Do"ty (?), a. [See Dottard.] Half-rotten; as, doty timber. [Local, U. S.]

||Dou`ane" (?), n. [F.] A customhouse.

||Dou`a"nier" (?), n. [F.] An officer of the French customs. [Anglicized form douaneer.]

Dou"ar (?), n. [F., fr. Ar. d&?;r.] A village composed of Arab tents arranged in streets.

Dou"ay Bi"ble (?). [From Douay, or Douai, a town in France.] A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; -- done from the Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New Testament portion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the Old Testament at Douai, A. D. 1609-10. Various revised editions have since been published. [Written also Doway Bible. Called also the Rheims and Douay version.]

Doub" grass` (db" grs).(Bot.) Doob grass.

Dou"ble (db"'l), a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF. doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr. diplo`os double. See Two, and Full, and cf. Diploma, Duple.] 1. Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.

Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

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