DOCENT. See PRIVAT DOCENT.
DOCETISM, do-s[=e]'tizm, _n._ a 2d-century heresy, which denied the human
nature of Christ, affirming that His body was only a semblance.--_n.pl._
DOC[=E]'TÆ.--_adjs._ DOC[=E]'TIC, DOCETIS'TIC.--_ns._ DOC[=E]'TISM;
DOC[=E]'TIST. [Gr. _dok[=e]tai_, those of this belief--_dokein_, to seem.]
DOCH-AN-DORIS, doch'an-d[=o]'ris, _n._ a stirrup-cup, a parting-cup.--Also
DOCH-AN-DORACH, DEUCH-AN-DORIS. [Gael., _deoch_, drink, _an_, the,
_doruis_, gen. of _dorus_, door.]
DOCILE, d[=o]'s[=i]l, or dos'il, _adj._ teachable: ready to learn: easily
managed--(_obs._) DOC'IBLE.--_ns._ DOC'IBLENESS, DOCIL'ITY,
teachableness.--_adj._ D[=O]'CIOUS (_U.S._).--_n._ DOC'ITY. [Fr.,--L.
_docilis_--_doc[=e]re_, to teach.]
DOCIMASY, dos'i-ma-si, _n._ the art by which the nature and proportions of
an ore are determined: assaying: examination of poisons.--_n._ DOCIMAS'TES,
a genus of humming-birds with enormously long beak.--_adj._
DOCIMAS'TIC--_n._ DOCIMOL'OGY, a treatise on the art of assaying. [Gr.
_dokimasia_, examination--_dokimazein_, to test--_dechesthai_, to take,
approve.]
DOCK, dok, _n._ a troublesome weed with large leaves and a long root.--_n._
DOCK'-CRESS, the nipplewort. [A.S. _docce_; perh. from Gael. _dogha_, a
burdock.]
DOCK, dok, _v.t._ to cut short: to curtail: to cut off: to clip.--_n._ the
part of a tail left after clipping. [Prob. W. _tocio_, to cut short; or Old
Ice. _dockr_, a stumpy tail.]
DOCK, dok, _n._ an enclosure or artificial basin near a harbour or river,
for the reception of vessels: the box in court where the accused stands: in
a railway station, the place of arrival and departure of a train.--_v.t._
to place in a dock.--_ns._ DOCK'AGE, accommodation in docks for ships:
dock-dues; DOCK'ER, one who works in the docks; DOCK'-MAS'TER, the person
superintending a dock; DOCK'-WARR'ANT, a warehouse receipt; DOCK'YARD, a
naval establishment with docks, building-slips, stores, &c.; DRY'-DOCK, a
dock which can be laid dry by dock-gates, pumping, &c.--also called
GRAV'ING-DOCK, because suitable for cleaning or graving the sides and
bottoms of ships; FLOAT'ING-DOCK, a dock which floats in the water, but can
by pumping out its hollow sides be raised high in the water with any ship
that has been floated into it, and then emptied of water by further
pumping; WET'-DOCK, a dock maintaining a level nearly uniform with that of
high water. [Old Dut. _dokke_; perh. from Low L. _doga_, a canal--Gr.
_doch[=e]_, a receptacle--_dechesthai_, to receive.]
DOCKET, dok'et, _n._ a summary of a larger writing: a bill or ticket
affixed to anything: a label: a list or register of cases in court.--_v.t._
to make a summary of the heads of a writing: to enter in a book: to mark
the contents of papers on the back:--_pr.p._ dock'eting; _pa.p._ dock'eted.
[Dim. of _dock_, to curtail; sometimes _docquet_, as if French.]
DOCTOR, dok'tur, _n._ one who has received from a university the highest
degree in a faculty: a physician: a medical practitioner: a cleric
especially skilled in theology or ecclesiastical law.--_v.t._ to treat as a
doctor does: to adulterate: to make alterations on: to falsify: to address
as doctor: to create a doctor.--_v.i._ to take physic: to practise
medicine.--_adj._ DOC'TORAL.--_ns._ DOC'TORATE, DOC'TORSHIP; DOC'TORESS,
DOC'TRESS, a female physician.--DOCTORS' COMMONS, before the establishment
of the Divorce Court and Probate Court in 1857, the college of the doctors
of civil law in London, incorporated by royal charter in 1768; DOCTOR'S
STUFF, medicine. [L., 'a teacher'--_docere_, to teach.]
