DIVIDUAL 75 DIVISIBLE they are used by tanners and dyers. The 3. To render divine; to deify; to consecrate; light to the persons within. It is suspended plant is a native of tropical America. to sanctify. by chains from a barge or lighter, and can Dividualt (di-vidū-al), a. (L. dividuus, di- She ... seem'd of angels' race, be raised or lowered at pleasure upon signals visible, from divido. See DIVIDE.) Divided, Living on earth like angel new divinde. Spenser. being given by the persons within, who are shared, or participated in common with SYN. To foretell, predict, presage, prognos supplied with fresh air injected into a flexothers. ticate, guess. ible pipe by means of forcing pumps (B) And her reign With thousand lesser lights dividual holds. Milton. Divine (di-vin'), v.i. 1. To use or practise placed in the lighters, while the heated air divination.-2. To afford or impart pre- escape by a cock in the upper part of the Dividual (di-vidū-al), n. In arith. and alg. sages of the future; to utter presages or bell. An improvement on this form, called one of the several parts of a dividend from prognostications. the nautilus, has been invented which enwhich each separate figure or term of the The prophets thereof divine for money. Mic. iii. 11. ables the occupants, and not the attendants quotient is found. above as in the older forms, to raise or sink Dividually + (di-vidū-al-li), adv. By divid- 3. To have presages or forebodings. the bell, move it about at pleasure, or raise ing; in a divided manner. Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts. Shak. great weights with it and deposit them in Dividuous (di-vidū-us), a. Divided; divi- 4. To guess or conjecture. any desired spot. dual (Rare.) Divinely (di-vin'li), adv. 1. In a divine or Diving-dress (dīv'ing-dres), n. A waterHe so often substantiates distinctions into divide godlike manner; in a manner resembling proof dress of india-rubber used by profesous, self-subsistent. Coleridge. deity.-2. By the agency or influence of God; sional divers, having a head-piece of light Divination (di-vin-a'shon), n. [L. divinatio, as, a prophet divinely inspired; divinely metal furnished with strong glass eyes and the faculty of foreseeing, divination, from taught. two pliable pipes to maintain a supply of divino, to foretell, from divinus, divinely As when a painter, poring on a face, air. Leaden weights are attached to the inspired, prophetic. See DIVINE.] 1. The Divinely thro' all hindrance finds the man sides of the diver, and his shoes are weighted, act of divining; a foretelling future events, Behind it. Tennyson. that he may be able to descend a ladder, or discovering things secret or obscure, by 3. Excellently; in the supreme degree; as, walk about below, &c. the aid of superior beings, or by other than divinely fair; divinely brave. Diving-stone (div'ing-ston), n. A name human means. In ancient times divination The Grecians most divinely have given to the given to a species of jasper. was divided into two kinds, natural and active perfection of men a name expressing both Divining-rod (ui-vīn'ing-rod), n. A rod, usuartificial. Natural divination was supposed beauty and goodness. Hooker. ally of hazel, with forked branches, used to be effected by a kind of inspiration or Divinement+ (di-vīn'ment), n. Divination. by those who pretend to discover minerals divine afflatus; artificial divination was North. or water under ground. The rod, if carried effected by certain rites, experiments, or Divineness (di-vīn'nes), n. 1. Divinity; par- slowly along in suspension, dips and points observations, as by sacrifices, cakes, flour, ticipation of the divine nature; as, the downwards, it is affirmed, when brought wine, observation of entrails, flight of birds, divineness of the Scriptures. over the spot where the concealed mineral lots, verses, omens, position of the stars, All true work is sacred; in all work, were it but or water is to be found. &c. -2. Conjectural presage; prediction; an true hand-labour, there is something of divineness. Divinistre, n. A divine. Chaucer. indication of the future; omen; augury. Carlyle. 2. Excellence in the supreme degree. Divinity (di-vin'i-ti), n. [L. divinitas, from Birds which do give a happy divination of things divinus, divus, divine; Fr. divinité. See to come. North. DIVINE, DEITY.] 1. The state of being divine; No elder than a boy. Shak. Divinator (di'vin-āt-er), n. One who pre- Diviner (di-vin'er), n. 1. One who professes divineness; deity; godhead; divine element; tends to divination. divine nature; as, Christians ascribe divinity Divinatory (di-vin'a-to-ri), a. Professing divination; one who pretends to predict to one Supreme Being only. events, or to reveal hidden things, by the or pertaining to divination. When he attributes divinity to other things than Divine (di-vin'), a. (L. divinus, from divus. aid of superior beings, or of supernatural God, it is only a divinity by way of participation. means. Stillingfileet. See DEITY.] 1. Pertaining to God; as, the divine nature; divine perfections.-2. PerThese nations ... hearkened ... unto diviners. 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us, Deut. xviii, 14. 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter. taining to a heathen deity or to false gods; Addison. 'A as, divine honours were paid to Caligula. – 2. One who guesses ; a conjecturer. 2. God; the Deity; the Supreme Being: with 3. Partaking of the nature of God. Half notable diviner of thoughts.' Locke. the.