Webster's Dictionary 1828

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DOORING

DOORING, noun A door-case. [Not used.]

3431

DOQUET

DOQUET, noun Doket. A warrant; a paper granting license. [See Docket.]

3432

DOR

DOR, DORR, noun The name of the black-beetle, or the hedgechafer, a species of Scarabaeus. We usually say, the dor-beetle.

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DORADO

DORADO, noun1. A southern constellation, containing six stars, called also xiphias; not visible in our latitude.2. A large fish resembling the dolphin.

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DOREE

DOREE, noun A fish of the genus Zeus. It is called also faber, and gallus marinus. The body is oval and greatly compressed on the sides; the head is large and the snout long.

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DORIAN

DORIAN, adjective Pertaining to Doris in Greece. [See Doric.]

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DORIC

DORIC, adjective [from Doris in Greece.] in general, pertaining to Doris, or the Dorians, in Greece, who dwelt near Parnassus.In architecture, noting the second order of columns...

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DORICISM

DORICISM, DORISM, noun A phrase of the Doric dialect.

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DORISM

DORICISM, DORISM noun A phrase of the Doric dialect.

3439

DORMANCY

DORMANCY, noun [infra.] Quiescence.

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DORMANT

DORMANT, adjective [Latin, to sleep.]1. Sleeping; hence, at rest; not in action; as dormant passions.2. Being in a sleeping posture; as the lion dormant in heraldry.3. Neglected...

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DORMAR

DORMAR, noun A beam; a sleeper.

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DORMAR-WINDOW

DORMAR, DORMAR-WINDOW noun A window in the roof of a house, or above the entablature, being raised upon the rafters.

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DORMITIVE

DORMITIVE, noun [Latin, to sleep.] A medicine to promote sleep; an opiate.

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DORMITORY

DORMITORY, noun [Latin, to sleep.]1. A place, building or room to sleep in.2. A gallery in convents divided into several cells, where the religious sleep.3. A burial place.

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DORMOUSE

DORMOUSE, nounplural Dormice. [Latin, to sleep and mouse.] An animal of the mouse kind, which makes a bed of moss or dry leaves, in a hollow tree or under shrubs, lays in a stor...

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DORN

DORN, noun [G., thorn.] A fish.

3447

DORON

DORON, noun [Gr., a gift.]1. A gift; a present. [Not in use.]2. A measure of three inches.

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DORP

DORP, noun [G.] A small village.

3449

DORR

DORR. [See Dor.]DORR, verb transitive To deafen with noise. [Not in use.]

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DORRER

DORRER, noun A drone. [Not in use.]

3451

DORSAL

DORSAL, adjective [Latin, the back.] Pertaining to the back; as the dorsal fin of a fish; dorsal awn, in botany.

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DORSE

DORSE, noun A canopy.

3453

DORSEL

DORSEL, noun [See Dosser.]

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DORSIFEROUS

DORSIFEROUS, DORSIPAROUS, adjective [Latin, the back; to bear.] In botany, bearing or producing seeds on the back of their leaves; an epithet given to ferns or plants of the cap...

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DORSIPAROUS

DORSIFEROUS, DORSIPAROUS adjective [Latin, the back; to bear.] In botany, bearing or producing seeds on the back of their leaves; an epithet given to ferns or plants of the capi...

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DORSUM

DORSUM, noun [Latin] The ridge of a hill.