DOCTRINAIRE, doc'tri-n[=a]r, _n._ an unpractical theorist, disposed to
carry principles to logical but unworkable extremes: in France, in 1815-30,
one of a school who desired a constitution like that of Britain.--_adj._
theorist.--_ns._ DOCTRIN[=A]'RIAN, one given to theory;
DOCTRIN[=A]'RIANISM, blind adhesion to one-sided principles. [Fr.,--Late L.
_doctrinarius_.]
DOCTRINE, dok'trin, _n._ a thing taught: a principle of belief: what the
Scriptures teach on any subject: (_B._) act or manner of teaching.--_adj._
DOC'TRINAL, relating to or containing doctrine: relating to the act of
teaching.--_adv._ DOC'TRINALLY. [Fr.,--L. _doctr[=i]na_, _doc[=e]re_, to
teach.]
DOCUMENT, dok'[=u]-ment, _n._ a paper containing information or the proof
of anything.--_v.t._ to furnish with documents: to support or prove by
documents.--_adjs._ DOCUMENT'AL, DOCUMENT'ARY, relating to or found in
documents.--_n._ DOCUMENT[=A]'TION, preparation or use of documentary
evidence and authorities--used in realistic fiction by the school of Zola
of faithful reproduction of the records, real or supposed, of actual lives
(the so-called _document humain_).--DOCUMENTARY HYPOTHESIS, the hypothesis
that the Pentateuch consists of two or more originally distinct documents.
[Fr.,--L. _documentum_--_doc[=e]re_, to teach.]
DOD, dod, _v.t._ (_prov._) to clip, poll, lop.--_p.adj._ DOD'DED, polled,
hornless.--_ns._ DOD'DLE, a pollard; DOD'DY, a cow without horns.
DODDART, dod'art, _n._ (_obs._) hockey.
DODDER, dod'[.e]r, _n._ a leafless, twining, pale-coloured parasitic
plant.--_p.adj._ DODD'ERED, overgrown with dodder. [A.S. _dodder_; Ger.
_dotter_.]
DODDER, dod'[.e]r, _v.t._ or _v.i._ to shake, tremble.--_p.adj._
DODD'ERING, trembling: pottering. [Cf. TODDLE.]
DODDY, dod'i, _adj._ (_Scot._) crabbed.
DODECAGON, d[=o]-dek'a-gon, _n._ a plane figure having twelve equal angles
and sides. [Gr. _d[=o]deka_, twelve, _g[=o]nia_, an angle.]
DODECAGYNIA, d[=o]-dek-a-jin'i-a, _n._ a Linnæan order of plants having
twelve styles.--_adjs._ DODECAGYN'IAN, DODECAG'YNOUS.
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DODECAHEDRON, d[=o]-dek-a-h[=e]'dron, _n._ a solid figure, having twelve
equal pentagonal bases or faces.--_adj._ DODECAH[=E]'DRAL. [Gr.
_d[=o]deka_, twelve, _hedra_, a base, a side.]
DODECANDRIA, d[=o]-de-kan'dri-a, _n._ a Linnæan class of plants having
twelve stamens.--_adj._ DODECAN'DROUS. [Gr. _d[=o]deka_, twelve, _an[=e]r_,
_andros_, a man.]
DODECAPETALOUS, d[=o]-dek-a-pet'a-lus, _adj._ having twelve petals. [Gr.
_d[=o]deka_, twelve, _petalon_, a petal.]
DODECASTYLE, d[=o]'dek-a-st[=i]l, _adj._ (_archit._) having twelve columns
in front.--_n._ a portico with such.
DODECASYLLABLE, d[=o]-dek-a-sil'a-bl, _n._ a word of twelve
syllables.--_adj._ DODECASYLLAB'IC.