-3. A celestial being; a being divine or human, half divine.' Dryden. – 4. Proceed- Divineress(di-vīn'ér-es),n. A female diviner; regarded as divine; one of the deities being from God; as, divine judgments.-5. God- a woman professing divination. longing to a polytheistic religion. .:Beastly like; heavenly; excellent in the highest de- Diving(div'ing), n. The art or act of descend divinities and droves of gods.' Prior. gree; extraordinary; apparently above what ing into water to considerable depths, and That air of victorious serenity which (Greek) art is human. remaining there for a time. The uses of imprints on brow and face and form of its beautiful A divine sentence is in the lips of the king, diving are important, particularly in fishing humanized divinities. Dr. Caird. Prov. xvi. Io. for pearls, corals, sponges, examining the 4. Something supernatural; supernatural The light of a deeper, diviner blessedness has foundations of bridges, recovering valuables power or virtue. kindled in many a human face since pagan art from sunken ships, and the like. Various passed away. Dr. Caird. They say there is divinity in odd numbers. Shak. methods have been proposed and engines 5. Awe-inspiring character or influence; the 6. Divining; presageful; foreboding; pre- contrived to render diving more safe and sacredness peculiar to kings, due to the scient. easy. The great object in all these is to Yet oft his heart, drvine of something ill, notion that they rule by .divine right.' furnish the diver with fresh air, without Misgave him. Milton. There's such divinity doth hedge a king, which he must either make but a short stay That treason can but peep to what it would, 7. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his under water or perish. See next article. Acts little of his will. Shak. praise; as, divine songs; divine worship.- Diving-bell (div'ing-bel), n. A contrivance 6. The science of divine things; the science 8. Spiritual; spiritualized. for the purpose of enabling persons to which unfolds the character of God, his My body shall make good upon this earth, descend and to remain below the surface laws and moral government, the duties of Or my divine soul answer it in heaven. Shak. of water for a man, and the way of salvation; theology: 8. Relating to divinity or theology. 'Church length of time, as, the study of divinity; a system of divinhistory and other divine learning.' South. to perform va-Divine right of kings, in politics, the abso rious Hear him but reason on divinity, lute and unqualified claim set up by sove tions, such as And all-adıniring with an inward wish, reigns to the obedience of their subjects; examining the Shak. insomuch that, although they may them foundations of One ounce of practical divinity is worth a painted selves submit to restrictions on their au bridges, blast- ship-load of all their reverences have imported these thority, yet subjects endeavouring to en ing rocks, re- fifty years. Sterne. force those restrictions by resistance to covering trea- Divinize (di'vin-īz), v.t. To deify; to render their unlawful acts are considered guilty sure from sunk- divine; to regard as divine. Man had of a sin. This doctrine, so celebrated in en vessels, &c. divinized all those objects of awe.' Milman. English constitutional history, has been Diving - bells (Rare.] maintained on very different grounds, but have been made Divisibility (di-viz'i-bil"i-ti), n. (Fr. divisiin this country it may now be considered of various bilité, from L. divisibilis, divisible, from to be exploded. Divine service (tenure forms, such as divido, divisum. See DIVIDE] The quaby), in law, an obsolete holding, in which that of a bell, lity of being divisible; that general property the tenants had to perform certain divine a hollow trun of bodies by which their parts or component services, as to sing a specified number of cated cone or particles are capable of separation. All masses, expend a certain sum in alms, &c. pyramid, with bodies which possess sensible extension may Sys. Supernatural, superhuman, godlike, the smaller end be divided into several parts, and these heavenly, holy, sacred. close, and the again may be subdivided into particles more Divine di-vin'), n. 1. Divinity.-2. A minis larger one, or less small, and so on to an extreme deter of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman. which is placed gree of minuteness. Numerous examples It is a good divine that follows his own instruc lower most, of the division of matter to a degree almost tions. Shak. open. The air exceeding belief, may be found in experi3. A man skilled in divinity; a theologian; contained with- mental inquiries in physical science; the as, a great divine. in these vessels prevents them from being useful arts furnish many not less striking : Divine (di-vin'), 0.1. pret. & pp. divined; ppr. filled with water on submersion, so that the but perhaps the most conspicuous proofs of divining. (L. divino. See DIVINATION.) diver may descend in them and breathe the extreme minuteness of which the parts 1. To foreknow; to foretell; to presage. freely for a long time, provided he can be of matter are susceptible are to be found in Darest thou divine his downfall ? Shak. is furnished with a new supply of fresh air the organized world. •Divisibility : when the contained air becomes vitiated a primary attribute of matter." Sir W'. 