Dob"chick` (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Dabchick.
Dob"son (?), n. (Zoöl.) The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite.
Dob"ule (?), n. (Zoöl.) The European dace.
Do"cent (?), a. [L. docens, - entis, p. pr. of docere to teach.] Serving to instruct; teaching. [Obs.]
||Do*ce"tæ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. &?; to appear.] (Eccl. Hist.) Ancient heretics who held that Christ's body was merely a phantom or appearance.
Do*cet"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, held by, or like, the Docetæ. "Docetic Gnosticism." Plumptre.
Doc"e*tism (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of the Docetæ.
Doch"mi*ac (?), a. (Pros.) Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius.
||Doch"mi*us (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Pros.) A foot of five syllables (usually &?; -- -&?; - ).
{ Doc`i*bil"i*ty (?), Doc"i*ble*ness (?), } n. [L. docibilitas.] Aptness for being taught; teachableness; docility.
To persons of docibility, the real character may be easily taught in a few days.
Boyle.
The docibleness of dogs in general.
Walton.
Doc"i*ble (?), a. [L. docibilis, fr. docere to teach.] Easily taught or managed; teachable. Milton.
Doc"ile (?), a. [L. docilis,fr. docere to teach; cf. Gr. &?;, and L. discere to learn, Gr. &?; learned, &?; knowing: cf. F. docile. Cf. Doctor, Didactic, Disciple.] 1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [Obs.]