DODGE, doj, _v.i._ to start aside or shift about: to evade or use mean
tricks: to shuffle or quibble.--_v.t._ to evade by a sudden shift of place:
to trick.--_n._ an evasion: a trick: a quibble.--_ns._ DODG'ER; DODG'ERY,
trickery.--_adj._ DODG'Y. [Cf. _dodder_, _toddle_, _diddle_; Scot.
_daddle_, _doddle_.]
DODIPOLL, DODDYPOLL, dod'i-p[=o]l, _n._ a blockhead.
DODKIN, dod'kin, _n._ a doit.--Also DOIT'KIN.
DODMAN, dod'man, _n._ (_prov._) a snail.
DODO, d[=o]'d[=o], _n._ a large clumsy bird, about the size of a turkey,
and without the power of flight--it was once found in Mauritius and
Madagascar, but became extinct about the end of the 17th century. [Port.
_doudo_, silly.]
DODONÆAN, d[=o]-d[=o]-n[=e]'an, _adj._ pertaining to _Dodona_ in Epirus, or
its oracle sacred to Zeus, situated in a grove of oaks.--Also DOD[=O]'NIAN.
DOE, d[=o], _n._ John Doe and Richard Roe, names of an imaginary plaintiff
and opponent in the old legal action for ejectment, and proverbial term for
a legal action.
DOE, d[=o], _n._ the female of the fallow-deer or buck.--_n._ DOE'SKIN, the
skin of a doe: a smooth, close-woven woollen cloth. [A.S. _dá_; Dan. _daa_,
a deer.]
DOER, d[=oo]'[.e]r, _n._ one who does anything; one who habitually
performs: an agent.
DOES, duz, 3d pers. sing. pres. indic. of DO.
DOFF, dof, _v.t._ to do or take off: to rid one's self of. [A contr. of _do
off_.]
DOFFER, dof'[.e]r, _n._ the part of a carding-machine which strips the
cotton from the cylinder when carded.
DOG, dog, _n._ a domestic quadruped of the same genus as the wolf, and akin
to the fox, varying in size from small terriers to huge Newfoundlands,
mastiffs, and St Bernards: a mean scoundrel: a term of contempt: a fellow
(as a jolly dog): one of two constellations of stars: an andiron: an iron
hook for holding logs of wood: a dogfish: a cock, as of a gun.--_adj._ male
(opposed to bitch), as in dog-fox, dog-ape.--_v.t._ to follow as a dog: to
follow and watch constantly: to worry with importunity:--_pr.p._ dog'ging;
_pa.p._ dogged.--_ns._ DOG'-BANE, a plant with an intensely bitter root,
valued for its medicinal properties, said to be poisonous to dogs;
DOG'-BEE, a drone; DOG'-BELT, a broad leather belt round the waist for
drawing dans or sledges in the low workings of coal-mines; DOG'-BIS'CUIT,
biscuit made for dogs, sometimes containing scraps of meat; DOG'-BOLT
(_obs._), a contemptible fellow; DOG'-BOX, the part of a railway wagon in
which dogs are carried; DOG'-BR[=I]'ER, the brier dogrose; DOG'CART, a
two-wheeled carriage with seats back to back, so called from sporting-dogs
being originally carried inside the box.--_adj._ DOG'-CHEAP, very
cheap.--_n._ DOG'-COLL'AR, a collar for dogs: a kind of stiff collar on a
woman's dress: a close-fitting clerical collar.--_adj._ DOG'-FACED.--_ns._
DOG'-FAN'CIER, one who has a fancy for, or who deals in dogs; DOG'FISH, a
popular name for various small species of shark, common on British and
American coasts; DOG'-FOX, a male fox; DOG'GER.--_adj._ DOG'GISH, like a
dog: churlish: brutal.--_adv._ DOG'GISHLY.--_n._ DOG'GISHNESS.--_p.adj._
DOG'GONED (_vulg._), confounded.--_n._ DOG'-GRASS, a coarse perennial grass
common in uncultivated grounds, akin to _couch-grass_, _dog-wheat_,