2. To make out by observation or otherwise; to conjecture; to guess. by respiration. IIamilton. generaîly made of cast-iron in the form of Divisible (di-viz'i-bl), a. [L. divisibilis, from She is not of us, I divine. Tennyson. an oblong chest (A), open at the bottom. divido. See DIVIDE.) Capable of division; By the exercise of a curious, swift, subtle sympathy he seemed to divine what would be the no It has several strong convex lenses set in that may be separated or disunited; separtions of a girl in this new country. W. Black. the upper side or roof of the bell, to admit able; as, matter is divisible indefinitely. ity.. DIVISIBLENESS 76 DO Divisibleness (di-viz'i-bl-nes), n. Divisi. but the wife must prove cruelty or desertion pluck or pull asunder--di for dis, asunder, bility; capacity of being separated. as well. The court may also pronounce a de- and rello, to pull.] The act of pulling or Divisibly (ui-viz'i-bli), adv. In a divisible cree of judicial separation, but such sepa. plucking away; a rending asunder; violent manner. ration, although restoring to the wife full separation; laceration. *The dirulsion of Division (di-viszhon), n. [L. dirisio, a divi- power over her property, does not entitle the spirit from the body.' 18. Taylor. The sion, partition, from dirido, divisum. See the parties to marry again. As to a decree divulsion of a good handful of hair.' Landor. DIVIDE.] 1. The act of dividing or separat- nisi in a divorce case see under DECREE. Divulsive (di-vulsiv), a. That pulls asunder; ing into parts any entire body. -2. The Besides adultery, cruelty, and desertion, the that rends. state of being divided; separation –3. That principal grounds for divorce are bigamy, Dizen (diz'n), v. t. (No doubt from the obsewhich divides or separates; that which rape, incest, d'e. In Scotland the grounds lete dise, dyse, the first part of distant (which keeps apart; partition. - 4. The part sep- of divorce are adultery by either party whe- see) Hence bedizen. ) 1.7 To put clothes arated from the rest as by a partition, line, ther coupled by desertion or cruelty or not, on; to dress; to attire. &c., real or imaginary; a distinct seg- or wilful desertion for four years or more Come, Doll, Doll, d'izen me. Beau. & FL ment or section; as, the dirisions of a field. on the part of either husband or wife. The 2. To dress gaily or gaudily; to deck; to 5. A separate body of men. Communities jurisdiction in divorce cases, by act Wm. IV. bedizen. and divisions of men.' Addison. -- 6. A part ixix., was given to the Court of Session. In While on each hand the titled great, or distinct portion; as, the divisions of a the United States and some countries on the Standing in dizer'd rows, were seen. 7. Baillie. discourse. Continent, divorce can be obtained on much Express the heads of your divisions in as few and slighter grounds. Dizzt (diz), v.t. (See Dizzy.) To astonish; -2. Separation; disunion clear words as you can. Swift. to puzzle; to make dizzy. 7. (a) A part of an army or militia or other of their incorporate league.' Shak. – 3. The Dizzardt (diz'érd), n. (see DIZZY.) A blockorganized body of men, as a police force, &c.; sentence or writing by which marriage is head Spelled also Dizard, Disard. a body consisting, in the army, of a certain dissolved. - 4.+ Cause of penal separation. We accuse others of madness, of folly, and are the veriest dizzards ourselves, Burton. number of brigades, usually two, and com The long divorce of steel falls on me.' manded by a major-general Shak. Dizzardlyt (diz'érd-li), a. Like a dizzard or blockhead. is often applied to other bodies or portions Divorce (di-võrs'), v.t. pret. & pp. dirorced; of an army or other force, as to a brigade, ppr. divorcing. 1. To dissolve the marriage Where's this prating ass, this dizzardly fool! Nils-9%. a squadron, or platoon. (b) A part of a fleet, contract between; to separate from the con Dizziness (diz'zi-nes), n. (See DIZZY.] Gida or a select number of ships under a com dition of husband and wife. -2. To separate mander, and distinguished by a particular or disunite from close connection; to force Dizzy (diz’zi), a. (A. Sax. dyrig, foolish. Com diness; a whirling in the head; vertigo. flag or pendant.--8. Disunion; discord; variasunder. L. D. dusig, dosig, giddy, dizzy; 0. D. duyzigh, ance; difference. Disnuiss me, and I prophesy your plan, dizzy, Mod. D. duizelig, dizzy, stunned, There was a division among the people. John vii. 43. Divorced from my experience, will be chaff Tennyson. giddy; Dan. dosij, drowsy;0. E to dizze, to 9. The variation of a simple theme or me stun. 3. To take away; to put away. Akin daze, dazzle, doze.) 1. Giddy: lodic passage by a number of notes so con having a sensation of whirling in the heal, Nothing but death nected as to form one series, and when Shall e'er divorce my dignities. with instability or proneness to fall; verti Shak. written for the voice meant to be sung with ginous. — 2. Causing giddiness; as, a dizzy one breath to one syllable. Divorceable (di-võrs'a-bl), a. That can be height. How fearful Divorcee (di-võrs-e), n. A person divorced. And dirty 'tis to cast one's eyes below. Skak. With ravishing division to her lute. Shak. Divorcement (di-võrs'ment), n. Divorce; 3. Arising from, or caused by, giddiness. 10. A difference of condition; distinction. dissolution of the marriage tie. A diszy mist of darkness swims around. Pitt. Let him write her a bill of divorcement, I will put a division between my people and thy Deut. xxiv. 1. 4. Giddy; thoughtless; heedless. “The dizzy people. Ex. viii. 23 multitude.' Milton. 