Part 77

DON, don, _n._ a Spanish title, corresponding to English Sir, formerly applied only to noblemen, now to all classes: a fellow of a college, a college authority: (_coll._) a swell, adept:--_fem._ DONA, in English, usually with the Italian spelling, DON'NA.--_adj._ DON'NISH, pertaining to a don: with the airs of a don.--_ns._ DON'NISM, self-importance; DON'SHIP, rank or dignity of a don. [Sp.,--L. _dominus_.]

DON, don, _v.t._ to do or put on: to assume:--_pr.p._ don'ning; _pa.p._ donned. [A contr. of _do on_.]

DONAT, do'nat, _n._ a grammar, a primer.--Also DON'ET. [O. Fr. _donat_, from Aelius _Donatus_, author about 358 A.D. of a long famous Latin grammar.]

DONATION, do-n[=a]'shun, _n._ act of giving: that which is given, a gift of money or goods: (_law_) the act by which a person freely transfers his title to anything to another.--_n._ D[=O]'NARY, a thing given to a sacred use.--_v.t._ DON[=A]TE', to present a gift.--_n._ DON'ATIVE, a gift: a gratuity: a benefice presented by the founder or patron without reference to the bishop.--_adj._ vested or vesting by donation.--_ns._ DON[=A]'TOR, one who makes a gift, a donor; DON'ATORY (_Scots law_), one to whom lands escheated to the crown are made over; DONEE', the person to whom a gift is made; D[=O]'NOR, a giver: a benefactor.--DONA NOBIS, the last section of the mass, beginning 'Dona nobis pacem.' [Fr.,--L. _don[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_donum_, a gift--_d[)a]re_, to give.]

DONATISTS, don'a-tists, _n.pl._ the members of an African sect in the Christian Church of the 4th and 5th centuries, who protested against any diminution of the extreme reverence paid to martyrs, who treated the lapsed severely, and rebaptised converts from the Catholic Church.--_n._ DON'ATISM.--_adjs._ DONATIS'TIC, -AL. [From _Donatus_, one of their leaders.]

DONE, dun, _pa.p._ of DO, often with sense of utterly exhausted: so DONE UP, DONE OUT.

DONGA, dong'ga, _n._ the South African name for a channel or gully formed by the action of water.

DONJON, dun'jun, _n._ a strong central tower in ancient castles, to which the garrison retreated when hard pressed. [A doublet of _dungeon_.]

DONKEY, dong'ki, _n._ the ass.--_ns._ DON'KEY-EN'GINE, a small engine used in steam-vessels for loading and unloading, pumping water into the boilers, &c.; DON'KEY-PUMP, an extra steam-pump. [Still regarded as slang in 1823. Perh. = _dun-ik-ie_, a double dim. of _dun_, from its colour; or from _Duncan_, cf. DICKY.]

DONNA. See DON.

DONNERED, don'erd, _adj._ (_Scot._) stupefied, stunned.--Also DONN'ERD, DONN'ERT.

DO-NOTHING, d[=oo]'-nuth'ing, _n._ one who does nothing: a lazy or idle person: a fain['e]ant.--_ns._ DO-NOTH'INGISM, DO-NOTH'INGNESS.

DONSIE, don'si, _adj._ (_Scot._) unlucky, perverse: neat, trim: sickly.

DON'T, d[=o]nt. For _do not_.

DONZEL, don'zel, _n._ a page or squire:--_fem._ DONZEL'LA.

DOOB, d[=oo]b, _n._ Indian name for the dog's-tooth grass.

DOOD, d[=oo]d, _n._ a riding camel or dromedary. [Beng.]

DOODLE, d[=oo]d'l, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to dandle.

DOODLE, d[=oo]d'l, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to drone, as a bagpipe.

DOOK, d[=oo]k, _n._ (_Scot._) a plug of wood driven into a wall to hold a nail, &c.

DOOLEFULL, d[=oo]l'fool, _adj._ (_Spens._) = DOLEFUL.--_ns._ DOOL'-TREE, DULE'-TREE (_Scot._), a tree that marks a place of mourning.

DOOLIE. See DHOOLY.