&c.--_adjs._ DOG'-HEAD'ED; DOG'-HEART'ED.--_ns._ DOG'-HOLE, a hole fit only
for dogs: a mean dwelling; DOG'-HOUSE, -KENN'EL; DOG'-LEECH, one who treats
the diseases of dogs; DOG-LETT'ER, the letter or sound _r_--also _Canine
letter_; DOG'-LOUSE; DOG'-PARS'LEY, fool's parsley; DOG'ROSE, a wild-rose,
a brier; DOG'S'-EAR, the corner of the leaf of a book turned down like a
dog's ear.--_v.t._ to turn down the corners of leaves.--_p.adjs._
DOG'S'-EARED, DOG'-EARED.--_ns._ DOG'S'-FENN'EL, May-weed; DOG'SHIP, the
quality or personality of a dog.--_adj._ DOG'-SICK.--_n._ DOG'SKIN, leather
made from the skin of a dog, or from sheepskin in imitation of it.--_adj._
made of such.--_ns._ DOG'-SLEEP, a light sleep broken by the slightest
noise; DOG'S'-MEAT, coarse meat, scraps and refuse sold as food for dogs;
DOG'S'-MER'CURY, the _mercurialis perennis_; DOG'S'-NOSE, a kind of mixed
drink; DOG'S'-TAIL-GRASS, a common British pasture grass.--_n.pl._
DOG'-STONES, a name for various British species of orchis.--_ns._
DOG'S'-TONGUE, the hound's-tongue plant, _Cynoglossum officinale_;
DOG'-TICK.--_adjs._ DOG'-TIRED, DOG'-WEA'RY (_Shak._), tired as a dog,
completely worn out.--_ns._ DOG'-TRICK, an ill-natured trick; DOG'-TROT, a
gentle trot like that of a dog; DOG'-VANE, a small vane of thread, cork,
and feathers placed on the weather gunwale to show the direction of the
wind; DOG'-V[=I]'OLET, the common name of _Viola canina_ and other
scentless species of wild violet; DOG'-WHEAT, a name of DOG-GRASS;
DOG'-WHELK, the popular name for univalve molluscs of the genus _Nassa_;
DOG'WOOD, a tree or shrub of the cornel genus, valuable on account of the
hardness of the wood.--_interj._ DOG ON IT! a minced oath (for God damn
it!).--GO TO THE DOGS, to be ruined; NOT TO LEAD THE LIFE OF A DOG, to lead
a life so wretched that even a dog would not be content with it; THROW,
GIVE, or SEND TO THE DOGS, to throw away or abandon. [M. E. _doggë_; not in
A.S.; Dut. _dog_, a mastiff; Ger. _dogge_, _docke_.]
DOGBERRY, dog'ber-ri, _n._ the fruit of a species of dogwood: a stupid,
obstinate fellow, from the old watchman in Shakespeare's _Much Ado about
Nothing_.
DOGDAYS, dog'd[=a]z, _n.pl._ the period when the dogstar rises and sets
with the sun (generally reckoned July 3d to August 11th)--erroneously
supposed to be the time when dogs are specially liable to hydrophobia.
DOGE, d[=o]j, _n._ formerly the chief-magistrate in Venice and
Genoa.--_ns._ DOGARESS'A, the wife of a doge; DOG'ATE, DOGE'ATE, DOGE'SHIP.
[It., prov. for _duce_ = Eng. _duke_--L. _dux_, a leader--_duc[)e]re_, to
lead.]
DOGGED, dog'ed, _adj._ surly like an angry dog: sullen: obstinate.--_adv._
(_slang_) very.--_adv._ DOGG'EDLY.--_n._ DOGG'EDNESS.
DOGGER, dog'[.e]r, _n._ a two-masted Dutch fishing-vessel.--_n._
DOGG'ERMAN. [Dut.]
DOGGER, dog'er, _n._ a sandy and oolitic ironstone.
DOGGEREL, dog'[.e]r-el, _n._ irregular measures in burlesque poetry, so
named in contempt: worthless verses.--_adj._ irregular in rhythm,
mean.--Also DOG'GREL. [Usually assumed to be from _dog_, but no good ground
for this.]
DOGGY, dog'i, _adj._ fond of dogs.
DOG-HEAD, dog'-hed, _n._ the hammer of a gun-lock.