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DO, d[=oo], _v.t._ to perform any action: to bring about or effect: to accomplish or finish: to prepare: to put or bring into any form or state: to cheat, swindle.--_v.i._ to act or behave:--_pr.p._ do'ing; _pa.t._ did; _pa.p._ done (dun).--In 'Do come,' 'I do love him,' _Do_ is intensive; _Do_ serves as substitute for other verbs to save repeating them (as in 'I didn't mean to speak, but if I do,' &c.).--_n._ endeavour, duty: a trick, hoax.--_n._ DO'-ALL, a factotum.--_p.adj._ DO'ING, active (as in 'Up and doing').--DO AWAY WITH, to abolish, destroy; DO BROWN, to cook or roast to brownness: (_slang_) to make a fool of; DO FOR, to suit: to provide for: to ruin: (_vulg._) to kill; DO INTO, to translate; DO MACBETH, &c., to represent that part in a play; DO ONE PROUD (_coll._), to make one feel flattered; DO OVER, to do again: to cover over, as with paint; DO THE CITY, to visit the sights of the city; DO TO DEATH, to murder; DO UP, put up, make tidy, arrange, tie up, dress (linen): to utterly fatigue; DO WELL (to be angry), to be justified in being angry, &c.: to prosper; DO WITH, to make use of: to meddle with: to get on with; DO WITHOUT, not to be dependent on, to dispense with.--BE DONE FOR, to be defeated or ruined.--HAVE DONE, desist; HAVE DONE WITH, to cease interest in; HAVE TO DO WITH, to have a connection with.--WHAT'S TO DO? what is the matter? [A.S. _d['o]n_, _dyde_, _ged['o]n_; Dut. _doen_, Ger. _thun_; conn. with Gr. _tithenai_, to put, place.]

DO, d[=oo], _v.i._ to fare or get on, as to health: to succeed: to suffice: to suit or avail (cf. 'This will do,' 'This will never do,' 'This will do for me well enough'). [Prov. Eng. _dow_, to avail, to be worth; from A.S. _dugan_, to be worth; Ger. _taugen_, to be strong, to be worth. See DOUGHTY.]

DO, d[=o], _n._ the syllable or name for the first tone or keynote of the musical scale--the others being _re_, _mi_, _fa_, _sol_, _la_, _ti_, initial syllables of lines in an old Latin hymn in honour of John the Baptist.

DO, d[=oo], _n._ same as ADO: (_slang_) a swindle.

DOAB, do'[:a]b, _n._ in India, land between two rivers. [Hind. _do[=a]b_, _du[=a]b_.]

DOABLE, d[=oo]'a-bl, _adj._ (_rare_) that can be done.

DOAT, d[=o]t, _v.i._ same as DOTE.--_n._ DOAT'ING-PIECE, darling.

DOBBIN, dob'bin, _n._ a workhorse. [Fr. _Dobbin_, a form like _Robin_ for _Robert_. Cf. DICKY, JACKASS.]

DOBBY, DOBBIE, dob'i, _n._ a dotard: a brownie: an attachment to a loom for weaving small figures.

DOBCHICK, dob'chik, _n._ Same as DABCHICK.

DOBHASH, d[=o]'bash, _n._ an interpreter. [Hind. _dobhash[=i]_.]

DOCENT. See PRIVAT DOCENT.

DOCETISM, do-s[=e]'tizm, _n._ a 2d-century heresy, which denied the human nature of Christ, affirming that His body was only a semblance.--_n.pl._ DOC[=E]'TAE.--_adjs._ DOC[=E]'TIC, DOCETIS'TIC.--_ns._ DOC[=E]'TISM; DOC[=E]'TIST. [Gr. _dok[=e]tai_, those of this belief--_dokein_, to seem.]

DOCH-AN-DORIS, doch'an-d[=o]'ris, _n._ a stirrup-cup, a parting-cup.--Also DOCH-AN-DORACH, DEUCH-AN-DORIS. [Gael., _deoch_, drink, _an_, the, _doruis_, gen. of _dorus_, door.]

DOCILE, d[=o]'s[=i]l, or dos'il, _adj._ teachable: ready to learn: easily managed--(_obs._) DOC'IBLE.--_ns._ DOC'IBLENESS, DOCIL'ITY, teachableness.--_adj._ D[=O]'CIOUS (_U.S._).--_n._ DOC'ITY. [Fr.,--L. _docilis_--_doc[=e]re_, to teach.]