11. The separation of members in a legisla. Divorcer (di-võrs'èr), n. 1. One who or that which produces a divorce or separation. Dizzy (diz'zi), r.t. pret. & pp. dizzied; ppr. tive house in order to ascertain the vote. * The motion passed without a dirision.' Death is the violent estranger of acquaintance, the dizzying. To whirl round; to make giddy; eternal divorcer of marriage. Drummond. to confuse. * If the jangling of thy bells Macaulay.-12. In arith. the dividing of a 2. One of a sect who advocate divorce for had not dizzied thy understanding.' Sir W. number or quantity into any parts assigned; Scott. one of the four fundamental rules, the object slight reasons; said to have sprung from Djebel (jeb'el). An Arabian word signifying of which is to find how often one number Divorcible (di-võrs'i-bl), a. Divorceable. is contained in another. The number to be mountain; as, Djebel-el-Mousa, the mounMilton. tain of Moses; Djebel-el-Tarik, the moundivided is the dividend, the number which tain of Tarik (Gibraltar). Written also divides is the divisor, and the result of the Divorcive (di-võrs'iv), a. Having power to Jebel. divorce. division is the quotient. Division is the con Djereed, Djerrid (je-rēd'), n. [Ar. jerid, a verse of multiplication. - 13. In logic, the All the divorcive engines in heaven and earth. palm - branch, a spear. ] A blunt javelin Milton. separation of a genus into its constituen Divot (div'ot), n. A piece of turf, often used used in oriental military sports. It may be species; the enumeration of several things signified by a common name; as, the divi. for building dikes, &c. (Scotch.) the purpose of the thrower either to throw it to as great a distance as possible, and sion of tree into oak, ash, elm, &c. -SYN. The old shepherd was sitting on his dizop-seat without the door mending his shoe. then riding quickly after lift it from the Hoxg. Compartment, section, portion detachment, ground in j'assing; to hit a distant mark, or separation, partition, difference, discord, Divoto (de-võ’to). [It.] In music, devout; throw it through as many rings as possible; disunion. grave; solemn. or to strike an opponent whose skill is shown Divisional, Divisionary (di-vi’zhon-al, di- Divulgatet (di - vulgat), v.t. [L. divulgo, in evading and catching it as it tlies. vi’zhon-a-ri), a. 1. Pertaining to division; divulgatum, to spread among the people. noting or making division; as, a divisional See DIVULGE) To spread abroad; to pub Right through ring and ring runs the djereed. Southe. line.-2. Belonging to a division or district; lish. Which (thing) is divulgated or spread Do (do), v. t. or auxiliary; pret. did; pp. dune; as, divisional surgeon of police. abroad.' Huloet, ppr. doing. This verb, when transitive, is Divisionert (di-vi’zhon-ér), n. One who Divulgatet (di-vulgāt), a. Published. “By formed in the indicative, present tense, thus, divides. which the faith was divulgate and spread.' I do, thou doest or dost, he does or doth; when Divisive (di-viz'iv), a. 1. Forming division Dr. II. More. auxiliary, the second person is, thou dost or distribution. Those numbers which the Divulgation (di-vul-gā'shon), n. The act of [A. Sax. dón; indic. pres. sing. dó, dest, déth; grammarians call distributive or divisire, divulging or publishing. Bp. Hall. (Rare.) pl. dóth; imperf. dide, -est, -e; pl. didon. Cog. terni, quaterni,' &c. Mede. -- 2. Creating Divulge (dj-vulj), v. t. pret. & pp. divulged; D. doen, G. thun, to do, L. do in abdo, I put division or discord; as, divisive courses. ppr. divulging. [L. divulgo, to spread away, condo, I put together (perf. abdidi, This remonstrance was condemned as divisive, among the people--di for dis, distrib., and condidi, where did- Eng. did), Gr. theinai, factious, and scandalous. Bp. Burnet. vulgo, to make public, from vulgus, the com Skr. dha, to place.] 1. To perform; to exeDivisor (di-viz'èr), n. In arith. the number mon people, as publish, public, from L. cute; to carry into effect; to exert labour populus, people.] 1. To make public; to tell by which the dividend is divided. -- Common or make known something before private or or power for bringing anything to the state divisor, that number which will exactly desired, or to completion; as, this man does secret; to reveal; to disclose; as, to divulge divide two or more given numbers. his work well; he does more in one day than the secret sentiments of a friend; to divulge Divorce (di-võrs'), n. [Fr. divorce; L. divor some men will do in two days. lium, a separation, a point of separation, a the proceedings of the cabinet. -- 2. To dedivorce, from divorto, a different orthoclare by a public act; to proclaim. (Rare.) Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work. Ex. XX. 9. God marks graphy of diverto, to turn away. See Toward evening she wandered out among her DIVERT.) 1. A legal dissolution of the The just man and divulges him through heaven. flower-beds to do a little thinking. Harper's Vonthiy. Milton. bond of marriage. In England there were 3. To impart, as a gift or faculty; to com- 2. To practise; to perform; to observe. formerly two kinds of legal separation be- municate. We lie and do not the truth. 1 John i. 6. tween man and wife called divorces; first, Think the same vouchsafed 3. To bring about; to produce, as an effect that a mensa et thoro (more correctly de To cattle and each beast! which would not be signated separation from bed and board'), To them made common, and drznigd. Milton. or result; to effect. Till I know what God will do for me. 1 Sam. xxii. and pronounced, after due inquiry, by the SYN. To publish, disclose, discover, reveal, spiritual courts; and secondly, divorce a rin- communicate, impart. He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good nor harm. Sizh. culo matrimonii, or complete divorce, which Divulge (di-vulj'), v.i. To become public; to could only be obtained by a special act of be made known. 