DOOM, d[=oo]m, _n._ judgment: condemnation: destiny: ruin: final judgment: a picture of the Last Judgment.--_v.t._ to pronounce judgment on: to sentence: to condemn:--_pr.p._ d[=oo]m'ing; _pa.p._ d[=oo]med.--_adjs._ DOOMED, under sentence; DOOM'FUL (_Spens._), full of doom, ruin, or destructive power.--_adv._ DOOMS (_Scot._) very, exceedingly.--_ns._ DOOMS'DAY, the day of doom, the day when the world will be judged; DOOMS'DAY-BOOK (see DOMESDAY); DOOMS'MAN, one who pronounces doom or sentence, a judge.--CRACK OF DOOM, the signal for the final dissolution of all things, the last trump. [A.S. _d['o]m_, judgment.]

DOOM-PALM, d[=oo]m'-p[:a]m, _n._ a kind of African palm, with a branched stem, tufts of fan-shaped leaves, and a fruit as big as an apple.

DOOR, d[=o]r, _n._ the usual entrance into a house, room, or passage: the wooden frame on hinges closing up the entrance: a means of approach or access.--_ns._ DOOR'-BELL; DOOR'-CASE, the frame which encloses a door; DOOR'-CHEEK (_Scot._), one of the side-posts of a door; DOOR'-KEEP'ER; DOOR'-KNOCK'ER; DOOR'-MAT; DOOR'-NAIL; DOOR'-PLATE, a plate on or at a door with the householder's name on it; DOOR'-POST, the jamb or side-piece of a door; DOOR'-SILL, the threshold of a doorway; DOOR'-STEAD, a doorway; DOOR'-STEP, DOOR'-STONE, the step-stone; DOOR'WAY, the entrance or passage closed by the door; DOOR'-YARD, a yard about the door of a house; FOLD'ING-DOOR, a door in two halves, each of which may be folded back against the wall.--DARKEN ONE'S DOOR, to cross one's threshold; DEATH'S DOOR, on the point of death, in great danger of death; NEXT DOOR TO, in the house next to: near to, bordering upon, very nearly; OUT OF DOORS, in the open air; SHOW TO THE DOOR, to dismiss with ignominy. [A.S. _duru_; Ger. _thor_, _th[:u]r_; Gr. _thyra_, L. _fores_ (_pl._), a door.]

DOP, dop, _n._ a copper cup with a wooden handle, in which a gem is soldered to be held while being cut or polished. [Dut.]

DOP, dop, _v.i._ to dip or duck.--_n._ a diving bird.

DOPE, d[=o]p, _n._ any thick liquid used as a lubricant, axle-grease: any absorbent material holding a thick liquid, as cotton-waste, or a substance used to hold nitro-glycerine. [Prob. Dut. _doop_, a dipping.]

DOPPER, dop'er, _n._ a member of a rigid religious sect in South Africa.

DOPPLERITE, dop'ler-[=i]t, _n._ a substance derived from the maceration of peat. [From _Doppler_, a German physicist.]

DOQUET, dok'et, a form of _docket_.

DOR, dor, _n._ (_obs._) a scoff, mockery, as 'to give (any one) the dor.' [Prob. Ice. _d['o]r_, scoff.]

DOR, DORR, dor, _n._ a kind of dung-beetle, also called _Dor-beetle_ and _Dor-fly_; a cockchafer (in U.S. called _Dor-bug_): (_obs._) a drone. [A.S. _dora_, a humble-bee.]

DORADO, d[=o]-r[:a]'d[=o], _n._ the dolphin, so called from its beautiful colour when dying. [Sp., from _dorar_, to gild--L. _deaur[=a]re_, _[=a]tum_. See DORY, EL DORADO.]

DORCAS, dor'kas, _n._ given in Acts, ix. 36, as the Greek translation of _Tabitha_ (Aramaic, 'female gazelle'), the name of the Christian woman of Joppa, famous for her good works, esp. the making of clothes for the poor--hence DORCAS SOCIETIES, ladies' societies for making and providing clothes for the poor.

DOREE. See DORY.

DOR-HAWK, dor'-hawk, _n._ the common goatsucker, night-jar, or fern-owl.

DORIAN, d[=o]'ri-an, _adj._ and _n._ belonging to _Doris_ in Greece, Doric: a native of Doris.

DORIC, dor'ik, _adj._ belonging to _Doris_ in Greece, denoting one of the Greek orders of architecture, distinguished by its simplicity and solidity.--_n._ one of the modes of Greek music: a dialect of the Greek language distinguished by the use of broad vowel sounds: any dialect having this character, as Scotch.--_ns._ DOR'ICISM, DOR'ISM, a peculiarity of the Doric dialect. [Fr. _dorique_--L. _Doricus_--Gr. _D[=o]ris_.]