DOCIMASY, dos'i-ma-si, _n._ the art by which the nature and proportions of an ore are determined: assaying: examination of poisons.--_n._ DOCIMAS'TES, a genus of humming-birds with enormously long beak.--_adj._ DOCIMAS'TIC--_n._ DOCIMOL'OGY, a treatise on the art of assaying. [Gr. _dokimasia_, examination--_dokimazein_, to test--_dechesthai_, to take, approve.]

DOCK, dok, _n._ a troublesome weed with large leaves and a long root.--_n._ DOCK'-CRESS, the nipplewort. [A.S. _docce_; perh. from Gael. _dogha_, a burdock.]

DOCK, dok, _v.t._ to cut short: to curtail: to cut off: to clip.--_n._ the part of a tail left after clipping. [Prob. W. _tocio_, to cut short; or Old Ice. _dockr_, a stumpy tail.]

DOCK, dok, _n._ an enclosure or artificial basin near a harbour or river, for the reception of vessels: the box in court where the accused stands: in a railway station, the place of arrival and departure of a train.--_v.t._ to place in a dock.--_ns._ DOCK'AGE, accommodation in docks for ships: dock-dues; DOCK'ER, one who works in the docks; DOCK'-MAS'TER, the person superintending a dock; DOCK'-WARR'ANT, a warehouse receipt; DOCK'YARD, a naval establishment with docks, building-slips, stores, &c.; DRY'-DOCK, a dock which can be laid dry by dock-gates, pumping, &c.--also called GRAV'ING-DOCK, because suitable for cleaning or graving the sides and bottoms of ships; FLOAT'ING-DOCK, a dock which floats in the water, but can by pumping out its hollow sides be raised high in the water with any ship that has been floated into it, and then emptied of water by further pumping; WET'-DOCK, a dock maintaining a level nearly uniform with that of high water. [Old Dut. _dokke_; perh. from Low L. _doga_, a canal--Gr. _doch[=e]_, a receptacle--_dechesthai_, to receive.]

DOCKET, dok'et, _n._ a summary of a larger writing: a bill or ticket affixed to anything: a label: a list or register of cases in court.--_v.t._ to make a summary of the heads of a writing: to enter in a book: to mark the contents of papers on the back:--_pr.p._ dock'eting; _pa.p._ dock'eted. [Dim. of _dock_, to curtail; sometimes _docquet_, as if French.]

DOCTOR, dok'tur, _n._ one who has received from a university the highest degree in a faculty: a physician: a medical practitioner: a cleric especially skilled in theology or ecclesiastical law.--_v.t._ to treat as a doctor does: to adulterate: to make alterations on: to falsify: to address as doctor: to create a doctor.--_v.i._ to take physic: to practise medicine.--_adj._ DOC'TORAL.--_ns._ DOC'TORATE, DOC'TORSHIP; DOC'TORESS, DOC'TRESS, a female physician.--DOCTORS' COMMONS, before the establishment of the Divorce Court and Probate Court in 1857, the college of the doctors of civil law in London, incorporated by royal charter in 1768; DOCTOR'S STUFF, medicine. [L., 'a teacher'--_docere_, to teach.]

DOCTRINAIRE, doc'tri-n[=a]r, _n._ an unpractical theorist, disposed to carry principles to logical but unworkable extremes: in France, in 1815-30, one of a school who desired a constitution like that of Britain.--_adj._ theorist.--_ns._ DOCTRIN[=A]'RIAN, one given to theory; DOCTRIN[=A]'RIANISM, blind adhesion to one-sided principles. [Fr.,--Late L. _doctrinarius_.]

DOCTRINE, dok'trin, _n._ a thing taught: a principle of belief: what the Scriptures teach on any subject: (_B._) act or manner of teaching.--_adj._ DOC'TRINAL, relating to or containing doctrine: relating to the act of teaching.--_adv._ DOC'TRINALLY. [Fr.,--L. _doctr[=i]na_, _doc[=e]re_, to teach.]

