DOMBOC, d[=o]m'b[=o]k, _n._ a collection of laws made by authority of King
Alfred, but now lost. [A.S. _dóm_, judgment, law, and _bóc_, book.]
DOMDANIEL, dom-dan'yel, _n._ a hall under the sea inhabited by a sorcerer
and his disciples: (_Carlyle_) an infernal cave, den of iniquity generally.
[Fr.,--Gr. _d[=o]ma Dani[=e]l_, house of Daniel.]
DOME, d[=o]m, _n._ a structure raised above the roof of large buildings,
usually hemispherical: a large cupola: a cathedral: (_poet._) a
building.--_v.t._ to furnish with a dome.--_adjs._ DOMED, DOM'ICAL, having
a dome. [L. _domus_, a house; Fr. _dôme_, It. _duomo_, Ger. _dom_.]
DOME, d[=o]m, _n._ (_Spen._). Same as DOOM.
DOMESDAY-, DOOMSDAY-BOOK, d[=oo]mz'd[=a]-book, _n._ a book compiled by
order of William the Conqueror, containing a survey of all the lands in
England, their value, owners, &c.--so called from its authority in judgment
(A.S. _dóm_) on the matters contained in it.
DOMESTIC, do-mes'tik, _adj._ belonging to the house: remaining much at
home: private: tame: not foreign.--_n._ a servant in the house: (_pl._)
articles of home manufacture, esp. home-made cotton cloths.--_adv._
DOMES'TICALLY.--_v.t._ DOMES'TIC[=A]TE, to make domestic or familiar: to
tame.--_ns._ DOMESTIC[=A]'TION; DOMESTIC[=A]'TOR; DOMESTIC'ITY.--DOMESTIC
ARCHITECTURE, the architecture of mansions, dwelling-houses, cottages, &c.;
DOMESTIC ECONOMY, the principles of thrifty housekeeping. [Fr.,--L.
_domesticus_--_domus_, a house.]
DOMET, dom'et, _n._ a kind of plain cloth, in which the warp is cotton and
the weft woollen.
DOMICILE, dom'i-sil, _n._ a house: an abode: a man's legal place of
residence.--_v.t._ to establish a fixed residence.--_adjs._ DOM'ICILED;
DOMICIL'IARY, pertaining to the domicile.--_v.t._ DOMICIL'I[=A]TE, to
establish in a permanent residence.--_n._ DOMICILI[=A]'TION.--DOMICILIARY
VISIT, a visit, under authority, to a private house for the purpose of
searching it. [Fr.,--L. _domicilium_--_domus_, a house.]
DOMINANT, dom'in-ant, _adj._ prevailing: predominant.--_n._ (_mus._) the
fifth note of the scale in its relation to the first and third.--_ns._
DOM'INANCE, DOM'INANCY, ascendency.--_adv._ DOM'INANTLY. [L. _dominans_,
_-antis_, pr.p. of _domin[=a]ri_, to be master.]
DOMINATE, dom'in-[=a]t, _v.t._ to be lord over: to govern: to prevail over,
to be the chief feature of.--_n._ DOMIN[=A]'TION, government: absolute
authority: tyranny.--_adj._ DOM'INATIVE, governing: (_rare_)
arbitrary.--_n._ DOM'INATOR (_Shak._), a ruler or governor: a ruling
influence. [L. _domin[=a]ri_, _-[=a]tus_, to be master--_dominus_,
master--_domare_ = Eng. _tame_.]
DOMINEER, dom-in-[=e]r', _v.i._ to rule arbitrarily: to command haughtily:
to be overbearing.--_adj._ DOMINEER'ING, overbearing. [Prob. through Dut.
from O. Fr. _dominer_--L. _domin[=a]ri_.]
DOMINICAL, do-min'ik-al, _adj._ belonging to our Lord, as the Lord's
Prayer, the Lord's Day.--DOMINICAL LETTER, one of the first seven letters
of the alphabet, used in calendars to mark the Sundays throughout the year.
[Low L. _dominicalis_--L. _dominicus_--_dominus_, lord, master.]
DOMINICAN, do-min'i-kan, _adj._ belonging to St _Dominic_ or to the
_Dominicans_.--_n._ a friar or monk of the order of St Dominic--_Fratres
Predicatores_, founded in 1215--the _Black Friars_, from their black
mantle.
DOMINIE, dom'i-ni, _n._ (_Scot._) a schoolmaster, a tutor: in parts of the
United States, a clergyman. [L. _domine_, voc. case of _dominus_, lord,
master, sir.]
