DOODLE, d[=oo]d'l, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to dandle.
DOODLE, d[=oo]d'l, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to drone, as a bagpipe.
DOOK, d[=oo]k, _n._ (_Scot._) a plug of wood driven into a wall to hold a
nail, &c.
DOOLEFULL, d[=oo]l'fool, _adj._ (_Spens._) = DOLEFUL.--_ns._ DOOL'-TREE,
DULE'-TREE (_Scot._), a tree that marks a place of mourning.
DOOLIE. See DHOOLY.
DOOM, d[=oo]m, _n._ judgment: condemnation: destiny: ruin: final judgment:
a picture of the Last Judgment.--_v.t._ to pronounce judgment on: to
sentence: to condemn:--_pr.p._ d[=oo]m'ing; _pa.p._ d[=oo]med.--_adjs._
DOOMED, under sentence; DOOM'FUL (_Spens._), full of doom, ruin, or
destructive power.--_adv._ DOOMS (_Scot._) very, exceedingly.--_ns._
DOOMS'DAY, the day of doom, the day when the world will be judged;
DOOMS'DAY-BOOK (see DOMESDAY); DOOMS'MAN, one who pronounces doom or
sentence, a judge.--CRACK OF DOOM, the signal for the final dissolution of
all things, the last trump. [A.S. _dóm_, judgment.]
DOOM-PALM, d[=oo]m'-päm, _n._ a kind of African palm, with a branched stem,
tufts of fan-shaped leaves, and a fruit as big as an apple.
DOOR, d[=o]r, _n._ the usual entrance into a house, room, or passage: the
wooden frame on hinges closing up the entrance: a means of approach or
access.--_ns._ DOOR'-BELL; DOOR'-CASE, the frame which encloses a door;
DOOR'-CHEEK (_Scot._), one of the side-posts of a door; DOOR'-KEEP'ER;
DOOR'-KNOCK'ER; DOOR'-MAT; DOOR'-NAIL; DOOR'-PLATE, a plate on or at a door
with the householder's name on it; DOOR'-POST, the jamb or side-piece of a
door; DOOR'-SILL, the threshold of a doorway; DOOR'-STEAD, a doorway;
DOOR'-STEP, DOOR'-STONE, the step-stone; DOOR'WAY, the entrance or passage
closed by the door; DOOR'-YARD, a yard about the door of a house;
FOLD'ING-DOOR, a door in two halves, each of which may be folded back
against the wall.--DARKEN ONE'S DOOR, to cross one's threshold; DEATH'S
DOOR, on the point of death, in great danger of death; NEXT DOOR TO, in the
house next to: near to, bordering upon, very nearly; OUT OF DOORS, in the
open air; SHOW TO THE DOOR, to dismiss with ignominy. [A.S. _duru_; Ger.
_thor_, _thür_; Gr. _thyra_, L. _fores_ (_pl._), a door.]
DOP, dop, _n._ a copper cup with a wooden handle, in which a gem is
soldered to be held while being cut or polished. [Dut.]
DOP, dop, _v.i._ to dip or duck.--_n._ a diving bird.
DOPE, d[=o]p, _n._ any thick liquid used as a lubricant, axle-grease: any
absorbent material holding a thick liquid, as cotton-waste, or a substance
used to hold nitro-glycerine. [Prob. Dut. _doop_, a dipping.]
DOPPER, dop'er, _n._ a member of a rigid religious sect in South Africa.
DOPPLERITE, dop'ler-[=i]t, _n._ a substance derived from the maceration of
peat. [From _Doppler_, a German physicist.]
DOQUET, dok'et, a form of _docket_.
DOR, dor, _n._ (_obs._) a scoff, mockery, as 'to give (any one) the dor.'
[Prob. Ice. _dór_, scoff.]
DOR, DORR, dor, _n._ a kind of dung-beetle, also called _Dor-beetle_ and
_Dor-fly_; a cockchafer (in U.S. called _Dor-bug_): (_obs._) a drone. [A.S.
_dora_, a humble-bee.]
DORADO, d[=o]-rä'd[=o], _n._ the dolphin, so called from its beautiful
colour when dying. [Sp., from _dorar_, to gild--L. _deaur[=a]re_,
_[=a]tum_. See DORY, EL DORADO.]
DORCAS, dor'kas, _n._ given in Acts, ix. 36, as the Greek translation of
_Tabitha_ (Aramaic, 'female gazelle'), the name of the Christian woman of
Joppa, famous for her good works, esp. the making of clothes for the
poor--hence DORCAS SOCIETIES, ladies' societies for making and providing
clothes for the poor.
DOREE. See DORY.
DOR-HAWK, dor'-hawk, _n._ the common goatsucker, night-jar, or fern-owl.
DORIAN, d[=o]'ri-an, _adj._ and _n._ belonging to _Doris_ in Greece, Doric:
a native of Doris.
DORIC, dor'ik, _adj._ belonging to _Doris_ in Greece, denoting one of the
Greek orders of architecture, distinguished by its simplicity and
solidity.--_n._ one of the modes of Greek music: a dialect of the Greek
language distinguished by the use of broad vowel sounds: any dialect having
this character, as Scotch.--_ns._ DOR'ICISM, DOR'ISM, a peculiarity of the
Doric dialect. [Fr. _dorique_--L. _Doricus_--Gr. _D[=o]ris_.]
DORKING, dork'ing, _n._ a square-bodied breed of poultry, variously
coloured, and with five claws on each foot--so named from _Dorking_ in
Surrey.