DOCUMENT, dok'[=u]-ment, _n._ a paper containing information or the proof of anything.--_v.t._ to furnish with documents: to support or prove by documents.--_adjs._ DOCUMENT'AL, DOCUMENT'ARY, relating to or found in documents.--_n._ DOCUMENT[=A]'TION, preparation or use of documentary evidence and authorities--used in realistic fiction by the school of Zola of faithful reproduction of the records, real or supposed, of actual lives (the so-called _document humain_).--DOCUMENTARY HYPOTHESIS, the hypothesis that the Pentateuch consists of two or more originally distinct documents. [Fr.,--L. _documentum_--_doc[=e]re_, to teach.]

DOD, dod, _v.t._ (_prov._) to clip, poll, lop.--_p.adj._ DOD'DED, polled, hornless.--_ns._ DOD'DLE, a pollard; DOD'DY, a cow without horns.

DODDART, dod'art, _n._ (_obs._) hockey.

DODDER, dod'[.e]r, _n._ a leafless, twining, pale-coloured parasitic plant.--_p.adj._ DODD'ERED, overgrown with dodder. [A.S. _dodder_; Ger. _dotter_.]

DODDER, dod'[.e]r, _v.t._ or _v.i._ to shake, tremble.--_p.adj._ DODD'ERING, trembling: pottering. [Cf. TODDLE.]

DODDY, dod'i, _adj._ (_Scot._) crabbed.

DODECAGON, d[=o]-dek'a-gon, _n._ a plane figure having twelve equal angles and sides. [Gr. _d[=o]deka_, twelve, _g[=o]nia_, an angle.]

DODECAGYNIA, d[=o]-dek-a-jin'i-a, _n._ a Linnaean order of plants having twelve styles.--_adjs._ DODECAGYN'IAN, DODECAG'YNOUS.

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DODECAHEDRON, d[=o]-dek-a-h[=e]'dron, _n._ a solid figure, having twelve equal pentagonal bases or faces.--_adj._ DODECAH[=E]'DRAL. [Gr. _d[=o]deka_, twelve, _hedra_, a base, a side.]

DODECANDRIA, d[=o]-de-kan'dri-a, _n._ a Linnaean class of plants having twelve stamens.--_adj._ DODECAN'DROUS. [Gr. _d[=o]deka_, twelve, _an[=e]r_, _andros_, a man.]

DODECAPETALOUS, d[=o]-dek-a-pet'a-lus, _adj._ having twelve petals. [Gr. _d[=o]deka_, twelve, _petalon_, a petal.]

DODECASTYLE, d[=o]'dek-a-st[=i]l, _adj._ (_archit._) having twelve columns in front.--_n._ a portico with such.

DODECASYLLABLE, d[=o]-dek-a-sil'a-bl, _n._ a word of twelve syllables.--_adj._ DODECASYLLAB'IC.

DODGE, doj, _v.i._ to start aside or shift about: to evade or use mean tricks: to shuffle or quibble.--_v.t._ to evade by a sudden shift of place: to trick.--_n._ an evasion: a trick: a quibble.--_ns._ DODG'ER; DODG'ERY, trickery.--_adj._ DODG'Y. [Cf. _dodder_, _toddle_, _diddle_; Scot. _daddle_, _doddle_.]

DODIPOLL, DODDYPOLL, dod'i-p[=o]l, _n._ a blockhead.

DODKIN, dod'kin, _n._ a doit.--Also DOIT'KIN.

DODMAN, dod'man, _n._ (_prov._) a snail.

DODO, d[=o]'d[=o], _n._ a large clumsy bird, about the size of a turkey, and without the power of flight--it was once found in Mauritius and Madagascar, but became extinct about the end of the 17th century. [Port. _doudo_, silly.]

DODONAEAN, d[=o]-d[=o]-n[=e]'an, _adj._ pertaining to _Dodona_ in Epirus, or its oracle sacred to Zeus, situated in a grove of oaks.--Also DOD[=O]'NIAN.

DOE, d[=o], _n._ John Doe and Richard Roe, names of an imaginary plaintiff and opponent in the old legal action for ejectment, and proverbial term for a legal action.

DOE, d[=o], _n._ the female of the fallow-deer or buck.--_n._ DOE'SKIN, the skin of a doe: a smooth, close-woven woollen cloth. [A.S. _d['a]_; Dan. _daa_, a deer.]

DOER, d[=oo]'[.e]r, _n._ one who does anything; one who habitually performs: an agent.

DOES, duz, 3d pers. sing. pres. indic. of DO.

DOFF, dof, _v.t._ to do or take off: to rid one's self of. [A contr. of _do off_.]