DOMINION, do-min'yun, _n._ lordship: highest power and authority: control:
the country or persons governed, esp. the Dominion of Canada: (_pl._, _B._)
a class of angelic spirits (Col. i. 16).--_n._ DOMIN'IUM, the ownership of
a thing.--DOMINION DAY, a Canadian festival on the anniversary of the union
of the provinces, 1st July 1867.
DOMINO, dom'i-no, _n._ a cape with a hood worn by a master or by a priest:
a long cloak of black silk with a hood, used at masked balls, a person
wearing such: one of the oblong pieces with which the game of DOM'INOES
(-n[=o]z) is played, usually twenty-eight in number, divided into two
compartments, each of which is blank or marked with from one to six spots.
[Sp. _domino_--L. _dominus_.]
DOMINUS. See DOMINIE.
DON, don, _n._ a Spanish title, corresponding to English Sir, formerly
applied only to noblemen, now to all classes: a fellow of a college, a
college authority: (_coll._) a swell, adept:--_fem._ DOÑA, in English,
usually with the Italian spelling, DON'NA.--_adj._ DON'NISH, pertaining to
a don: with the airs of a don.--_ns._ DON'NISM, self-importance; DON'SHIP,
rank or dignity of a don. [Sp.,--L. _dominus_.]
DON, don, _v.t._ to do or put on: to assume:--_pr.p._ don'ning; _pa.p._
donned. [A contr. of _do on_.]
DONAT, do'nat, _n._ a grammar, a primer.--Also DON'ET. [O. Fr. _donat_,
from Ælius _Donatus_, author about 358 A.D. of a long famous Latin
grammar.]
DONATION, do-n[=a]'shun, _n._ act of giving: that which is given, a gift of
money or goods: (_law_) the act by which a person freely transfers his
title to anything to another.--_n._ D[=O]'NARY, a thing given to a sacred
use.--_v.t._ DON[=A]TE', to present a gift.--_n._ DON'ATIVE, a gift: a
gratuity: a benefice presented by the founder or patron without reference
to the bishop.--_adj._ vested or vesting by donation.--_ns._ DON[=A]'TOR,
one who makes a gift, a donor; DON'ATORY (_Scots law_), one to whom lands
escheated to the crown are made over; DONEE', the person to whom a gift is
made; D[=O]'NOR, a giver: a benefactor.--DONA NOBIS, the last section of
the mass, beginning 'Dona nobis pacem.' [Fr.,--L. _don[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_--_donum_, a gift--_d[)a]re_, to give.]
DONATISTS, don'a-tists, _n.pl._ the members of an African sect in the
Christian Church of the 4th and 5th centuries, who protested against any
diminution of the extreme reverence paid to martyrs, who treated the lapsed
severely, and rebaptised converts from the Catholic Church.--_n._
DON'ATISM.--_adjs._ DONATIS'TIC, -AL. [From _Donatus_, one of their
leaders.]
DONE, dun, _pa.p._ of DO, often with sense of utterly exhausted: so DONE
UP, DONE OUT.
DONGA, dong'ga, _n._ the South African name for a channel or gully formed
by the action of water.
DONJON, dun'jun, _n._ a strong central tower in ancient castles, to which
the garrison retreated when hard pressed. [A doublet of _dungeon_.]
DONKEY, dong'ki, _n._ the ass.--_ns._ DON'KEY-EN'GINE, a small engine used
in steam-vessels for loading and unloading, pumping water into the boilers,
&c.; DON'KEY-PUMP, an extra steam-pump. [Still regarded as slang in 1823.
Perh. = _dun-ik-ie_, a double dim. of _dun_, from its colour; or from
_Duncan_, cf. DICKY.]
DONNA. See DON.
DONNERED, don'erd, _adj._ (_Scot._) stupefied, stunned.--Also DONN'ERD,
DONN'ERT.
DO-NOTHING, d[=oo]'-nuth'ing, _n._ one who does nothing: a lazy or idle
person: a fainéant.--_ns._ DO-NOTH'INGISM, DO-NOTH'INGNESS.
DONSIE, don'si, _adj._ (_Scot._) unlucky, perverse: neat, trim: sickly.
DON'T, d[=o]nt. For _do not_.
DONZEL, don'zel, _n._ a page or squire:--_fem._ DONZEL'LA.
DOOB, d[=oo]b, _n._ Indian name for the dog's-tooth grass.