DORKING, dork'ing, _n._ a square-bodied breed of poultry, variously coloured, and with five claws on each foot--so named from _Dorking_ in Surrey.

DORLACH, dor'lah, _n._ a bundle, a knapsack.--Also DOR'LOCH. [Gael.]

DORMANT, dor'mant, _adj._ sleeping: at rest: not used, in abeyance (as a title): in a sleeping posture: (_archit._) leaning.--_n._ a crossbeam: a joist.--_n._ DOR'MANCY, quiescence.--_ns._ DOR'MER-WIN'DOW, a vertical window, esp. of a sleeping-room (formerly called _dormer_), on the sloping roof of a house; DORMI'TION, sleeping.--_adj._ DOR'MITIVE, causing sleep (of medicine), as opium.--_ns._ DOR'MITORY, a large sleeping-chamber with many beds; DOR'MOUSE, a small rodent intermediate between the squirrel and the mouse, so called because torpid in winter:--_pl._ DOR'MICE; DOR'TOUR (_Spens._) a dormitory. [Fr. _dormir_--L. _dorm[=i]re_, to sleep.]

DORMY, DORMIE, dor'mi, _adj._ a term applied to one player at golf, when he is as many holes ahead as there remain holes to be played.

DORNICK, dor'nik, _n._ a kind of stout figured linen, originally made at _Doornik_, or Tournay, in Belgium.

DORP, dorp, _n._ a rare form of _thorp_, village.

DORSAL, dor'sal, _adj._ pertaining or belonging to the back.--_adv._ DOR'SALLY.--_n._ DORSE (_obs._), the back of a writing: a dossal: the back.--_adj._ DORSIBRANCH'IATE, having gills on the back.--_n._ one of the _Dorsibranchiata_, including free marine worms.--_adjs._ DORSIF'EROUS, dorsigerous: dorsiparous; DORSIG'EROUS, carrying on the back; DOR'SIGRADE, walking on the back of the toes; DORSIP'AROUS, bearing fruit on the back: hatching young upon the back; DOR'SISPIN'AL, pertaining to both the back and the spine; DORSIVEN'TRAL, DORSABDOM'INAL, pertaining to the back and the belly; DORSOCAU'DAL, superior and posterior in direction or position; DORSOCER'VICAL, pertaining to the back of the neck.--_n._ DORSOFLEX'ION, a bending of the back, a bow.--_adjs._ DORSOLAT'ERAL, pertaining to the back and the side; DORSOLUM'BAR, pertaining to the whole dorsal region of the trunk--also DORSILUM'BAR; DORSOM[=E]'DIAN, situated in the middle of the back; DORSOMES'AL, lying along the middle line of the back--also DORSIMES'AL; DORSOPLEU'RAL, pertaining to the back and the side.--_n._ DORS'UM.--SEND TO DORSE, to throw on the back. [Fr.,--L. _dorsum_, the back.]

DORSE, dors, _n._ a young cod. [Low Ger. _dorsch_.]

DORTY, dor'ti, _adj._ (_Scot._), pettish: delicate.

DORY, d[=o]'ri, _n._ a fish of a golden-yellow colour.--Also JOHN DORY and DOREE. [Fr. _dor['e]e_, from _dorer_, to gild--L. _deaur[=a]re_, to gild--_de_, of, with, and _aurum_, gold. _John_ is simply the ordinary name.]

DOSE, d[=o]s, _n._ the quantity of medicine given to be taken at one time: a portion: anything disagreeable that must be taken.--_v.t._ to order or give in doses: to give anything nauseous to.--_ns._ D[=O]S'AGE, a practice or method of dosing; DOSIM'ETER, an apparatus for measuring minute quantities of liquid.--_adj._ DOSIMET'RIC.--_n._ DOSOL'OGY, the science of doses--also DOSIOL'OGY. [O. Fr. _dose_--Gr. _dosis_, a giving--_did[=o]mi_, I give.]

DOSEH, d[=o]'se, _n._ a religious ceremony at Cairo during the festival of the Moolid, in which the sheik rides on horseback over the prostrate bodies of dervishes.

DOSSAL, dos'sal, _n._ a cloth hanging, of various colours at various festivals, for the back of an altar and the sides of the chancel of a church.--Also DOS'SEL. [Late L. _dossale_, _dorsale_--L. _dorsum_, the back.]