DOFFER, dof'[.e]r, _n._ the part of a carding-machine which strips the cotton from the cylinder when carded.

DOG, dog, _n._ a domestic quadruped of the same genus as the wolf, and akin to the fox, varying in size from small terriers to huge Newfoundlands, mastiffs, and St Bernards: a mean scoundrel: a term of contempt: a fellow (as a jolly dog): one of two constellations of stars: an andiron: an iron hook for holding logs of wood: a dogfish: a cock, as of a gun.--_adj._ male (opposed to bitch), as in dog-fox, dog-ape.--_v.t._ to follow as a dog: to follow and watch constantly: to worry with importunity:--_pr.p._ dog'ging; _pa.p._ dogged.--_ns._ DOG'-BANE, a plant with an intensely bitter root, valued for its medicinal properties, said to be poisonous to dogs; DOG'-BEE, a drone; DOG'-BELT, a broad leather belt round the waist for drawing dans or sledges in the low workings of coal-mines; DOG'-BIS'CUIT, biscuit made for dogs, sometimes containing scraps of meat; DOG'-BOLT (_obs._), a contemptible fellow; DOG'-BOX, the part of a railway wagon in which dogs are carried; DOG'-BR[=I]'ER, the brier dogrose; DOG'CART, a two-wheeled carriage with seats back to back, so called from sporting-dogs being originally carried inside the box.--_adj._ DOG'-CHEAP, very cheap.--_n._ DOG'-COLL'AR, a collar for dogs: a kind of stiff collar on a woman's dress: a close-fitting clerical collar.--_adj._ DOG'-FACED.--_ns._ DOG'-FAN'CIER, one who has a fancy for, or who deals in dogs; DOG'FISH, a popular name for various small species of shark, common on British and American coasts; DOG'-FOX, a male fox; DOG'GER.--_adj._ DOG'GISH, like a dog: churlish: brutal.--_adv._ DOG'GISHLY.--_n._ DOG'GISHNESS.--_p.adj._ DOG'GONED (_vulg._), confounded.--_n._ DOG'-GRASS, a coarse perennial grass common in uncultivated grounds, akin to _couch-grass_, _dog-wheat_, &c.--_adjs._ DOG'-HEAD'ED; DOG'-HEART'ED.--_ns._ DOG'-HOLE, a hole fit only for dogs: a mean dwelling; DOG'-HOUSE, -KENN'EL; DOG'-LEECH, one who treats the diseases of dogs; DOG-LETT'ER, the letter or sound _r_--also _Canine letter_; DOG'-LOUSE; DOG'-PARS'LEY, fool's parsley; DOG'ROSE, a wild-rose, a brier; DOG'S'-EAR, the corner of the leaf of a book turned down like a dog's ear.--_v.t._ to turn down the corners of leaves.--_p.adjs._ DOG'S'-EARED, DOG'-EARED.--_ns._ DOG'S'-FENN'EL, May-weed; DOG'SHIP, the quality or personality of a dog.--_adj._ DOG'-SICK.--_n._ DOG'SKIN, leather made from the skin of a dog, or from sheepskin in imitation of it.--_adj._ made of such.--_ns._ DOG'-SLEEP, a light sleep broken by the slightest noise; DOG'S'-MEAT, coarse meat, scraps and refuse sold as food for dogs; DOG'S'-MER'CURY, the _mercurialis perennis_; DOG'S'-NOSE, a kind of mixed drink; DOG'S'-TAIL-GRASS, a common British pasture grass.--_n.pl._ DOG'-STONES, a name for various British species of orchis.--_ns._ DOG'S'-TONGUE, the hound's-tongue plant, _Cynoglossum officinale_; DOG'-TICK.--_adjs._ DOG'-TIRED, DOG'-WEA'RY (_Shak._), tired as a dog, completely worn out.--_ns._ DOG'-TRICK, an ill-natured trick; DOG'-TROT, a gentle trot like that of a dog; DOG'-VANE, a small vane of thread, cork, and feathers placed on the weather gunwale to show the direction of the wind; DOG'-V[=I]'OLET, the common name of _Viola canina_ and other scentless species of wild violet; DOG'-WHEAT, a name of DOG-GRASS; DOG'-WHELK, the popular name for univalve molluscs of the genus _Nassa_; DOG'WOOD, a tree or shrub of the cornel genus, valuable on account of the hardness of the wood.--_interj._ DOG ON IT! a minced oath (for God damn it!).--GO TO THE DOGS, to be ruined; NOT TO LEAD THE LIFE OF A DOG, to lead a life so wretched that even a dog would not be content with it; THROW, GIVE, or SEND TO THE DOGS, to throw away or abandon. [M. E. _dogge_; not in A.S.; Dut. _dog_, a mastiff; Ger. _dogge_, _docke_.]

