Dope"-book`, n. A chart of previous performances, etc., of race horses. [Race-track Slang]
Dop"ey (?), a. Affected by "dope"; esp., sluggish or dull as though under the influence of a narcotic. [Slang]
||Dop"pel*gäng`er (?), n. [G.] A spiritual or ghostly double or counterpart; esp., an apparitional double of a living person; a cowalker.
Dor"my (?), a. [Origin uncertain.] (Golf) Up, or ahead, as many holes as remain to be played; -- said of a player or side.
A player who is dormy can not be beaten, and at the worst must halve the match. Encyc. of Sport.
||Dos`-à-dos" (?), adv. [F.] Back to back; as, to sit dos-à-dos in a dogcart; to dance dos-à-dos, or so that two dancers move forward and pass back to back.
||Dos`-à-dos", n. A sofa, open carriage, or the like, so constructed that the occupants sit back to back.
Dos"age (ds"j), n. [Cf. F. dosage. See Dose, v.] 1. (Med.) The administration of medicine in doses; specif., a scheme or system of grading doses of medicine according to age, etc.
2. The process of adding some ingredient, as to wine, to give flavor, character, or strength.
Do*sim"e*try (?), n. [NL. dosis dose + -metry.] (Med.) Measurement of doses; specif., a system of therapeutics which uses but few remedies, mostly alkaloids, and gives them in doses fixed by certain rules. -- Do`si*met"ric (#), a. -- Do*sim"e*trist (#), n.
Doss (?), n. [Etym. uncertain.] A place to sleep in; a bed; hence, sleep. [Slang]
Doss house. A cheap lodging house.
They [street Arabs] consort together and sleep in low doss houses where they meet with all kinds of villainy.
W. Besant.
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||Dos`sier" (ds`sy"; E. ds"s*r), n. [F., back of a thing, bulging bundle of papers, fr. dos back.] A bundle containing the papers in reference to some matter.
Dot"ty (?), a. [From 2d Dot.] 1. Composed of, or characterized by, dots.
2. [Perh. a different word; cf. Totty.] Unsteady in gait; hence, feeble; half-witted. [Eng.]
Dou"ble (?), n. A person or thing that is the counterpart of another; a duplicate; copy; (Obs.) transcript; -- now chiefly used of persons. Hence, a wraith.
My charming friend . . . has, I am almost sure, a double, who preaches his afternoon sermons for him.
E. E. Hale.
Dou"ble-deck"er, n. (a) A tenement house having two families on each floor. [Local, U. S.] (b) A biplane aëroplane or kite. [Colloq.]
Dou"ble*gang`er (?), n. [G. doppelgänger; doppel double + gänger walker.] An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelgänger.
Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger.