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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Dŏb'ūle, n. p. 400(Ichth.) A fresh-water fish (Leuciscus dobula), allied to the roach.Dō'çent, a. p. 400Serving to instruct; teaching. [Obs.] Laud.Do-cē'tæ, n. pl. p. 400(Eccl. Hist.) Ancient heretics who held that Christ acted and suffered only in appearance. Mosheim.Do-cĕt'ic, a. p. 400Pertaining to, held by, or resembling, the Docetæ. “Docetic Gnosticism.” Plumptre.Dŏch'mi-ae, a. p. 400(Pros.) Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius.Dŏch'mi-ŭs, n. p. 400(Pros.) A foot consisting of five syllables, and admitting of many variations in form, but most commonly having the first and fourth syllables short and the other three long.Dŏç'i-bil'i-ty or Dŏç'i-ble-ness, n. p. 400The condition or quality of being docible; docility; teachableness. To persons of docibility, the real character may be easily taught in a few days. Boyle.Dŏç'i-ble, a. p. 400Easily taught or managed; teachable; docile; tractable. Milton.Dŏç'ile, a. p. 400Teachable; easily instructed; ready to learn; tractable; easily managed; as, dogs are more docile than many other animals.Do-cĭl'i-ty, n. p. 400Teachableness; readiness to learn; aptness to be taught. The humble docility of little children is, in the New Testament, represented as a necessary preparative to the reception of the Christian…Dŏc'i-ma-cy, n. p. 400The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, &c., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology.Dŏç'i-mā'stĭc, a. p. 400Proving by experiments or tests. Docimastic art, metallurgy, or the art of assaying metals, or the art of separating them from foreign matters, and determining the nature and quantity of metallic…Dŏc′i-ty, n. p. 400Readiness of apprehension; quickness; docility. [Prov. Eng., and Colloq. in certain parts of the U. S.] Halliwell. Bartlett.Dŏck, n. p. 400(Bot.) A plant of the genus Rumex, some species of which are well-known weeds, having a long tap-root, and are difficult of extermination. London.Dŏck, v. t. p. 400To cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse. 2. To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; as, to dock an account. 3. To cut off…Dŏck, v. t. p. 400To bring, draw, or place in a dock;—used with reference to ships.Dŏck, n. p. 400The solid part of an animal’s tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting. Grew. 2. A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail…Dŏck, n. p. 400An artificial inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide. 2. The slip or space between two…Dŏck'age, n. p. 400A charge for the use of a dock.Dŏck'-crĕss, n. p. 400(Bot.) A plant; Lampsana communis; nipplewort. Gray.Dŏck'et, n. p. 400A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest. 2. A bill tied to goods, containing some direction, as the name of the owner, or the place to which they…Dŏck'et, v. t. p. 400To make an abstract or summary of the heads of; to abstract and enter in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed. Blackstone. 2. To enter in a docket; to mark the contents of on the back, as of…Dŏck'-yärd, n. p. 400A yard or magazine near a harbor, for containing all kinds of naval stores and timber.Dŏc'tor, n. p. 400One qualified to teach; a teacher; an instructor; a learned man; one skilled in a profession or branch of knowledge; a savant. 2. One who has received the highest degree in a faculty; one who has…Dŏc'tor, v. t. p. 400To attend or treat as a physician; to apply remedies to; as, to doctor a sick man. [Colloq.] 2. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.Dŏc'tor, v. i. p. 400To practice physic. [Colloq.]Dŏc'tor-al, a. p. 400Relating to the degree or practice of a doctor. “Doctoral habit and square cap.” Wood.Dŏc'tor-al-ly, adv. p. 400In the manner of a doctor. [Rare.] Maxwell.Dōc'tor-ate, n. p. 400The degree of a doctor.Dŏc'tor-āte, v. t. p. 400To make a doctor by conferring a degree. [Rare.] Warton.Dōc'tor-ess or Dōc'tress, n. p. 400A female physician.Dōc'tor-fish, n. p. 400(Ichth.) A species of fish of the genus Acanthurus; — so called from a glassy, lancet-like prominence on each side of the tail. Ogilvie.Dōc'tor-ly, a. p. 401Like a doctor or learned man; having the degree or authority of doctor. [Obs.] The doctorly prelates were no more so often called to the house. Tyndale.Dōc'tor-ship, n. p. 401The degree or rank of a doctor; doctorate. [Rare.] Clarendon.Dōc'tri-na-ble, a. p. 401Containing doctrine. [Obs. and rare.] Sidney.Dōc'tri-nā-taire',, n. p. 401One who rigidly applies to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or principles of his own philosophical system. ☞ In French history, the Doctrinaires were a constitutional…Dōc'tri-nal, a. p. 401Pertaining to doctrine; containing a doctrine or statement of what is to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation; a doctrinal proposition. 2. Pertaining to the act or means of teaching. The word of…Dŏc'tri-nal, n. p. 401Something that is a part of doctrine. “The doctrinals of salvation.” Goodwin.Dōc'tri-nal-ly, adv. p. 401In a doctrinal manner or form; by way of teaching or positive direction.Dŏc'tri-nā'ri-an-ism, n. p. 401The principles or practices of the Doctrinaires.Dōc'trīne, n. p. 401The act of teaching; instruction; discipline. He taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine. Mark iv. 2. Whom shall he make to understand doctrine? Is. xxviii. 9. 2. That…Dŏc'ū-ment, n. p. 401That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; direction; authoritative dogma. [Obs.] Learners should not be too much crowded with a heap or multitude of documents or ideas…Dŏc'ū-ment, v. t. p. 401To teach; to instruct; to direct. [Obs.] I am finely documented by mine own daughter. Dryden. 2. To furnish with documents; to furnish with instructions and proofs, or with papers necessary to…Dŏc'ū-mēnt'al, a. p. 401Pertaining to instruction or to documents; consisting in, or derived from, documents; as, documental testimony.Dŏc'ū-mĕnt'a-ry, a. p. 401Pertaining to written evidence; consisting in documents.Dōdd, v. t. p. 401To cut off or lop from, as wool from sheep's tails. Halliwell.Dōd'dart, n. p. 401A bent stick used in playing a game with a wooden ball in an open field. 2. A game played by two parties in an open field, the object of it being to drive a wooden ball to, or across, one of two…Dōdd'ded, a. p. 401Having no horns; being without horns; as, dodded cattle. Halliwell.Dŏd'der, n. p. 401(Bot.) A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a parasitical vine, which fixes itself to some other plant, as to hops, flax, and particularly to the nettle, and decaying at the root, is nourished by the…Dŏd'der, v. t. or i. p. 401To shake or tremble. “The doddering mast.” Thomson.Dŏd'dered, a. p. 401Overgrown with dodder; covered with supercrescent plants. “Rots like a doddered oak.” Dryden.Do-dē'ka-dak'ty-lon, n. p. 401(Anat.) The upper extremity of the small intestines; the duodenum; — so called because it is about twelve fingers’ breadths long.Do-dē'ca-gōn, n. p. 401(Geom.) A regular figure or polygon, bounded by twelve equal sides, and containing twelve equal angles.Do-dēe'a-gŷn'i-ā, n. p. 401(Bot.) An order of plants having twelve styles.Do-dē'c-a-gŷn'i-an or Dō'de-cāg'y-nous, a. p. 401(Bot.) Having twelve styles.Do-dē'ca-hē'dral, a. p. 401Pertaining to a dodecahedron; consisting of twelve equal sides.Do-dē'ca-hē'dron, n. p. 401(Geom.) A regular solid contained under twelve equal and regular pentagons; a solid having twelve equal faces.Dō'de-cān'drē-ī-ā, n. p. 401(Bot.) A class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen. Linnæus.Dō'de-cān'dri-an or Dō'de-cān'drous, a. p. 401Pertaining to the plants, or class of plants, that have twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen. Lee.Do-dē'ca-pĕt'al-ōus, a. p. 401(Bot.) Having a corolla consisting of twelve parts; having twelve petals.