4. To execute; to discharge; to convey; as, parliament for each case. • Do a fair mesIn 1857 a special To keep it (disease) from divulging, let it feed do a message to the king, court for matrimonial causes was estab- Even on the pith of life. Shak. sage to his kingly ears.' Shak.-5. To exert; lished, and by it divorces were granted with. Divulgement (di-vulj'ment), n. The act of to put forth. out an act of parliament. In 1875 it was mer- divulging. (Rare.) Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me, 2 Tim. iv. 9. ged in the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Divulger (di-vulj’ér), n. One who or that In this sense do before such nouns as grace, division of the High Court of Justice in which which divulges or reveals. rererence, farour, honour, &c., takes an indivorce cases are now brought. The husband Divulsion (di-vul'shon), n. [L. divulsio, a direct objective, as him, her, &c., and is may get divorce on the ground of adultery, tearing asunder, from dirello, dirulsum, to nearly equal to the English verb-forming DO 77 DOCK A great prefix be, implying action or exertion, the to serve; as, the charwoman does for two Dochmiac (dokʼmi-ak), a. Of or belonging noun to which it is prefixed regulating the gentlemen in the Temple, (Low.)-To do to a dochmius. mode of action. To do honour is thus equi- without, to shift without; to put up without; Dochmius (dok'mi-us), n. (L., from Gr. valent to a hypothetical form behonour, to dispense with; as, I can do without the doch mios, across, oblique.) In Greek pros. where do, taken in connection with the book till Saturday.-- To have done, to have a foot of five syllables, the first and fourth noun, simply energizes it into a verb. “None made an end; to have come to a conclusion; short and the others long, but admitting of so poor to do him rererence.' .' Shak.-6. To to have finished. --To have done with, to variations. transact; as, to do business with another. --- have come to an end of; to have finished; to Docibility, Docibleness (do-si-bil'i-ti, do'7. To finish; to execute or transact and cease to have part or interest in or connec- si-bl-nes), . Teachableness; docility; readibring to a conclusion; to bring to an end by tion with; as, I have done with speculating; ness to learn. Persons of docibility.' Boyle. action; as, we will do the business and ad- I have done with you for the future. - Well- *The docibleness of dogs.' Walton. (Rare journ; we did the business and dined.-8. To to-do, in good circumstances; having a fair or obsolete.) perform in an exigency; to have recourse measure of worldly prosperity; as, a well- i Docible (do'si-bl), a. (See DOCILE.) 1. That to, as a consequential or last effort; to take to-do farmer. - Do is used for a verb to save may be taught; teachable; docile; tractable; a step or measure; as, in this crisis we know the repetition of it. I shall probably come, easily taught or managed. “Sober, humble, not what to do. but if I do not, you must not wait; that is, docible persons.' Bp. Bull. (Rare or obWhat will ye do in the day of visitation? Is. X. 3. if I do not conne, if I come not. As an solete. ) 9. To make or cause. auxiliary, do is used most commonly in Whom nature hath made docile, it is injurious to Nothing but death can do me to respire. Spenser. forming negative and interrogative sen- prohibit him from learning anything that i docible, tences; as, do you intend to go? does he by Hacket. For she, that doth me all this wo endure, Ne rekketh never whether I synke or flete. wish me to come ? - Do is also used to express Docile (do'sil or do'sil), a. [L. docilis, from Chancer. emphasis; as, she is coquettish, but still I do doceo, to teach; allied to G. zeigen, to 10. To put or bring into any state, or conlove her. In the imperative, it expresses an show, and E. teach.] Teachable; easily indition or form: with to, on, off, away, into, urgent request or command; as, do come; structed; ready to learn ; tractable; easily &c.; as, to do to death, to put to death; to help me, do; make haste, do. In the past managed do away, to put away, remove, annul, anni. tense, it is sometimes used to convey the Dogs soon grow accustomed to whatever they are hilate ; as, to do away with abuses ; 'the idea that what was once true is not true taught, and being docile and tractable, are very use. ful. Ellis. diniculty is done away' (Paley); to don, now. My lord, you once did love me.' contracted for to do on, to put on, to dress; Shak. - It is sometimes used as an auxiliary SYN. Teachable, tractable, pliant, yielding. to dorf, for to do off, to put off, to undress; without adding anything to the meaning of Docility (1ő-si'li-ti), n. Teachableness; to dup, for to do up, to open; to do into, to the verb to which it is joined. readiness to learn; aptness to be taught. put into the form of; hence, with a lan- This just reproach their virtue does excite. Dryden. The humble docility of little children is, in the New Testament, represented as a necessary preparative guage, to render, to translate. Expletives their feeble aid do join. Pope, to the reception of the Christian faith. Beattie. Who should do the Duke to death? Shak. (Common with negatives and interrogatives. ] But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Do, Doe, n. (See ADO.) 1.7 What one has Docimacy, Docimasy (do'si-ma-si), n. [Gr. Shall wholly do away. I ween, to do; a feat. dokimasia. See the next word.] 1. The art The marks of that which once hath been. Coleridge. or practice of assaying metals, or the art of No sooner does he peep into The world but he has done his doe. Hudibras. separating them from foreign matters, and When he wrote for publication, he (Johnson) did determining the nature and quantity of his sentences out of English into Johnsonese. 