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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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Dŏlt'ĭsh, a. p. 403Dolt-like; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown. Sidney.Dŏlt'ish-ly, adv. p. 403In a doltish manner.Dōlt'ĭsh-ness, n. p. 403Quality of being doltish; stupidity.Dōlv'en, p. p. p. 403of delve. [Obs.] Chaucer.Dom. p. 403A termination denoting jurisdiction, or property and jurisdiction. It was, originally, doom, judgment; as in kingdom, earldom. Hence it is used to denote state, condition, or quality, as in wisdom…Dŏm, n. p. 403The same as Don, q. v. [Obs.]Dŏm'a-ble, a. p. 403Capable of being tamed. [Obs.]Dōm'a-ble-ness, n. p. 403Capability of being tamed.Dōm'age, n. p. 403Damage; hurt. [Obs.] Chapman. 2. Subjugation. [Obs.] Hobbes.Do-māin',, n. p. 403Dominion; empire; authority. 2. The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted; the possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the like. 3. Landed property; estate; especially, the…Dō'mal, a. p. 403(Astrol.) Pertaining to a house. Addison.Do-mā'ni-al, a. p. 403Relating to domains. [Rare.]Dom-bē'ya, n. p. 403(Bot.) A genus of plants growing in the East Indies and Madagascar, and so named in honor of J. Dombey, a French botanist.Dōme, n. p. 403A building; a house; a fabric;—used chiefly in poetry. Approach the dome, the social banquet share. Pope. 2. (Arch.) A roof, or structure raised above the roof of an edifice, usually hemispherical in…Dōme'-bōok, n. p. 403(O. Eng. Law.) A book or code said to have been compiled under the direction of Alfred, for the general use of the whole kingdom of England. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of…Dōmēd, a. p. 403Furnished with a dome.Dōmes'dāy, n. p. 403See DOOMSDAY.Dōmes'-day-bōok, n. p. 403See DOOMSDAY-BOOK.Dōmes'man, n. p. 403A judge; an umpire. [Obs.]Do-mēs'tic, a. p. 403Belonging to the house or home; pertaining to one's place of residence, and to the family; as, domestic concerns; domestic life; domestic duties; domestic affairs; domestic happiness; domestic…Do-mĕs'tic, n. p. 403One who lives in the family of another, as hired assistant; a house-servant. The master labors and leads an anxious life, to secure plenty and ease to the domestic. Knox. 2. (pl.) (Com.) Articles of…Do-mēs'tie-al, a. p. 403Domestic. [Obs.] “Our private and domestical matter.” Sidney.Do-mēs'tic-al, n. p. 403A family; a household. [Obs.]Do-mēs'tic-al-ly, adv. p. 403In a domestic manner; privately; with reference to domestic affairs.Do-mēs'ti-cant, a. p. 403Forming part of the same family. [Obs.] Sir E. Dering.Do-mēs'ti-cāte, v. t. p. 403To make domestic; to accustom to home; as, to domesticate one's self. 2. To make familiar; to conduct as if at one's own home. Chesterfield. 3. To accustom to live near the habitations of man; to…Do-mēs'ti-cā'tion, n. p. 403The act of domesticating, or of accustoming to home, or of taming wild animals.Do-mès'ti-cā'tor, n. p. 403One who domesticates.Dō'mes-tĭç'i-ty, n. p. 403The state of being domestic; a household act or life.Dōm'ett, n. p. 403A plain cloth, of which the warp is cotton and the weft woolen. Simmonds.Dō'mey-kite, n. p. 403(Min.) A mineral found in Peru; arsenuret of copper.Dōm'i-cal, a. p. 403Relating to, or shaped like, a dome.Dŏm'i-cīle, n. p. 403An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or family. 