Webster's Dictionary 1913

5320

Dogwatch

Dog″watch′ (?), n.(Naut.) A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch from 6 to 8 o'clock,...

5321

Dogwood

Dog″wood′ (–wo͝od′), n. [So named from skewers (dags) being made of it. Dr. Prior. See Dag, and Dagger.] (Bot.) The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of w...

5322

Dohtren

Doh″tren (dō″trĕn), n. pl. Daughters.

5323

Doily

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...

5324

Doing

Do″ing (?), n.; pl.Doings (�). Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.To render an account of his doings. Barrow.

5325

Doit

Doit (?), n. [D. duit, Icel. pveit, prop., a piece cut off. See Thwaite a piece of ground, Thwite.] 1. A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coi...

5326

Doitkin

Doit″kin (?), n. A very small coin; a doit.

5327

Dokimastic

Dok′i‐mas″tic (?), a. Docimastic.

5328

Doko

‖Do″ko (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Lepidosiren.

5329

Dolabra

‖Do‐la″bra (?), n. [L., fr. dolare to hew.] A rude ancient ax or hatchet, seen in museums.

5330

Dolabriform

Do‐lab″ri‐form (?), a. [L. dolabra a mattock + -form.] Shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some leaves, and also certain organs of some shellfish.

5331

Dolce

{ ‖Dol″ce (?), Dol′ce‐men″te (?), } adv. [It., fr. L. dulcis sweet, soft.] (Mus.) Softly; sweetly; with soft, smooth, and delicate execution.

5332

Dolcino

‖Dol‐ci″no (?), or‖Dul‐ci″no (�), n. [Cf. It. dolcigno sweetish.] (Mus.) A small bassoon, formerly much used. Simmonds.

5333

Doldrums

Dol″drums (dŏl″drŭmz), n. pl. [Cf. Gael. doltrum grief, vexation?] A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes ...

5334

Dole

Dole (dōl), n. [OE. deol, doel, dol, OF. doel, fr. doloir to suffer, fr. L. dolere; perh. akin to dolare to hew.] grief; sorrow; lamentation.And she died.So that day there was d...

5335

Dole (2)

Dole, n. [L. dolus: cf. F. dol.] (Scots Law) See Dolus.

5336

Dole (3)

Dole, n. [AS. dāl portion; same word as d�l. See Deal.] 1. Distribution; dealing; apportionment.At her general dole,Each receives his ancient soul. Cleveland.2. That which is de...

5337

Dole (4)

Dole (dōl), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Doled (dōld); p. pr. & vb. n.Doling.] To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly.The supercilious...

5338

Doleful

Dole″ful (?), a. Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.With screwed face and doleful whine. South.Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. Milto...

5339

Dolent

Do″lent (?), a. [L. dolens, p. pr. of dolere: cf. F. dolent. See Dole sorrow.] Sorrowful. Ford.

5340

Dolente

‖Do‐len″te (?), a. & adv.(Mus.) Plaintively. See Doloroso.

5341

Dolerite

Dol″er‐ite (?), n.(Geol. & Min.) A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it is conside...

5342

Dolerite (2)

Dol″er‐ite (?), n.(Petrography) (a) A dark, crystalline, igneous rock, chiefly pyroxene with labradorite. (b) Coarse-grained basalt. (c) Diabase. (d) Any dark, igneous rock comp...

5343

Doleritic

Dol′er‐it″ic (?), a. Of the nature of dolerite; as, much lava is doleritic lava. Dana.

5344

Dolesome

Dole″some, a. Doleful; dismal; gloomy; sorrowful. — Dole″some‐ly, adv. — Dole″some‐ness, n.

5345

Dolf

Dolf (?), imp. of Delve. Chaucer.

5346

Dolichocephalic

{ Dol′i‐cho‐ce‐phal″ic (dŏl′ĭ‐kō̍‐sē̍‐făl″ĭk), Dol′i‐cho‐ceph″a‐lous (–sĕf″ȧ‐lŭs), } a. [Gr. δολιχόσ long + κεφαλή head.] (Anat.) Having the cranium, or skull, long to its bread...