DOSSER, dos'er, _n._ a rich hanging of tapestry for the walls of a hall or of a chancel: a pannier.

DOSS-HOUSE, dos'-hows, _n._ a very cheap lodging-house.--_n._ DOSS'ER, one who lodges in a doss-house. [Perh. from _doss_, a prov. Eng. name for a hassock.]

DOSSIL, dos'il, _n._ a plug, spigot: a cloth roll for wiping ink from an engraved plate in printing: (_surg._) a pledget of lint for cleaning out a wound. [O. Fr. _dosil_--Late L. _ducillus_, a spigot.]

DOST, dust, 2d pers. sing. pres. indic. of DO.

DOT, dot, _n._ any small mark made with a pen or sharp point.--_v.t._ to mark with dots: to diversify with objects.--_v.i._ to form dots:--_pr.p._ dot'ting; _pa.p._ dot'ted.--DOT AND CARRY, in addition, to set down the units and carry over the tens to the next column. [Prob. related to the Dut. _dot_, a little lump.]

DOTATION, d[=o]-t[=a]'shun, _n._ the act of bestowing a dowry on a woman: an endowment.--_n._ DOT, a marriage portion.--_adj._ D[=O]'TAL, pertaining to dowry or to dower. [Low L. _dotation-em_--L. _dot[=a]re_, to endow.]

DOTE, d[=o]t, _v.i._ (_arch._) to be stupid or foolish: to be weakly affectionate: to show excessive love--formerly also spelt _Doat_.--_ns._ D[=O]T'AGE, a doting: childishness of old age: excessive fondness; D[=O]T'ANT (_Shak._), a dotard; D[=O]T'ARD, one who dotes: one showing the weakness of old age, or excessive fondness.--_adj._ D[=O]T'ED (_Spens._), stupid.--_n._ D[=O]T'ER, one who dotes.--_p.adj._ and _n._ D[=O]T'ING.--_adjs._ D[=O]T'ISH, silly; DOT'TLE (_Scot._), stupid.--_n._ a dotard.--_adj._ DOT'TY, feeble in mind: tottering. [Old Dut. _doten_, to be silly, Scot. _doitet_, stupid; Fr. _radoter_, to rave, is from the same root.]

DOTH, duth, 3d pers. sing. pres. indic. of DO.

DOTTEREL, dot'[.e]r-el, _n._ a kind of plover, named from its apparent stupidity in allowing itself to be approached and caught: a stupid fellow, a dupe. [Also spelt _dottrel_, from _dote_.]

DOTTLE, dot'l, _n._ (_Scot._) a plug, esp. the tobacco at the bottom of a pipe after smoking, sometimes put on the top of fresh tobacco after refilling.

DOUANE, d[=oo]-[:a]n', _n._ a custom-house.--_n._ DOUAN'IER, a custom-house officer. [Fr.]

DOUAR, DOWAR, dow'ar, _n._ a cluster of Arab tents in a circle.

DOUAY BIBLE. See RHEMISH (version).

DOUBLE, dub'l, _adj._ twofold: twice as much: of extra weight, size, or quality: two of a sort together: in pairs: acting two parts, insincere.--_adv._ DOUB'LY. [O. Fr. _doble_--L. _duplus_--_duo_, two, and _plus_, akin to _plenus_, full.]

