Dictionary entry

Doily

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Doi″ly (?), n. 1. A kind of woolen stuff. “Some doily petticoats.” Dryden.

A fool and a doily stuff, would now and then find days of grace, and be worn for variety. Congreve.

2. A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; — commonly colored and fringed.