Dopper
Dop″per (?), n. [D. dooper.] [Written also doper.] An Anabaptist or Baptist. B. Jonson.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Dopplerite
Dop″pler‐ite (?), n. [Named after the physicist and mathematician Christian Doppler.] (Min.) A brownish black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jellylike masses.
Doquet
Doq″uet (?), n. A warrant. See Docket.
Dor
Dor (?), n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. Dormouse.] (Zoöl.) A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which make...
Dor (2)
Dor, n. [Cf. Dor a beetle, and Hum, Humbug.] A trick, joke, or deception. Beau. & Fl.To give one the dor, to make a fool of him. P. Fletcher.
Dor (3)
Dor, v. t. To make a fool of; to deceive. [Written also dorr.] B. Jonson.
Dorado
Do‐ra″do (?), n. [Sp. dorado gilt, fr. dorar to gild, fr. L. deaurare. See 1st Dory, and cf. Fl Dorado.] 1. (Astron.) A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of...
Dorbeetle
Dor″bee′tle (?), n.(Zoöl.) See 1st Dor.
Doree
Do″ree (?), n. [See Dory.] (Zoöl.) A European marine fish (Zeus faber), of a yellow color. See Illust. of John Doree.☞ The popular name in England is John Doree, or Dory, well k...
Doretree
Dore″tree′ (?), n. A doorpost. “As dead as a doretree.” Piers Plowman.
Dorhawk
Dor″hawk′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The European goatsucker; — so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker. [Written also dorrhawk.] Booth.
Dorian
Do″ri‐an (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion.2. (Mus.) Same as Doric, 3. “Dorian mood.” Milton.Dorian mode(Mus.), the first o...
Dorian (2)
Do″ri‐an, n. A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece.
Doric
Dor″ic (?), a. [L. Doricus, Gr. �, fr. � the Dorians.] 1. Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect.2. (Arch.) Belonging to, or resembling...
Doric (2)
Dor″ic, n. The Doric dialect.
Doricism
Dor″i‐cism (?), n. A Doric phrase or idiom.
Doris
‖Do″ris (?), n. [L. Doris, the daughter of Oceanus, and wife of Nereus, Gr. �.] (Zoöl.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchiæ on the back.
Dorism
Do″rism (?), n. A Doric phrase or idiom.
Dorking fowl
Dor″king fowl′ (?). [From the town of Dorking in England.] (Zoöl.) One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having five toes, or the hind toe double. There are several str...
Dormancy
Dor″man‐cy (?), n. [From Dormant.] The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.
Dormant
Dor″mant (?), a. [F., p. pr. of dormir to sleep, from L. dormire; cf. Gr. �, Skr. drā, OSlav. dr�mati.] 1. Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quie...
Dormant (2)
Dor″mant (?), n. [See Dormant, a.] (Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or “ sleep.” Arch. Pub. Soc. — Called also dormant t...
Dormer
Dor″mer (?), orDor″mer win″dow (�), n. [Literally, the window of a sleeping apartment. F. dormir to sleep. See Dormant, a. & n.] (Arch.) A window pierced in a roof, and so set a...
Dormitive
Dor″mi‐tive (?), a. [Cf. F. dormitif, fr. dormire to sleep.] Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium. Clarke. — n.(Med.) A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific; a...
Dormitory
Dor″mi‐to‐ry (?), n.; pl.Dormitories (#). [L. dormitorium, fr. dormitorius of or for sleeping, fr. dormire to sleep. See Dormant.] 1. A sleeping room, or a building containing a...
Dormouse
Dor″mouse (?), n.; pl.Dormice (#). [Perh. fr. F. dormir to sleep (Prov. E. dorm to doze) + E. mouse; or perh. changed fr. F. dormeuse, fem., a sleeper, though not found in the s...
Dormy
Dor″my (?), a.(Golf) Up, or ahead, as many holes as remain to be played; — said of a player or side.☞ A player who is dormy can not be beaten, and at the worst must halve the ma...