DOUBLE, dub'l, _v.t._ to multiply by two, to be the double of: to fold: to repeat: to clench: to pass round or by.--_v.i._ to increase to twice the quantity: to turn sharply back on one's course in running.--_n._ twice as much: a duplicate: an actor's substitute: a quick pace (short for double-quick): one's wraith or apparition: one's exact counterpart: a trick: (_eccles._) a feast on which the antiphon is said both before and after the psalms.--_adjs._ DOUB'LE-ACT'ING, applying power in two directions: producing a double result; DOU'BLE-BANKED, having two men at each oar, or having two tiers of oars one above the other, as in ancient galleys; DOUB'LE-BARR'ELLED, having two barrels.--_n._ DOUB'LE-BASS, the lowest-toned instrument of violin form.--_adjs._ DOUB'LE-BIT'ING, cutting on either side; DOUB'LE-BREAST'ED, of a coat having two breasts, one to be folded over the other.--_ns._ DOUB'LE-CHARGE, to charge with a double measure; DOUB'LE-DEAL'ER, a deceitful person; DOUB'LE-DEAL'ING, duplicity.--_adj._ DOUB'LE-DECKED, having two decks above water-line.--_n._ DOUB'LE-DECK'ER, a double-decked frigate.--_adj._ DOUB'LE-DYED, twice dyed: deeply imbued (as a double-dyed villain).--_n._ DOUB'LE-EA'GLE (_U.S._), a gold coin worth $20, or L4, 2s. 2d.: the heraldic representation of an eagle with two heads, as in the arms of Russia and Austria.--_adj._ DOUB'LE-EDGED, having two edges: cutting or working both ways.--_ns._ DOUB'LE-END'ER, anything having two ends alike: a cross-cut sawing machine, with two adjustable circular saws, for sawing both ends of timber; DOUB'LE-EN'TRY (_book-k._), a method by which two entries are made of each transaction.--_adjs._ DOUB'LE-EYED, having a deceitful countenance; DOUB'LE-FACED, hypocritical, false.--_ns._ DOUB'LE-F[=A]'CEDNESS; DOUB'LE-FIRST, at Oxford, a degree with first-class honours in mathematics and classics: one who takes such a degree.--_adj._ DOUB'LE-FLOW'ERED, having double flowers, as a plant.--_v.t._ DOUB'LE-GILD, to gild with double coatings of gold: to gloze over.--_n._ DOUB'LE-GLOS'TER, Gloucestershire cheese of extra richness.--_adjs._ DOUB'LE-HAND'ED, having two hands, two-handled; DOUB'LE-HEAD'ED, having two heads; DOUB'LE-HEART'ED, treacherous; DOUB'LE-HUNG, suspended, as a window-sash, so as to move either upward or downward; DOUB'LE-LOCKED, locked with two locks or bolts: locked by two turns of the key, as in very few locks but many novels; DOUB'LE-MANNED, furnished with twice the complement of men; DOUB'LE-MEAN'ING, deceitful; DOUB'LE-MIND'ED, undetermined, wavering.--_n._ DOUB'LE-MIND'EDNESS.--_adj._ DOUB'LE-N[=A]'TURED, having a twofold nature.--_n._ DOUB'LENESS, the state of being double: duplicity.--_adj._ and _adv._ DOUB'LE-QUICK, the pace next a run.--_n._ the double-quick pace.--_v.t._ DOUB'LE-SHADE (_Milt._), to double the natural darkness.--_adj._ DOUB'LE-SHOT'TED, of cannon, with two shots in them.--_ns._ DOUB'LE-SHUFF'LE (see SHUFFLE); DOUB'LE-STOP'PING, playing on two stopped strings of a violin at once; DOUB'LE-STOUT, extra strong stout or porter.--_adj._ DOUB'LE-TONGUED, deceitful.--_n._ DOUB'LING, the act of making double: a turning back in running: a trick: a plait or fold.--_adj._ shifting, manoeuvring.

DOUBLE ENTENDRE, doobl' ong-tongdr, _n._ an equivoque, a word or phrase with two meanings, one usually more or less indecent. [Fr. of 17th century, superseded now by (_mot_) _[`a] double entente_.]

DOUBLET, dub'let, _n._ a pair: an inner garment: name given to words that are really the same, but vary somewhat in spelling and signification, as _desk_, _disc_, and _dish_, _describe_ and _descry_. [O. Fr., dim. of _double_.]

DOUBLOON, dub-loon', _n._ an obsolete Spanish gold coin double the value of a pistole--varying from 33s. in 1772 to 20s. 8d. in 1848. [Sp. _doblon_.]

DOUBT, dowt, _v.i._ to waver in opinion: to be uncertain: to hesitate: to suspect: to believe with fear or hesitation: (_Scot._) to think, even without the sense of hesitation.--_v.t._ to hold in doubt: to distrust.--_p.adj._ DOUBT'ED (_Spens._), questioned: feared, redoubted. [O. Fr. _douter_--L. _dubit[=a]re_, akin to _dubius_, doubtful, moving in two (_duo_) directions.]

DOUBT, dowt, _n._ uncertainty of mind: suspicion: fear: a thing doubted or questioned.--_adj._ DOUBT'ABLE.--_n._ DOUB'TER.--_adj._ DOUBT'FUL, full of doubt: undetermined: not clear: not secure: suspicious: not confident.--_adv._ DOUBT'FULLY.--_n._ DOUBT'FULNESS.--_p.adj._ DOUBT'ING, that doubts, undecided.--_advs._ DOUBT'INGLY; DOUBT'LESS, without doubt: certainly; DOUBT'LESSLY.

