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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Dŏg'ged, a. p. 402Surly obstinate; sullen; morose; sourly impracticable. “The sulky spite of a temper naturally dogged.” W. Scott.Dŏg'gĕd-ly, adv. p. 402In a dogged manner; sullenly; sourly; morosely; with obstinate resolution.Dŏg'ged-ness, n. p. 402Sullenness; moroseness.Dŏg′ger, n. p. 402(Naut.) A fishing-vessel, used especially by the Dutch, usually equipped with two masts.Dŏg'ger, n. p. 402A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum-rock, consisting chiefly of silica and iron, but containing some alum.Dŏg'gĕr-el, a. p. 402Low in style, and irregular in measure;—said of poetry.Dŏg'ger-el, n. p. 402Low-styled and irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry. The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers. Macaulay.Dŏg'ger-man, n. p. 402A sailor belonging to a dogger.Dŏg'get, n. p. 402Docket. See DOCKET.Dŏg'ĕish, a. p. 402Like a dog; especially, having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish; growling; snappish; brutal.Dŏg'gish-ness, n. p. 402The quality of being doggish.Dŏg'-grāss, n. p. 402(Bot.) A plant (Triticum repens) common in uncultivated ground;—called, also, coach-grass, dog-wheat, knot-grass, twitch-grass, and quickens.Dŏg′gerel, a. & n. p. 402The same as DOGGEREL.Dŏg'-hōle, n. p. 402A place fit only for dogs; a vile, mean habitation or apartment. Dryden.Dŏg'-hōōk, n. p. 402A strong hook or wrench used for separating iron boring-rods. Halliwell.Dŏg'-Lăt'in, n. p. 402Barbarous Latin.Dŏg'-lĕg'gĕd, a. p. 402(Arch.) Having no well-hole, and not built straight from top to bottom;—said of stairs which consist of two or more separate straight portions, one above another, and connected by a platform, or…Dŏg'-lī'chen or Dŏg'-lich'en, n. p. 402(Bot.) A plant; the ground liverwort; Peltidea canina;—so called because supposed by some to be a cure for hydrophobia.Dŏg'ly, a. p. 402Like a dog. [Obs.]