2. (Law.) A residence at a particular place accompanied with positive or presumptive proof of an intention to…Dŏm'i-çīle, v. t. p. 403To establish in a fixed residence, or a residence that constitutes habitancy; to domiciliate. Kent.Dōm'i-cĭl'i-ar, n. p. 403A member of a household; a domestic. Sterne.Dŏm/i-cĭl/i-a-ry, a. p. 403Pertaining to domicile, or the residence of a person or family. The personal and domiciliary rights of the citizen were scrupulously guarded. Motley. Domiciliary visit (Law), a visit to a private…Dŏm/i-cĭl/i-āte, v. t. p. 403To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile. 2. To render domestic; to tame. [R.] Pownall.Dōm'i-ci'l'i-ā'tion, n. p. 403Permanent residence; inhabitancy. Milman.Dŏm'i-cūlt'ūre, n. p. 403That which relates to household affairs; the art of housekeeping, cookery, &c.; domestic economy. [Rare.] R. Park.Dōm'i-fy, v. t. p. 403(Astrol.) To divide, as the heavens, into twelve houses, by means of six great circles, called circles of position, for the purpose of erecting a horoscope. [Obs.] 2. To tame; to domesticate. [Obs.]…Dōm'i-nā, n. p. 403(O. Eng. Law.) Lady; a lady;—a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right. Burrill.Dōm’i-nance or Dōm’i-nan-cy, n. p. 403Predominance; ascendency; authority. Ogilvie.Dŏm'i-nant, a. p. 403Ruling; prevailing; governing; predominant; as, the dominant party or faction. The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but imperious…Dōm'i-nant, n. p. 403(Mus.) The fifth tone of the scale, corresponding to the syllable sol of the gamut.Dŏm'i-nāte, v. t. p. 403To predominate over; to rule; to govern. “A city dominated by the ax.” Dickens. We every where meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated. Tooke.Dōm'i-nāte, v. i. p. 403To predominate. [Rare.] Dryden.Dōm'i-nā'tion, n. p. 403The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; government; authority. In such a people, the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom. Burke. 2. A ruling party; a…Dŏm'i-na-tīve, a. p. 403Governing; ruling; imperious. Sandys.Dŏm'i-nā'tor, n. p. 403A ruler or ruling power; the presiding or predominant power. Jupiter and Mars are dominators for this north-west part of the world. Camden.Dŏm'i-ne, n. p. 403See DOMINIE.Dŏm'i-neer', v. i. p. 403To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master or mistress; to be overbearing; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness. Go to the feast, revel and domineer. Shak.…Do-min'i-cal, a. p. 404Indicating the Lord's day, or Sunday. 2. Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical prayer. Howell. Some words altered in the dominical Gospels. Fuller. Dominical letter, the letter which…Do-mĭn'ie-al, n. p. 404The Lord's day; Sunday. [Obs.] Hammond. 2. The Lord's prayer. [Obs.] Jewell.Do-min'i-can, a. p. 404Belonging or relating to the Dominicans, or to St. Dominic. Dominican nuns, an order of nuns founded in 1206. Their first convent in the United States was established in 1823, in Kentucky, since when…Do-min'i-can, n. p. 404(Eccl. Hist.) One of an order of monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, and introduced into England A. D. 1221. The Dominicans hold the view that the Virgin Mary was born without the blemish of original…Do-min'i-cīde, n. p. 404The act of killing a master. 2. One who kills his master.Dòm'i-nē, n. p. 404A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Scot.] 2. A clergyman; a parson. [Scot.]Do-mĭn’ion, n. p. 404Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; empire. I praised and honored Him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an…Dōm'i-no, n. p. 404A cape with a hood, formerly worn by priests, especially in winter, to protect the head and face. 2. A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church. 3. A mourning vail formerly worn by…Dōm'i-nūs, n. p. 404Master; sir;—a title of respect formerly applied to clergymen, gentlemen, the nobility, &c. 2. (Law.) A lord or master; one having control of, or property in, a thing; owner; proprietor. Burrill.