DOUC, dook, _n._ a species of monkey in Cochin-China.

DOUCE, d[=oo]s, _adj._ (_obs._) sweet: (_Scot._) sober, peaceable, sedate.--_adv._ DOUCE'LY.--_n._ DOUCE'NESS.--_n.pl._ DOUC'ETS, the stones of a deer.--_n._ DOUCEUR (d[=oo]-s[.e]r'), sweetness of manner (_obs._): something intended to please, a present or a bribe. [Fr. _doux_, _douce_, mild--L. _dulcis_, sweet.]

DOUCHE, d[=oo]sh, _n._ a jet of water directed upon the body from a pipe: an apparatus for throwing such. [Fr.,--It. _doccia_, a water-pipe--L. _duc[)e]re_, to lead.]

DOUCINE, doo-s[=e]n', _n._ (_archit._) a cyma recta. [Fr.]

DOUGH, d[=o], _n._ a mass of flour or meal moistened and kneaded, but not baked.--_adjs._ DOUGH'-BAKED, half-baked, defective in intelligence; DOUGH'FACED (_U.S._) pliable, truckling.--_n._ DOUGH'INESS.--_adj._ DOUGH'-KNEAD'ED (_Milt._), soft.--_n._ DOUGH'-NUT, sweetened dough fried in fat.--_adj._ DOUGH'Y, like dough: soft. [A.S. _d['a]h_; Ger. _teig_, Ice. _deig_, dough; prov. _dow_ and _duff_.]

DOUGHTY, dow'ti, _adj._ able, strong: brave.--_adv._ DOUGH'TILY.--_n._ DOUGH'TINESS. [A.S. _dyhtig_, valiant--_dugan_, to be strong; Ger. _t[:u]chtig_, solid.]

DOUM-PALM. Same as DOOM-PALM.

DOUP, dowp, _n._ (_Scot._) bottom, buttocks.--_n._ CAN'DLE-DOUP, a candle-end. [Cf. Ice. _daup_.]

DOUR, d[=oo]r, _adj._ (_Scot._) obstinate: bold. [Fr.,--L. _durus_, hard.]

DOURA. See DURRA.

DOUSE, DOWSE, dows, _v.t._ to plunge into water.--_v.i._ to fall suddenly into water. [Cf. Sw. _dunsa_, fall heavily. Prob. from sound; cf. _souse_.]

DOUSE, DOWSE, dows, _v.t._ to strike: to strike or lower a sail.--_n._ a heavy blow. [Prob. related to Old Dut. _dossen_, to beat.]

DOUSE, DOWSE, dows, _v.t._ to put out, extinguish (esp. in the _slang_ DOUSE THE GLIM, put out the light). [Prob. a corr. of the obs. verb _dout_ below; more likely a particular use of _douse_, to strike.]

DOUT, dowt, _v.t._ to put out, extinguish.--_n._ DOUT'ER. [_Do out._]

DOVE, duv, _n._ a pigeon (esp. in comp., as _ringdove_, _turtle-dove_, &c.): a word of endearment: an emblem of innocence, gentleness, also of the Holy Spirit--the 'Holy Dove' (Matt. iii. 16).--_v.t._ to treat as a dove.--_ns._ DOVE'-COL'OUR, a grayish, bluish, pinkish colour; DOVE'COT, -COTE, a small cot or box in which pigeons breed.--_adjs._ DOVE'-DRAWN (_Shak._), drawn by doves; DOVE'-EYED, meek-eyed.--_ns._ DOVE'-HOUSE, a dovecot; DOVE'LET, a small dove.--_adj._ DOVE'-LIKE, innocent.--_ns._ DOVE'S'-FOOT, the common name for _Geranium molle_; DOVE'SHIP, the character or quality of a dove.--FLUTTER THE DOVECOTS, to disturb commonplace, conventional people, as the eagle would a dovecot (see Shak., _Cor._ V. vi. 115). [A.S. _dufe_ in _d['u]fe-doppa_; Ger. _taube_.]

DOVEKIE, duv'ki, _n._ the little auk, a diving bird of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

DOVER, d[=o]'ver, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to slumber lightly, doze off.--_v.t._ to send off into a light sleep.--_n._ a slight unsettled sleep.