2. + To-do; bustle ; tumult; stir. metallic substances contained in any ore Macunay. deal of do, and a great deal of trouble. 11. To hoax; to cheat; to swindle; to hum- Selden.-3. A cheat; an imposture. (Colloq.] or mineral; metallurgy.--2. The art of ascerbut: to overreach; as, he did me out of five Do (do), n. In music, the name given by the taining the nature and qualities of medishillings. (Familiar or slang 1-12. To out- Italians and the English to the first of the Docimastic (do-si-mas'tik), a. (Gr. dokimas cines, or of facts pertaining to physiology. do, as in fighting; to beat. syllables used in solmization, and answer tikos, from dokimazi, to try, essay, examine, I have done the Jew and am in good health. ing to the ut of the French. Rich. Humphreys. from dokimos, proved, tested.] Proving by Do. An abbreviation of ditto, and usually 13. To inspect the sights of; to visit the prin experiments or tests; essaying; specifically, pronounced ditto. cipal objects of interest in; to explore com- Doab, Dooab (do'ab), n. In the East Indies, relating to the assaying of metals; as, the docimastic art, that is metallurgy. pletely; as, I have done France and Italy. a tract of country between two rivers. A treatise Docimology (do-si-mol'o-ji), n. (A tourist's expression. )-14. To prepare: to Doable (do'a-bl), a. That can be done or cook, as, be sure to do the meat thoroughly. executed. on the art of essaying or examining metallic bodies, &c. -- Todo orer, (a) to perform again; to repeat; Doand, t ppr. Doing Chaucer. as, do your exercise orer again. (6) To put Doasta (do-as'ta), n. [Hind. An inferior Docity (dos’i-ti), n. Quickness of comprehena coating, as of paint, upon; to smear; as, I Indian ardent spirit, often drugged and sion; docility. [Provincial English and col. intend doing the roof over with tar. - To do given to sailors in low houses in Calcutta Dock (dok), n. loquial, United States.) 'P. (a) to put up, as a parcel; to tie up; to and other Indian ports. (A. Sax. docce, G. docke, a pack; as, do up these books neatly and de- Doat (dot), v.i. To dote. word forming part of the name of various plants both in England and Germany, perspatch them. (6) To open: in this sense Dobbin (dob'in), n. A common old English haps allied to L. daucum, Gr. daukon, a kind usually contracted into dup. (Obsolete. ] - name for a work-horse. "Dobbin, my thill To do with, (a) to get off one's hands; to dis of parsnip or carrot growing in Crete, used horse.' Shak. in medicine.] The common name of the pose of; to employ; to occupy; as, I don't Dobchick (dob'chik), n. Same as Dabchick. know what to do with myself, or my leisure. Dobee (dob'e), n. In the East Indies, a native species of Rumex, nat. order Polygonacea, the leaves of which are not hastate. They (b) To have concern or business with; to deal washer-man. are perennial herbs, with stout rootstocks, With; to get on with; as, I can do nothing Dobereiner's Lamp (dob-er-in'erz lamp), n. rrith this obstinate fellow-To have to do A contrivance for producing an instantane erect stems, very abundant in waste ground and pastures. There are eleven species in uith, (a) to have concern with. ous light, invented by Professor Dobe Britain, most of them troublesome weeds. What have I to do with you ? 2 Sam. xvi, ro. reiner, of Jena, in 1824. The light is pro- Dock (dok), n. [Icel. dockr, a short tail; G. (6) To have carnal connection with. --What's duced by throwing a jet of hydrogen gas docke, a bunch of thread, a plug, a thick to do here? what is the matter here? what upon recently-prepared spongy platinum, short piece of anything; Fris. dok, a small is all this about? Shak. - To do is also used when the metal instantly becomes red hot, bundle, bunch, or ball. Cog. W. toc, any. and then sets fire to the gas. The action colloquially, as a noun, to signify bustle, thing short or abrupt, tociaw, to curtail.] stir, ado. depends upon the readiness with which 1. The tail of a beast cut short or clipped; Do (do), v. i. (Here we have two verbs of dif- spongy platinum absorbs gases, more espe the stump of a tail; the solid part of the ferent origin under one form-the one the cially oxygen gas. The hydrogen is brought tail. -2. A case of leather to cover the intransitive form of the preceding verb, the into such close contact with oxygen (derived other from A. Sax. dugan, to avail, to fare, to from the atmosphere) in the pores of the Dock (dok), v.l. (See DOCK, the tail of a clipped or cut tail of a horse. prosper, the same word as G. taugen, to be platinum that chemical union, attended worth, and Sc. dow, to be able, but the senses with evolution of light, takes place. beast cut short.) i. To cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, appropriate to each are so intermingled Dobhash (dob'hash), n.' [Hind. do-bhashiya, to dock the tail of a horse. that it would be difficult, if not impossible, an interpreter--do, two, and bhashiya, lanto separate them.] 1. To act or behave guage.] In the East Indies, an interpreter; To pluck the eyes of sentiment, And dock the tail of rhyine. Holmes. one who speaks two languages. in any manner, well or ill; to conduct one's Dobule (dob'úl), n. A fresh-water fish (Leu- 2. To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deself. ciscus dobula), allied to the roach, found in duct from; as, to dock an account.