DOGBERRY, dog'ber-ri, _n._ the fruit of a species of dogwood: a stupid, obstinate fellow, from the old watchman in Shakespeare's _Much Ado about Nothing_.

DOGDAYS, dog'd[=a]z, _n.pl._ the period when the dogstar rises and sets with the sun (generally reckoned July 3d to August 11th)--erroneously supposed to be the time when dogs are specially liable to hydrophobia.

DOGE, d[=o]j, _n._ formerly the chief-magistrate in Venice and Genoa.--_ns._ DOGARESS'A, the wife of a doge; DOG'ATE, DOGE'ATE, DOGE'SHIP. [It., prov. for _duce_ = Eng. _duke_--L. _dux_, a leader--_duc[)e]re_, to lead.]

DOGGED, dog'ed, _adj._ surly like an angry dog: sullen: obstinate.--_adv._ (_slang_) very.--_adv._ DOGG'EDLY.--_n._ DOGG'EDNESS.

DOGGER, dog'[.e]r, _n._ a two-masted Dutch fishing-vessel.--_n._ DOGG'ERMAN. [Dut.]

DOGGER, dog'er, _n._ a sandy and oolitic ironstone.

DOGGEREL, dog'[.e]r-el, _n._ irregular measures in burlesque poetry, so named in contempt: worthless verses.--_adj._ irregular in rhythm, mean.--Also DOG'GREL. [Usually assumed to be from _dog_, but no good ground for this.]

DOGGY, dog'i, _adj._ fond of dogs.

DOG-HEAD, dog'-hed, _n._ the hammer of a gun-lock.

DOG-LATIN, dog'-lat'in, _n._ barbarous or bad Latin. [See DOGGEREL.]

DOGMA, dog'ma, _n._ a settled opinion: a principle or tenet: a doctrine laid down with authority.--_adjs._ DOGMAT'IC, -AL, pertaining to a dogma: asserting a thing as if it were a dogma: asserting positively: overbearing.--_adv._ DOGMAT'ICALLY.--_n._ DOGMAT'ICS (_theol._), the statement of Christian doctrines, systematic theology.--_v.i._ DOG'MATISE, to state one's opinion dogmatically or arrogantly.--_ns._ DOG'MATISER; DOG'MATISM, dogmatic or positive assertion of opinion; DOG'MATIST, one who makes positive assertions; DOGMATOL'OGY, the science of dogma.--_adj._ DOG'MATORY. [Gr., 'an opinion,' from _dokein_, to think, allied to L. _decet_.]

DOG-SHORES, dog'-sh[=o]rz, _n.pl._ the pieces of timber used to shore up a vessel, to keep it from falling or from starting during the preparations for launching, knocked aside when the ship is ready to be launched.

DOGSTAR, dog'st[:a]r, _n._ Sirius, a star of the first magnitude, whose rising and setting with the sun gave name to the dogdays.

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DOG-TOOTH, dog'-t[=oo]th, _n._ a moulding for doors and windows in later Norman architecture, consisting of a series of ornamented conical projections: a canine tooth.

DOG-WATCHES, dog'-woch'ez, _n.pl._ on shipboard, the two watches 4-6 P.M. and 6-8 P.M., consisting each of two hours only, instead of four.

DOILT, doilt, _adj._ (_Scot._) crazy, foolish.--Also DOILED.

DOILY, doi'li, _n._ (_obs._) an old kind of woollen stuff: a small napkin used at dessert. [From _Doily_ or _Doyley_, a famous haberdasher.]

DOINGS, d[=oo]'ingz, _n.pl._ things done, events: proceedings: behaviour.

DOIT, doit, _n._ a small Dutch coin worth about half a farthing: a thing of little or no value. [Dut. _duit_.]

DOITED, doit'ed, _p.adj._ a Scotch form of DOTED.

DOKE, d[=o]k, _n._ (_prov._) a dimple, dint.

DOLABELLA, d[=o]-la-bel'a, _n._ a genus of tectibranchiate gasteropods.