DOVER'S POWDER, d[=o]'verz pow'der, _n._ a valuable sudorific medicine, compounded of ipecacuanha root, powdered opium, and sulphate of potash. [From Dr Thomas _Dover_, 1660-1742.]

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DOVETAIL, duv't[=a]l, _n._ a mode of fastening boards together by fitting pieces shaped like a wedge or a dove's tail spread out (_tenons_) into corresponding cavities (_mortises_).--_v.t._ to fit one thing into another.

DOW, dow, _v.i._ (_obs._) to be good for a purpose: (_Scot._) to be able.--_p.adjs._ DOCHT, DOUGHT. [A.S. _dugan_.]

DOWAGER, dow'a-j[.e]r, _n._ a widow with a dower or jointure: a title given to a widow to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir. [O. Fr. _douagere_--Low L. _dotarium_--L. _dot[=a]re_, to endow.]

DOWDY, dow'di, _adj._ untidy, carelessly dressed, soft and slack in habit.--_n._ an untidy woman.--_adv._ DOW'DILY.--_ns._ DOW'DINESS, DOW'DYISM.--_adj._ DOW'DYISH. [Ety. unknown.]

DOWEL, dow'el, _n._ a pin of wood or iron inserted in the edges of two adjacent boards for the purpose of fastening them together.--_v.t._ to fasten by means of dowels.--_ns._ DOW'EL-JOINT; DOW'EL-PIN. [Prob. related to Ger. _d[:o]bel_, a plug.]

DOWER, dow'[.e]r, _n._ a jointure, that part of the husband's property which his widow enjoys during her life--sometimes used for DOW'RY.--_adjs._ DOW'ABLE, that may be endowed; DOW'ERED, furnished with dower.--_n._ DOW'ER-HOUSE, the house set apart for the widow.--_adj._ DOW'ERLESS. [O. Fr. _douaire_--Low L. _dotarium_--L. _dot[=a]re_, to endow.]

DOWF, dowf, _adj._ (_Scot._) dull, heavy, spiritless.--_n._ DOWF'NESS. [Prob. Ice. _daufr_, deaf.]

DOWIE, dow'i, _adj._ (_Scot._) dull, low-spirited, sad. [Prob. A.S. _dol_, dull.]

DOWLAS, dowlas, _n._ a coarse linen cloth. [From _Daoulas_ or _Doulas_, near Brest, in Brittany.]

DOWLE, dowl, _n._ (_Shak._) a portion of down in a feather.

DOWN, down, _n._ the soft hair under the feathers of fowls: the hairy covering of the seeds of certain plants: anything which soothes or invites to repose.--_n._ DOWN'-BED.--_p.adj._ DOWNED, filled or covered with down.--_ns._ DOWN'INESS; DOWN'-QUILT.--_adj._ DOWN'Y, covered with or made of down: like down: soft: soothing: (_slang_) knowing.--THE DOWNY (_slang_), bed. [Ice. _d['u]nn_; Ger. _daune_, _dune_.]

DOWN, down, _n._ a bank of sand thrown up by the sea (same as DUNE): a treeless land: (_pl._) a tract of hilly land, used for pasturing sheep, as the North Downs (Kent) and South Downs (Sussex)--also given to the famous roadstead off the east coast of Kent, inside the Goodwin Sands. [A.S. _d['u]n_, a hill; prob. from Celt. _dun_, as in _Dun_keld, &c.]