-3. To They fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes. cut off, destroy, or defeat; to bar; as, to dock 2 Kings xvii. 34. some of the rivers and streams of this coun an entail. 2 To fare; to be in a state with regard to Docentt (do'sent), a. (L. docens, docentis, Dock (dok), n. (D. dok, G. docke, Sw. docka, a sickness or health; as, we asked him how he did, how do you do?--3. To succeed; to ppr. of doceo, to teach.] Teaching. dock. Probably from the L.L. doga, doha, a The church here is taken for the church as it is ditch; L. doga, a kind of vessel; Gr. doché, reaccomplish a purpose; to serve an end; to docent and regent, as it teaches and governs. ceptacle, dechoinai, to receive.) 1. The place suffice; as, will this plan do?--4. To find Ah Land where a criminal stands in court.--2. A place means; to contrive; to shift; as, how shall | Docetæ (do-se'tē), n. pl. [Gr. dokco, to seem.] artificially formed on the side of a harbour we do for money for these wars? Shak. An ancient heretical sect, who maintained or the bank of a river for the reception How shall I do to answer as they deserve your two that Christ acted and suffered only in ap- of ships, the entrance of which is genLast letters Richardson. erally closed by gates. In America, the -Todo for, (a) to suit; to be adapted for; to Docetic (do-set'ik), a. Of, or pertaining to, spaces between wharves are called docks. answer the design of; to serve as; to answer or held by, the Doceta. Docetic gnosti- There are two kinds of docks, dry or graving in place of; to be sufficient for; to satisfy; as, cism.' Plumptre. docks and wet-docks. The former are used this piece of timber will do for the corner Doch-an-doris, Doch-an-dorach (doch'. for receiving ships in order to their being post; a trusty stick will do for a weapon; five an-do-ris, doch'an-do-rach), n. [Gael. deoch- inspected and repaired. For this purpose shillings a day will do for food; very plain an-doruis, drink at the door, the stirrup- the dock must be so contrived that the food will do for me. (6) To provide for in a cup ] A stirrup-cup; a parting cup. (Scotch.) water may be admitted or excluded at bad sense; to ruin; to put an end to; as, I'll do Spelled variously Deuch-an-dorach, Deuch- pleasure, so that a vessel can be floated fur him. (Low or slang.) (c) To attend on; an-doris, &c. in when the tide is high, and the water run try. DOCK 78 DODDED ont with the fall of the tide, or pumped of naval stores and timber. Dockyards be- to republicanism. They were, in conseout, the closing of the gates preventing its longing to the government usually consist quence, much ridiculed and maligned, and return. Wet-docks are formed for the pur- of dry-docks for repairing ships, and of slips received the name of doctrinaires as being pose of keeping vessels always afloat. The on which new vessels are built; besides mere theoretical constitution-makers rather which they comprise naval store-houses than practical politicians. Hence-2. Popuand workshops in which different pro- larly, one who theorizes without a sufficesses relative to ship-building are car- cient regard to practical considerations; a ried on. political theorist; an ideologist. Docquet, n. and v.t. See DOCKET. Doctrinal (dok’trin-al), a. (See DOCTRINE.] Doctor (dok'ter), n. [L., from doceo, 1. Pertaining to doctrine; containing a docdoctum, to teach. See DOCILE.] 1. A trine or something taught; as, a doctrinal teacher; an instructor; a learned man; observation. one skilled in a profession. The verse naturally affords us the doctrinal proposition which shall be our subject. South. Acts v. 34. ing The word of God serveth no otherwise, than in the Hooker. 2. In a university one who has passed Doctrinal (dok'trin-al), n. Something that all the degrees of a faculty, and is is a part of doctrine. thereby empowered to teach the sub- Not such as assent to every word in Scripture, can jects included in the faculty; a person be said in doctrinals to deny Christ. Sout. who has received the highest degree in Doctrinally (dok'trin-al-li), adv. In the a faculty; as, a doctor in divinity, in form of doctrine or instruction; by way of physic, in law. The degree of doctor is teaching or positive direction. often merely honorary, but conferred Doctrinarian (dok-trin-a'ri-an), n. A docon physicians as a professional degree. trinaire; a political theorist. J. H. Nec 3. A person duly licensed to practise man. Dry or Graving Dock, Sydney, N.S.W. medicine; a physician; one whose occu- Doctrinarianism (dok-trin-ā'ri-an-izm), n. pation is to cure diseases. The principles or practices of the Doctrinname of dock has sometimes been applied When ill, indeed, aires; mere theorizing or speculation, as opto an excavation, from which the water, E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed. posed to practical suggestions. or a considerable part of it, runs in and out with the tide, but such an excavation 4. A term applied to various mechanical Doctrine (dok’trin), n. (L. doctrina, instrucis more properly an artificial basin or harcontrivances for performing certain subsid tion, learning, from doceo, to teach.) 