DORTURE
DORTURE, noun [contraction of dormiture.] A dormitory. [Not in use.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DOSE
DOSE, noun [Gr., that which is give; to give.]1. The quantity of medicine give or prescribed to be taken at one time.2. Any thing given to be swallowed; any thing nauseous, that...
DOSSER
DOSSER, noun A pannier, or basket, to be carried on the shoulders of men.
DOSSIL
DOSSIL, noun In surgery, a pledget or portion of lint made into a cylindric form, or the shape of a date.
DOST
DOST, the second person of do, used int he solemn style; thou dost
DOT
DOT, noun [I know not the origin and affinities of this word. It would be naturally deduced from a verb signifying to set, or to prick, like punctum, point.] A small point or sp...
DOTAGE
DOTAGE, noun [from dote.]1. Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age, childishness of old age; as a venerable man now in his dotage2. A doting;...
DOTAL
DOTAL, adjective [Latin, dower.] Pertaining to dower, or a womans marriage portion; constituting dower or comprised in it; as a dotal town.
DOTARD
DOTARD, noun [dote and ard, kind.]1. A man whose intellect is impaired by age; one in his second childhood.The sickly dotard wants a wife.2. A doting fellow; one foolishly fond.
DOTARDLY
DOTARDLY, adjective Like a dotard; weak.
DOTATION
DOTATION, noun [Latin, to endow.]1. The act of endowing, or of bestowing a marriage portion on a woman.2. Endowment; establishment of funds for support; as of a hospital or elee...
DOTE
DOTE, verb intransitive1. To be delirious; to have the intellect impaired by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to be silly.Time has made you dote and vainly tell of arms ...
DOTER
DOTER, noun1. One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard.2. One who is excessively fond, or weakly in love.
DOTING
DOTING, participle present tense Regarding with excessive fondness.
DOTINGLY
DOTINGLY, adverb By excessive fondness.
DOTTARD
DOTTARD, noun A tree kept low by cutting.
DOTTED
DOTTED, participle passive1. Marked with dots or small spots; diversified with small detached objects.2. In botany, sprinkled with hollow dots or points.
DOTTEREL
DOTTEREL, noun The name of different species of fowls, of the genus Charadrius and the grallic order; as the Alexandrine dotterel the ringed dotterel and the Morinellus; also, t...
DOTTING
DOTTING, participle present tense Marking with dots or spots; diversifying with small detached objects.
DOUANIER
DOUANIER, noun An officer of the customs.
DOUBLE
DOUBLE, adjective Dubl. [Latin, Gr. See Two.]1. Two of a sort together; one corresponding to the other; being in pairs; as double chickens in the same egg; double leaves connect...
DOUBLE-BANKED
DOUBLE-BANKED, adjective In seamanship, having two opposite oars managed by rowers on the same bench, or having two men to the same oar.
DOUBLE-BITING
DOUBLE-BITING, adjective Biting or cutting on either side; as a double-biting ax.
DOUBLE-BUTTONED
DOUBLE-BUTTONED, adjective Having two rows of buttons.
DOUBLE-CHARGE
DOUBLE-CHARGE, verb transitive To charge or intrust with a double portion.
DOUBLE-DEALER
DOUBLE-DEALER, noun One who acts two different parts, in the same business, or at the same time; a deceitful, trickish person; one who says one thing and thinks or intends anoth...
DOUBLE-DEALING
DOUBLE-DEALING, noun Artifice; duplicity; deceitful practice; the profession of one thing and the practice of another.