DOWN, down, _adv._ from a higher to a lower position: on the ground: from earlier to later times: from thick to thin, from large to small (to boil down, to cut down): from more to less (to beat down a price).--_prep._ along a descent: from a higher to a lower position or state.--_v.t._ to knock down: to dispirit--also used as a kind of interjection, with _get_, _go_, _come_, _kneel_, &c. understood.--_n._ a tendency to be down upon, a grudge against: a descent, reverse of fortune.--_v.i._ DOWN'-BEAR, to bear or press down.--_adj._ DOWN'CAST, dejected.--_ns._ DOWN'COME, a fall, ruin, a heavy pour of rain; DOWN'-DRAUGHT, a current of air downwards; DOWN'-EAST'ER, one living 'down east' from the speaker, a New Englander, and esp. an inhabitant of Maine; DOWN'FALL, fall, failure, humiliation, ruin: a falling down, as of rain.--_adjs._ DOWN'FALLEN, ruined; DOWN'-GYVED (_Shak._), hanging down like fetters.--_n._ DOWN'-HAUL, a rope by which a jib, &c., is hauled down when set.--_adjs._ DOWN'-HEART'ED, dejected; DOWN'HILL, descending, sloping.--_n._ DOWN'-LINE, the line of a railway leading from the capital, or other important centre, to the provinces.--_adj._ DOWN'LOOKED (_Dryden_), downcast, gloomy.--_ns._ DOWN'-LY'ING, time of retiring to rest: a woman's lying-in; DOWN'POUR, a heavy fall of rain, &c.--_adv._ DOWN'RIGHT (_obs._), perpendicular: in plain terms: utterly.--_adj._ plain spoken: brusque: utter (as in _downright madness_).--_ns._ DOWN'RIGHTNESS; DOWN'RUSH, a rushing down (as of gas, hot air, &c.); DOWN'-SET'TING, a setting down, a snub; DOWN'-SIT'TING, sitting down, time of rest (Ps. cxxxix. 2).--_advs._ DOWN'STAIRS, in, or to, a lower story; DOWN'-STREAM, with the current.--_ns._ DOWN'-THROW, act of throwing down, state of being thrown down: a sinking of strata below the level of the surrounding beds; DOWN'-TRAIN, a railway train proceeding from the chief terminus.--_adj._ DOWN'-TRODDEN, trampled on, tyrannised over.--_advs._ DOWN'WARD, DOWN'WARDS, from higher to lower: from source to outlet: from more ancient to modern: in the lower part.--_adj._ DOWN'WARD.--DOWN EAST (_U.S._), in or into Maine and adjoining parts of New England; DOWN IN THE MOUTH, in low spirits; DOWN ON ONE'S LUCK, in ill-luck; DOWN SOUTH, in the southern states; DOWN TO THE COUNTRY, away into the country, from London (hence 'down to the Derby,' 'down to Scotland'); DOWN WITH YOUR MONEY, lay it down, pay it.--A DOWN-TRAIN, a train away from London.--LAY DOWN THE LAW, to expound authoritatively. [A corr. of M. E. _a-dawn_, _adun_--A.S. _of d['u]ne_, 'from the hill'--A.S. _d['u]n_, a hill.]

DOWRY, dow'ri, _n._ the property which a woman brings to her husband at marriage--sometimes used for _dower_. [See DOWER.]

DOWSE, dows, _v.t._ and _v.i._ See DOUSE.

DOWSE, dows, _v.i._ to use the divining-rod.--_n._ DOWS'ER, a water diviner.

DOXOLOGY, doks-ol'o-ji, _n._ a hymn expressing praise and honour to the Trinity.--_adj._ DOXOLOG'ICAL. [Gr. _doxologia_--_doxa_, praise, and _legein_, to speak.]

DOXY, dok'si, _n._ (_Shak._) a mistress: a woman of loose character. [Prob. conn. with East Fries. _dok_, a bundle, Low Ger. _dokke_.]

DOXY, dok'si, _n._ opinion--'Orthodoxy,' said Warburton, 'is my doxy--heterodoxy is another man's doxy.' [Gr. _doxa_, opinion.]

DOYEN, dwaw'yong, _n._ dean, senior member (of an academy, diplomatic corps, &c.). [Fr.,--Lat. _d[=e]canus_.]

DOYLEY. See DOILY.

DOZE, d[=o]z, _v.i._ to sleep lightly, or to be half-asleep: to be in a dull or stupefied state.--_v.i._ to spend in drowsiness (with _away_).--_n._ a short light sleep.--_adj._ DOZED, drowsy.--_v.t._ D[=O]'ZEN (_Scot._), to stupefy.--_v.i._ to become stupefied.--_ns._ D[=O]'ZER; D[=O]'ZINESS; D[=O]'ZING.--_adj._ D[=O]'ZY, drowsy. [From a Scand. root, seen in Ice. _d['u]sa_, Dan. _d[:o]se_, to dose.]

DOZEN, duz'n, _adj._ two and ten, or twelve.--_n._ a collection of twelve articles.--_adj._ DOZ'ENTH.--BAKER'S DOZEN, DEVIL'S DOZEN, thirteen. [O. Fr. _dozeine_--L. _duodecim_--_duo_, two, and _decem_, ten.]