LL. dotarium. See Dower.]
1. A gift; endowment. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride’s portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower. Shak. Dryden.
3. A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower.
"Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give …; but give me the damsel to wife." Gen. xxxiv. 12.
Dowse, v. t. [Cf. 1st Douse.]
1. To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.
2. [Cf. OD. doesen to strike, Norw. dusa to break.] To beat or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Doxological
Dox•o•log´ic•al, a. Pertaining to doxology; giving praise to God. Howell.
Doxologize
Dox•ol´o•gize, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Doxologized; p. pr. & vb. n. Doxologizing.] To give glory to God, as in a doxology; to praise God with doxologies.
Doxology
Dox•ol´o•gy, n. ; pl. Doxologies (#). [LL. doxologia, Gr., fr. praising, giving glory; opinion, estimation, glory, praise (from to think, imagine) + to speak: cf. F. doxologie. See Dogma, and Legend.] In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor to God; a form of praise to God designed to be sung or chanted by the choir or the congregation.
"David breaks forth into these triumphant praises and doxologies." South.
Doxy
Dox´y, n. ; pl. Doxies (#). [See Duck a pet.] A loose wench; a disreputable sweetheart. Shak.
Doyen
Doy•en´, n. [F. See Dean.] Lit., a dean; the senior member of a body or group; as the doyen of French physicians. "This doyen of newspapers." A. R. Colquhoun. { Drag line or rope }. (Aëronautics) A guide rope.
Doze (doz), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dozed (dozd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dozing.] [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel. dusa to doze, Dan. döse to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, dös dullness, drowsiness, dösig drowsy, AS. dwaes dull, stupid, foolish. rad.71. Cf. Dizzy.] To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy.
"If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him." L’Estrange.
Dozen
Doz´en (duz"’n), n. ; pl. Dozen (before another noun), Dozens . [OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See Two, Ten, and cf. Duodecimal.]
1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows. "Some six or seven dozen of Scots." "A dozen of shirts to your back." "A dozen sons." "Half a dozen friends." Shak.
2. An indefinite small number. Milton. A baker’s dozen, thirteen; — called also a long dozen.
Doziness
Doz´i•ness, n. The state of being dozy; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
Dozy
Doz´y, a. Drowsy; inclined to doze; sleepy; sluggish; as a dozy head. Dryden.
Dozzled
Doz´zled, a. [rad.71.] Stupid; heavy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.