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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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Dōr'mer p. 405Dôr'mer-wīn'dow, n. p. 405(Arch.) A window placed on the inclined plane of the roof of a house, the frame being placed vertically on the rafters. [Written also dormant.] Gwilt.Dōr'mi-tīve, n. p. 405(Med.) A medicine to promote sleep; an opiate; a narcotic; a soporific. Arbuthnot.Dōr'mi-tīve, a. p. 405Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium. Clarke.Dōr'mi-to-ry, n. p. 405A room, suite of rooms, or building, used to sleep in; a bed-room; sleeping-quarters, or sleeping-house; a lodging-house. Mortimer. 2. A place where the bodies of the dead repose; a burial-place.…Dôr'mouse, n. p. 405(Zoöl.) A small rodent mammal of the genus Myoxus, which lives on trees like the squirrel, and feeds on acorns, nuts, &c.;—so called because, as cold weather comes on, it retires to its nest, and is…Dōrn, n. p. 405(Ichth.) A fish; the thornback, one of the ray family. Carew.Dōr'nie, n. p. 405A coarse sort of damask made at Tournay (in Flemish Dornick), and used for hangings, &c.; also, a kind of table-linen made at the same place. [Written also darnex, darnick, darnic, and dornic.]…Dōr'nock, n. p. 405A species of stout, figured linen, made, originally, at Dornock, in Scotland. Ure.Dō'ron, n. p. 405A gift; a present. [Obs.] 2. A measure of three inches. Ash.Do-rŏn'i-cŭm, n. p. 405(Bot.) A genus of composite plants; leopard’s-bane.Dŏrp, n. p. 405A small village. [Obs.] “A mean fishing dorp.” Howell.Dôrr, n. p. 405See Dor.Bôrr, v. t. p. 405To deceive. [Obs.] See DOR, v. t. 2. To deafen with noise. [Rare.] Halliwell.Dŏr'rer, n. p. 405A drone; a sleeper; a lazy person. [Obs.] “Gentlemen content to live idle themselves, like dorrers.” More.Dôrr'-flȳ, n. p. 405See Dor, n.Dôrr'-hawk, n. p. 405See DOR-HAWK.Dôr'sal, a. p. 405Pertaining to the back; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; dorsal awn of a seed.Dŏr'sale, n. p. 405See DORSEL.Dôrse, n. p. 405A canopy. See DOSEL. Sutton. 2. The back of a book. “A choice library of books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses.” Wood.Dôr'sel, n. p. 405A pannier. See DOSSEL. 2. A kind of woolen cloth. 3. A rich canopy or screen hanging at the back of a throne or chair of state; a dosel. [Written also dorsale.]Dôr'ser, n. p. 405See DOSSER.Dôr'si-brān'chi-ate, a. p. 405(Physiol.) Having the branchiæ distributed along the back, as some mollusks.Dor-sĭf'er-oŭs or Dor-sip'a-roŭs, a. p. 405(Bot.) Bearing or producing seeds on the back of the leaves, as the ferns.Dor-stē'ni-ă, n. p. 405(Bot.) A genus of plants, several species of which afford the contrayerva root, which is diaphoretic and stimulant, and is used in medicine as a tonic.Dōr'sum, n. p. 405The ridge of a hill. Walton. 2. (Conch.) The upper surface of the body of a shell, when it is so held that the aperture is downward.Dôr'tour or Dôrt'ûre, n. p. 405A dormitory. [Obs.] Bacon.Dō'ry, n. p. 405(Ichth.) A fish (Zeus faber), called also John-dory, much esteemed by epicures.Dō'ry, n. p. 405A canoe or small boat. Marryat.Dōse, n. p. 405The quantity of medicine given or prescribed to be taken at one time. I am for curing the world by gentle alteratives, not by violent doses. W. Irving. 2. A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as…Dōse, v. t. p. 405To proportion, as a medicine, properly to the patient or disease; to form into suitable doses. 2. To give doses to; to give medicine or physic to; to give potions to constantly and without need. 3.…Dōs'el, n. p. 405(Arch.) A rich tapestry hanging at the back of an altar, designed both as an ornament and to hide the wall; also a hanging in a dining-hall behind the seats of the guests; also, an ornamental cover…Dō-sŏl'o-gy, n. p. 405A treatise on doses of medicine; posology. [Rare.] Ogilvie.Dŏs'ser, n. p. 405A pannier, or basket. “Riding from market one day ’twixt her dossers.” Beau. & Fl.Dŏs'sil, n. p. 405(Surg.) A pledget or portion of lint made into a cylindric form, or the shape of a date.Dōst p. 405The second person of do.Dŏt, n. p. 405A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, used in marking a writing or other thing. 2. [Fr. dot, from Lat. dos, dotis, dowry.] (Law.) A marriage portion; dowry.…Dŏt, v. t. p. 406To mark with dots or specks. 2. To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages, or clumps of trees.Dŏt, v. i. p. 406To make dots or specks.Dŏ'tage, n. p. 406Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; childishness of old age; senility; as, a venerable man, now in his dotage. This we childishness and dotage call. Davies.…Dŏ'tal, a. p. 406Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting dower, or comprised in it; as, a dotal town. Garth.Dŏ'tant, n. p. 406A dotard; a driveler. [Obs.] Shak.Dŏ'tard, n. p. 406A man whose intellect is impaired by age; one in his second childhood. The sickly dotard wants a wife. Prior.Dŏ'tard-ly, a. p. 406Like a dotard; weak. [Obs.] More.Dŏ'ta-ry, n. p. 406The state of being a dotard; dotage. [Obs.] Drayton.Dō-tā'tion, n. p. 406The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman. 2. Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation. Blackstone.Dōte, n. p. 406A marriage portion; a dowry. [Obs.] See DOT, n. 2. Wyatt. 2. (pl.) Natural gifts or endowments. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Dōte, v. i. p. 406To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel. Time has made you dote, and vainly tell Of arms imagined in…Dŏte, n. p. 406A foolish or weak-minded person; an imbecile; a dotard. Halliwell.Dŏt'ed, a. p. 406Stupid. [Obs.] “Senseless speech and doted ignorance.” Spenser.Dŏt’er, n. p. 406One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard. Burton. 2. One who is excessively fond, or weakly in love.Dŏth p. 406The third person of do.Dŏt'ing-ly, adv. p. 406In a doting manner; foolishly; unduly fondly.Dŏt'ing-ness, n. p. 406Mental weakness like that resulting from old age; imbecility. 2. Excessive fondness.Dŏt'ish, a. p. 406Foolish; weak; imbecile. Scott.Dŏt'tard, n. p. 406A decayed tree. Bacon.Dŏt'ted, p. a. p. 406Marked with dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects. Dotted note (Mus.), a note followed by a dot to indicate an increase of length equal to one half of its simple value; thus…Dŏt'ter-el, a. p. 406Covered or overgrown with dodder; doddered. [Obs.] Ascham.Dŏt'ter-el or Dŏt'trel, n. p. 406(Ornith.) A wading bird (Charadrius Morinellus), a congener of the plovers. It is said to imitate the action of the fowler, and to be easily taken by stratagem. In catching of dotterels we see how…Douane, n. p. 406A custom-house.