Doc`u*men"ta*ry (?), a. Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing. "Documentary evidence." Macaulay.
{ Dodd, Dod (?) }, v. t. [OE. dodden.] To cut off, as wool from sheep's tails; to lop or clip off. Halliwell.
Dod"dart (?), n. A game much like hockey, played in an open field; also, the, bent stick for playing the game. [Local, Eng.] Halliwell.
Dod"ded, a. [See Dodd.] Without horns; as, dodded cattle; without beards; as, dodded corn. Halliwell.
Dod"der (?), n. [Cf. Dan. dodder, Sw. dodra, G. dotter.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root, is nourished by the plant that supports it.
Dod"der, v. t. & i. [Cf. AS. dyderian to deceive, delude, and E. didder, dudder.] To shake, tremble, or totter. "The doddering mast." Thomson.
Dod"dered (?), a. Shattered; infirm. "A laurel grew, doddered with age." Dryden.
Do*dec"a*gon (?), n. [Gr. &?; twelve + &?; angle: cf. F. dodécagone.] (Geom.) A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.
||Do*dec`a*gyn"i*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; twelve + &?; woman, female.] (Bot.) A Linnæan order of plants having twelve styles.
{ Do*dec`a*gyn"i*an (?), Do`de*cag"y*nous (?), } a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Dodecagynia; having twelve styles.
Do*dec`a*he"dral (?), a. Pertaining to, or like, a dodecahedion; consisting of twelve equal sides.
Dodecahedral cleavage. See under Cleavage.
Do*dec`a*he"dron (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; twelve + &?; seat, bottom, base: cf. F. dodécaèdre.] (Geom. & Crystallog.) A solid having twelve faces.
The regular dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal and regular pentagons; the pyritohedron (see Pyritohedron) is related to it; the rhombic dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal rhombic faces.
||Do`de*can"dri*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; twelve + &?;, &?;, man, male.] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen.
{ Do`de*can"dri*an (?), Do`de*can"drous (?), } a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.
Do"de*cane (?), n. [Gr. &?; twelve.] (Chem.) Any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons, C12H26, of the paraffin series.
Do*dec"a*style (?), a. [Gr. &?; twelve + &?; column: cf. F. dodécastyle.] (Arch.) Having twelve columns in front. -- n. A dodecastyle portico, or building.
Do*dec`a*syl*lab"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; twelve + E. syllabic.] Having twelve syllables.
Do*dec"a*syl`la*ble (?), n. A word consisting of twelve syllables.
Do*dec`a*tem"o*ry (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; twelve + &?;, dim. of &?; part: cf. F. dodécatémorie.] (Astron.) A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
Dodge (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dodged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dodging.] [Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle, dade, or dog, v. t.] 1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start. Milton.
2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity.
Milton.
Dodge, v. t. 1. To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.
2. Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility. [Colloq.] S. G. Goodrich.