DOLABRA, d[=o]-l[=a]'bra, _n._ an ancient Roman cutting or digging implement, of various shapes.--_adj._ DOLAB'RIFORM, like a hatchet or cleaver, used of leaves, also of shells straight and thick at one side, and thin at the other. [L. _dolabra_, a cleaver.]

DOLCE, d[=o]l'che, _adj._ (_mus._) sweet.--_n._ a soft-toned organ-stop.--_adv._ DOLCEMEN'TE (_mus._), softly and sweetly. [It.]

DOLDRUMS, dol'drumz, _n.pl._ (_naut._) those parts of the ocean about the equator where calms and baffling winds prevail: low spirits. [Prob. conn. with _dold_, stupid, or _dol_ = dull.]

DOLE, d[=o]l, _v.t._ to deal out in small portions.--_n._ a share distributed: something given in charity: a small portion. [A doublet of _deal_, to divide.]

DOLE, d[=o]l, _n._ pain: grief: (_arch._ and _poet._) heaviness at heart.--_adj._ DOLE'FUL, full of dole or grief: melancholy.--_adv._ DOLE'FULLY.--_n._ DOLE'FULNESS.--_adjs._ D[=O]'LENT (_obs._), DOLE'SOME, dismal.--_adv._ DOLE'SOMELY. [O. Fr. _doel_ (Fr. _deuil_), grief--L. _dol[=e]re_, to feel pain.]

DOLERITE, dol'er-[=i]t, _n._ basaltic greenstone. [Fr.,--Gr. _doleros_, deceptive, it being hard to distinguish from real greenstone.]

DOLICHOCEPHALIC, dol-i-ko-sef-al'ik, _adj._ long-headed, a term used to denote a head whose diameter from front to back is longer than from side to side--also DOLICHOCEPH'ALOUS.--_ns._ DOLICHOCEPH'ALY, DOLICHOCEPH'ALISM. [Formed from Gr. _dolichos_, long, _kephal[=e]_, the head.]

DOLICHOS, dol'i-kos, _n._ a genus of leguminous plants allied to the Haricot. [Gr., long.]

DOLICHOSAURUS, dol-i-k[=o]-saw'rus, _n._ the typical genus of DOLICOSAU'RIA, a group of fossil _Lacertilia_ of the Cretaceous formation.

DOLICHOTIS, dol-i-k[=o]'tis, _n._ a genus of long-eared South American rodents. [Gr. _dolichos_, long, _ous_, _[=o]tos_, the ear.]

DOLICHURUS, dol-i-k[=u]'rus, _n._ a dactylic hexameter with a redundant syllable at the end, the sixth foot being a dactyl. [Gr., long-tailed.]

DOLIUM, d[=o]'li-um, _n._ a Roman earthenware jar for wine, oil, grain, &c.:--_pl._ D[=O]'LIA. [L.]

DOLL, dol, _n._ a puppet or toy-baby for a child: a pretty but silly woman: the smallest or pet pig in a litter.--_ns._ DOLL'DOM; DOLL'HOOD; DOLL'SHIP; DOLL'S'-HOUSE. [Prob. from _Dolly_, familiar dim. of _Dorothy_.]

DOLLAR, dol'ar, _n._ a silver coin (= 100 cents) of U.S.A., Mexico, Singapore, &c. The U.S.A. dollar = about 4s. 2d. sterling.--_adjs._ DOLL'ARED; DOLL'ARLESS.--_ns._ DOLLAROC'RACY; DOLL'ARSHIP. [Ger., short for _Joachimsthaler_, because first coined at the silver mines in Joachimsthal (Joachim's dale) in Bohemia--Low Ger. _daler_, Sw., Dan. _daler_.]

DOLLOP, dol'op, _n._ a lump.--Also DALL'OP. [Prob. cog. with Norw. dial. _dolp_, a lump.]

DOLLY, dol'i, _n._ a complimentary offering of flowers, sweetmeats, &c. on a tray. [Anglo-Ind.,--Hindi, _d[=a]l[=i]_.]

DOLLY, dol'i, _n._ dim. of DOLL.--_adj._ babyish.--_n._ DOLL'INESS.

DOLLY, dol'i, _n._ a wooden shaft attached to a disc with projecting arms, used for stirring clothes in a washing-tub; somewhat similar pieces of apparatus in mining, pile-driving, &c.--_v.t._ to wash (clothes) in a tub: to beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer: to crush ore with a dolly, to obtain or yield by this method.--_adj._ DOLL'IED.--_n._ DOLL'IER. [Prob. from _Dolly_, the familiar form of _Dorothy_.]

DOLLY-SHOP, dol'i-shop, _n._ a marine store, a low pawn-shop--often having a black doll as signboard.

DOLLY VARDEN, dol'i v[:a]r'den, _n._ a flowered muslin dress for women, with pointed bodice and tucked-up skirt: a large hat, one side bent downwards, abundantly trimmed with flowers. [Named from _Dolly Varden_, a character in Dickens's _Barnaby Rudge_.]

DOLMAN, dol'man, _n._ a Turkish robe with slight sleeves and open in front: a hussar's jacket, worn like a cloak, with one or both sleeves hanging loose. [Fr.,--Turk. _d[=o]l[=a]m[=a]n_.]

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DOLMEN, dol'men, _n._ a stone table: the French name for a cromlech, a prehistoric structure of two or more erect unhewn stones, supporting a large flattish stone. [Fr. _dolmen_; usually explained as Bret. _dolmen_--_dol_, _taol_, table, _men_, a stone. But _tolmen_ in Cornish meant 'hole of stone.']

DOLOMITE, dol'o-m[=i]t, _n._ a magnesian limestone, so called from the French geologist D. Guy de _Dolomieu_ (1750-1801).--_adj._ DOLOMIT'IC.

DOLOUR, d[=o]'lor, _n._ pain: grief: anguish.--_adjs._ DOLORIF'EROUS, DOLORI'FIC, causing or expressing dolour, pain, or grief.--_adv._ DOLOR[=O]'SO (_mus._), noting a soft and pathetic manner.--_adj._ DOL'OROUS, full of dolour, pain, or grief: doleful.--_adv._ DOL'OROUSLY.--_n._ DOL'OROUSNESS.--DOLOURS OF THE VIRGIN, the prophecy of Simeon, the flight into Egypt, the three days' loss of Jesus, the meeting of Him on the way to Calvary, the crucifixion, the descent from the cross, the entombment. [Fr.,--L. _dol[=e]re_, to grieve.]

DOLPHIN, dol'fin, _n._ an animal of the whale kind, closely resembling the porpoise, about 8 or 10 feet long: the coryphaena, a fish about 5 feet in length, noted for the brilliancy of its colours when dying.--_ns._ DOL'PHINET (_Spens._), a female dolphin; DOL'PHIN-FLY, a black aphis or plant-louse, destructive to bean-plants. [O. Fr. _daulphin_--L. _delphinus_--Gr. _delphis_, _-phinos_.]

DOLT, d[=o]lt, _n._ a dull or stupid fellow.--_adj._ DOLT'ISH, dull: stupid.--_adv._ DOLT'ISHLY.--_n._ DOLT'ISHNESS. [_Dolt_ = _dulled_ or blunted. See DULL.]

DOM, dom, _n._ the Portuguese form of _Don_: also a title given to certain Catholic dignitaries and members of some monastic orders, esp. the Benedictine. [L. _dominus_, lord.]

DOMAIN, do-m[=a]n', _n._ what one is master of or has dominion over: an estate: territory: ownership of land: the scope or range of any subject or sphere of knowledge.--_adjs._ DOMAIN'AL, DOM[=A]'NIAL. [Fr.,--L. _dominium_, _dominus_, a master.]

DOMAL, d[=o]m'al, _adj._ relating to a house. [L. _domus_, a house.]

DOMBOC, d[=o]m'b[=o]k, _n._ a collection of laws made by authority of King Alfred, but now lost. [A.S. _d['o]m_, judgment, law, and _b['o]c_, book.]

DOMDANIEL, dom-dan'yel, _n._ a hall under the sea inhabited by a sorcerer and his disciples: (_Carlyle_) an infernal cave, den of iniquity generally. [Fr.,--Gr. _d[=o]ma Dani[=e]l_, house of Daniel.]

DOME, d[=o]m, _n._ a structure raised above the roof of large buildings, usually hemispherical: a large cupola: a cathedral: (_poet._) a building.--_v.t._ to furnish with a dome.--_adjs._ DOMED, DOM'ICAL, having a dome. [L. _domus_, a house; Fr. _d[^o]me_, It. _duomo_, Ger. _dom_.]

