Dōr1, n.
n. [A-S. dora, drone, locust, D. tor, torre, Lat. taurus, a kind of beetle.] (Entom.) The blackbeetle, or the hedge-chafer, a species of Scarabæus; — called also dorr, dor-beetle, or dorr-beetle, and dorr-fly.
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n. [A-S. dora, drone, locust, D. tor, torre, Lat. taurus, a kind of beetle.] (Entom.) The blackbeetle, or the hedge-chafer, a species of Scarabæus; — called also dorr, dor-beetle, or dorr-beetle, and dorr-fly.
To make a fool of; to deceive. [Obs.] [Written also dorr.] B. Jonson.
n. [From dor, beetle. Cf. HUM and HUMBUG.] A trick, joke, or deception. Beau. & Fl. To give one the dor, to make a fool of him. [Obs.] Fletcher.