Webster's Dictionary 1913

5698

Doughtily

Dough″ti‐ly (?), adv. In a doughty manner.

5699

Doughtiness

Dough″ti‐ness, n. The quality of being doughty; valor; bravery.

5700

Doughtren

Dough″tren (?), n. pl. [See Daughter.] Daughters. Chaucer.

5701

Doughty

Dough″ty (dou″ty̆), a. [Compar.Doughtier (–tĭ‐ẽr); superl.Doughtiest.] [OE. duhti, dohti, douhti, brave, valiant, fit, useful, AS, dyhtig; akin to G. tüchtig, Dan. dygtig, Sw. d...

5702

Doughy

Dough″y (dō″y̆), a. Like dough; soft and heavy; pasty; crude; flabby and pale; as, a doughy complexion.

5703

Doulocracy

Dou‐loc″ra‐cy (?), n. [Gr. δου̑λοσ slave + κρατει̑ν to rule.] A government by slaves. [Written also dulocracy.] Hare.

5704

Doum palm

Doum″ palm′ (do͞om″ päm′). See Doom palm.

5705

Doupe

Doupe (?), n.(Zoöl.) The carrion crow. [Written also dob.]

5706

Dour

Dour (?), a. [Cf. F. dur, L. durus.] Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.A dour wife, a sour old carlin. C. Reade.

5707

Doura

Dou″ra (?), n. A kind of millet. See Durra.

5708

Douroucouli

‖Dou′rou‐cou″li (?), n. See Durukuli.

5709

Douse

Douse (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Doused (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dousing.] [Cf. Dowse, and OD. donsen to strike with the fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down violently and noisily; ...

5710

Douse (2)

Douse, v. i. To fall suddenly into water. Hudibras.

5711

Douse (3)

Douse, v. t. [AS. dwæscan. (Skeat.)] To put out; to extinguish. “ To douse the glim.” Sir W. Scott.

5712

Dousing-chock

Dous″ing–chock′ (?), n.(Shipbuilding) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

5713

Dout

Dout (?), v. t. [Do + out. Cf. Doff.] To put out. “It douts the light.” Sylvester.

5714

Douter

Dout″er (?), n. An extinguisher for candles.

5715

Dove

Dove (?), n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d�fe; akin to OS. d�ba, D. duif, OHG. t�ba, G. taube, Icel. d�fa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d�b�; perh. from the root of E. dive.] 1. (...

5716

Dove plant

Dove″ plant′ (?). (Bot.) A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in th...

5717

Dove-eyed

Dove″–eyed′ (?), a. Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace.

5718

Dove's-foot

Dove's″–foot′ (?), n.(Bot.) (a) A small annual species of Geranium, native in England; — so called from the shape of the leaf. (b) The columbine. Halliwell.

5719

Dovecot

{ Dove″cot′ (?), Dove″cote′ (?), } n. A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove ho...

5720

Dovekie

Dove″kie (?), n.(Zoöl.) A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove.

5721

Dovelet

Dove″let (?), n. A young or small dove. Booth.

5722

Dovelike

Dove″like′ (?), a. Mild as a dove; gentle; pure and lovable. Longfellow.

5723

Dover's Powder

Do″ver's Pow″der (?). [From Dr. Dover, an English physician.] (Med.) A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as forme...

5724

Doveship

Dove″ship (?), n. The possession of dovelike qualities, harmlessness and innocence. Bp. Hall.