DOME, d[=o]m, _n._ (_Spen._). Same as DOOM.

DOMESDAY-, DOOMSDAY-BOOK, d[=oo]mz'd[=a]-book, _n._ a book compiled by order of William the Conqueror, containing a survey of all the lands in England, their value, owners, &c.--so called from its authority in judgment (A.S. _d['o]m_) on the matters contained in it.

DOMESTIC, do-mes'tik, _adj._ belonging to the house: remaining much at home: private: tame: not foreign.--_n._ a servant in the house: (_pl._) articles of home manufacture, esp. home-made cotton cloths.--_adv._ DOMES'TICALLY.--_v.t._ DOMES'TIC[=A]TE, to make domestic or familiar: to tame.--_ns._ DOMESTIC[=A]'TION; DOMESTIC[=A]'TOR; DOMESTIC'ITY.--DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE, the architecture of mansions, dwelling-houses, cottages, &c.; DOMESTIC ECONOMY, the principles of thrifty housekeeping. [Fr.,--L. _domesticus_--_domus_, a house.]

DOMET, dom'et, _n._ a kind of plain cloth, in which the warp is cotton and the weft woollen.

DOMICILE, dom'i-sil, _n._ a house: an abode: a man's legal place of residence.--_v.t._ to establish a fixed residence.--_adjs._ DOM'ICILED; DOMICIL'IARY, pertaining to the domicile.--_v.t._ DOMICIL'I[=A]TE, to establish in a permanent residence.--_n._ DOMICILI[=A]'TION.--DOMICILIARY VISIT, a visit, under authority, to a private house for the purpose of searching it. [Fr.,--L. _domicilium_--_domus_, a house.]

DOMINANT, dom'in-ant, _adj._ prevailing: predominant.--_n._ (_mus._) the fifth note of the scale in its relation to the first and third.--_ns._ DOM'INANCE, DOM'INANCY, ascendency.--_adv._ DOM'INANTLY. [L. _dominans_, _-antis_, pr.p. of _domin[=a]ri_, to be master.]

DOMINATE, dom'in-[=a]t, _v.t._ to be lord over: to govern: to prevail over, to be the chief feature of.--_n._ DOMIN[=A]'TION, government: absolute authority: tyranny.--_adj._ DOM'INATIVE, governing: (_rare_) arbitrary.--_n._ DOM'INATOR (_Shak._), a ruler or governor: a ruling influence. [L. _domin[=a]ri_, _-[=a]tus_, to be master--_dominus_, master--_domare_ = Eng. _tame_.]

DOMINEER, dom-in-[=e]r', _v.i._ to rule arbitrarily: to command haughtily: to be overbearing.--_adj._ DOMINEER'ING, overbearing. [Prob. through Dut. from O. Fr. _dominer_--L. _domin[=a]ri_.]

DOMINICAL, do-min'ik-al, _adj._ belonging to our Lord, as the Lord's Prayer, the Lord's Day.--DOMINICAL LETTER, one of the first seven letters of the alphabet, used in calendars to mark the Sundays throughout the year. [Low L. _dominicalis_--L. _dominicus_--_dominus_, lord, master.]

DOMINICAN, do-min'i-kan, _adj._ belonging to St _Dominic_ or to the _Dominicans_.--_n._ a friar or monk of the order of St Dominic--_Fratres Predicatores_, founded in 1215--the _Black Friars_, from their black mantle.

DOMINIE, dom'i-ni, _n._ (_Scot._) a schoolmaster, a tutor: in parts of the United States, a clergyman. [L. _domine_, voc. case of _dominus_, lord, master, sir.]

DOMINION, do-min'yun, _n._ lordship: highest power and authority: control: the country or persons governed, esp. the Dominion of Canada: (_pl._, _B._) a class of angelic spirits (Col. i. 16).--_n._ DOMIN'IUM, the ownership of a thing.--DOMINION DAY, a Canadian festival on the anniversary of the union of the provinces, 1st July 1867.

DOMINO, dom'i-no, _n._ a cape with a hood worn by a master or by a priest: a long cloak of black silk with a hood, used at masked balls, a person wearing such: one of the oblong pieces with which the game of DOM'INOES (-n[=o]z) is played, usually twenty-eight in number, divided into two compartments, each of which is blank or marked with from one to six spots. [Sp. _domino_--L. _dominus_.]

DOMINUS. See DOMINIE.