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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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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.Do-dē'ca-stȳle, n. p. 401(Arch.) A building having twelve columns in front. Weale.Do-dēk'a-syl-lāb'ic, a. p. 401Having twelve syllables.Do-dēe'a-syl'la-ble, n. p. 401A word consisting of twelve syllables.Do-dĕc'a-te-mō'ri-ŏn, n. p. 401A twelfth part. [Obs.] Creech.Do-dē'că-tēm'ō-ry, n. p. 401A twelfth part; — said of any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. [Obs.] Barton.Dŏdge, v. i. p. 401To start suddenly aside; to shift place by a sudden start. Milton. 2. To play tricks; to be evasive; to use tergiversation; to play fast and loose; to raise expectations and disappoint them; to…Dŏdge, v. t. p. 401To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed; to dodge a cannon ball. [Colloq.]Dŏdge, n. p. 401The act of evading by some skillful movement; hence, a dexterous device or trick of any sort; a clever contrivance; an artifice. Some, who have a taste for good living, have many harmless arts, by…Dŏdġ'er, n. p. 401One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices. Smart.Dŏdʹger-y, n. p. 401Trickery; cunning. [Obs.] Hacket.Dŏd'i-pōll p. 401A stupid person; a fool. Some will say, our curate is naught, an ass-head, a dodipoll. Latimer.Dōd'kin, n. p. 401A little doit; a small coin. Shelton.Dōd'man, n. p. 401A snail. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Nares.Dō'do, n. p. 401(Ornith.) A bird of the genus Didus, of large size, once inhabiting the Island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, but now extinct. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, but a…Dō'drāns, n. p. 401(Rom. Antiq.) A linear measure of about nine inches.Dōe, n. p. 401(Zoöl.) A she-deer; specifically, the female of the fallow-deer, of which the male is called a buck.Dōe, n. p. 401A feat. [Obs.] See Do. S. Butler.Dōe'skĭn, n. p. 401The skin of the doe. 2. A compact, twilled cloth.Dō'er, n. p. 401One who does; one who performs or executes; an actor; an agent. The doers of the law shall be justified. Rom. ii. 13. 2. (Scots Law.) An agent or attorney. Burrill.Dôes p. 401The third person of the verb do, indicative mode, present tense; contracted from doeth. See Do.Dŏff, v. t. p. 401To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of. And made us doff our easy robes of peace. Shak. 2. To put or thrust away; to rid one's self of; to put off to another time; to defer. To doff their dire…Dŏf'fer, n. p. 401(Mach.) A revolving cylinder, in a carding-machine, which strips off the cotton from the cards. Ure.Dŏg, n. p. 401(Zoöl.) A quadruped of the genus Canis (C. familiaris). There are upwards of thirty enumerated varieties, as the mastiff, the hound, the spaniel, the shepherd’s dog, the terrier, the harrier, the…Dŏg, v. t. p. 401To follow insidiously or indefatigably; to follow close; to urge; to worry with impunity; to hunt. I have been pursued, dogged, and waylaid. Pope.Dō'gal, a. p. 401Belonging, or pertaining, to a doge. [Rare.]Dō-gă'nă, n. p. 401The custom-house in Italy.Dō'gate, n. p. 401The office or dignity of a doge.Dŏg'-bāne, n. p. 401See DOG'S-BANE.Dôg'-bee, n. p. 401A drone, or male bee. Halliwell.Dôg'bêr'ry, n. p. 401The berry of the dogwood.Dŏg'bĕr/ry-tree, n. p. 401(Bot.) The dogwood.Dŏg'-bŏlt, n. p. 401A term of reproach, equivalent to dog, but even more contemptuous. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Dŏg'-brī'er, n. p. 401(Bot.) The dog-rose.Dŏg'-cāb'bağe, n. p. 401(Bot.) A plant; dog's-cabbage.Dŏg'-cārt, n. p. 401A two-wheeled or a four-wheeled one-horse vehicle, for sportsmen; — so called from being used to carry dogs, for hunting, in an open space behind.Dŏg'-cheap, a. p. 401Cheap as dog's meat, or offal; very cheap. Johnson.Dŏg'-dāy, n. p. 401One of the days when Sirius, or the Dogstar, rises and sets with the sun. The dog-days commence the latter part of July, and end the beginning of September.Dŏg'draw, n. p. 401(Eng. Forest Law.) The act of drawing after, or pursuing, deer with a dog, being one of the circumstances which constituted what was called the manifest deprehension of an offender against venison in…Dōge, n. p. 401The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.Dŏg'-ēared, a. p. 401Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage;—said of a book. “Statute-books before unopened, not dog-eared.” Ld. Mansfield.Dōge'âte, n. p. 401The office held by a doge, or its rank, authority, &c.; dogate. Wright.Dōge'less, a. p. 401Without a doge. Byron.Dŏg'-făn'ci-er, n. p. 401One who has a taste for dogs, and who keeps them for sale.Dŏg'fĭsh, n. p. 402(Ichth.) A species of shark, constituting the genus Scyllium. ☞ The small spotted dogfish is S. canicula. The large spotted dogfish is S. catulus, and the black-mouthed dogfish is S. melanostomum.…Dŏg'fĭy, n. p. 402A voracious, biting fly. Chapman.Dŏg'-fŏx, n. p. 402A male fox.