1. In bour than a dock. One of the chief uses iary operations in a machine or train of a general sense, whatever is taught; hence, of a wet-dock is to keep a uniform level of machinery, as a scraper to receive superflu a principle or position in any science; whatwater, so that the business of loading and ous colouring matter from the cylinder in ever is laid down as true by an instructor or master; as, the doctrines of the gospel; the unloading ships can be carried on without calico-printing.–5. An auxiliary steam-en doctrines of Plato. any interruption. In a wider sense dock signi gine; a donkey-engine-6. Brown sherry, so fies both the dock proper and all buildings, called because it is concocted from a harsh And prove their do.trine orthodox, By apostolic blows and knocks. Hudibras. as storehouses, workshops, &c., connected thin wine by the addition of old boiled The bold teacher's doctrine sanctified with it. Floating dock, a structure which Mosto stock. This syrup being added to serves as a graving dock, being constructed fresh must ferments, and the luscious pro By truth shall spread, throughout the world dispersed. Wordsworti. so that it may be sunk beneath a vessel and duce is used for doctoring very inferior 2. The act of teaching; course of discipline; raised with it when the water is pumped out qualities of wine. See Mosto. — Doctors' specifically, instruction and confirmation Commons. See under COMMONS. of the tanks round its sides. in the truths of the gospel. Dock (dok), v.t. To bring, draw, or place in Doctor (dok’tér), v.t. 1. To apply medicines Some to church repair a dock.–To dock a vessel, to place her in a for the cure of; to treat as a physician; Not for the doctrine, but the music there. Pope. hence, to repair; to mend; to patch up. dry.dock, maintaining her in an upright 3. Learning; knowledge. position upon blocks by the assistance of [Colloq.)-2. To confer the degree of doctor Whom shall he make to understand doctrine! shores or sliding-blocks. upon; to make a doctor. (Colloq.)-3. To Is. xxviii. 9. Dockage (dok'áj), n.; Dock - dues (dok' drug or adulterate, as wine, more particu- 4. The truths of the gospel in general. düz), n. pl. Charges for the use of docks. larly by treating with the compound known That they may adorn the doctrine of God our Dock-cress (dok’kres), n. A common name as the doctor. (Colloq. or slang. )-4. To Saviour in all things. Tit. ii. r. for the plant Lapsana communis (nipplefalsify; to cook; as, to doctor an account. Document (do'kū-ment), n. [L. documenwort) (Colloq. or slang. ) tum, a lesson, a pattern, a proof, from doceo, Docken (dok'en), n. The dock, a plant of the Doctor (dok'ter), v.i. To practise physic. to teach.] 1. That which is taught; precept; genus Rumex. [Scotch.) Doctoral (dok'tér-al), a. Relating to the instruction; direction; authoritative dogma. Docket, Docquet (dok'et), n. [A dim. of degree of a doctor. (Rare.] dock, anything curtailed or cut short. See The bed of a sick man is a school, a doctoral chair Learners should not be too much crowded with a DOCK, the tail of a beast cut short.] 1. In of learning and discipline. heap or multitude of documents or ideas at one time. Bp. K'ing. I'atts. law, (a) a summary of a larger writing; Doctorally (dok'ter-al-li), adv. In the man- 2. More generally, in present usage, written a small piece of paper or parchment conner of a doctor. instruction, evidence, or proof; any official taining the heads of a writing; a digest. (b) A Doctorate (dok’tér-āt), n. Degree of a doc or authoritative paper containing instrucregister of judgments. (c) An alphabetitor. tions or proof, for information, establishcal list of cases in a court, or a catalogue I thank you for your congratulations on my advance. ment of facts, and the like; any printed or inent to the doctorate. Bj. Hurd. of the names of the parties who have suits written paper. depending in a court. In some of the United Doctorate (dok'tėr-āt), v.t. To make a doc- Document (doʻkū-ment), v.t. 1. To furnish States this is the principal or only use of tor of by conferring the degree of doctor; with documents; to furnish with instructhe word. (d) The copy of a decree in chan to confer the degree of doctor upon. (Rare tions and proofs, or with papers necessary cery, made out and left with the record and or obsolete.) to establish facts; as, a ship should be docuwrit clerk, preparatory to enrolment. – To Doctor-fish (dok'ter-fish), n. A name applied mented according to the directions of law. strihe a docket, in law, to give a bond to to the species of fishes belonging to the 2. To teach; to instruct; to school. (Rare. ] the lord-chancellor, engaging to prove the genus Acanthurus, from the sharp and glassy, debtor to be a bankrupt, whereupon a fiat lancet-like, movable spines with which they I am finely documented by mine own daughter. Drydion of bankruptcy is issued against the debtor: are armed on each side of the tail, so that Documental (do'kū-ment-al), a. Pertaining said of a creditor.–2. A bill tied to goods, they cannot be handled incautiously with to instruction or to documents; consisting containing some direction, as the name of impunity. All belong to the tropics. Called in or derived from documents; as, docuthe owner or the place to which they are to also Surgeon-fish. mental testimony. be sent; also, a ticket attached to goods Doctorlyt (dok’ter-li), a. Of, or pertaining Documentary (do'kū-ment-a-ri), a. Perspecifying their measurement. See TICKET. to, or like a learned man; scholarly. Bp. taining to written evidence; consisting in Docket, Docquet (dok'et), v.t. 1. To make Hall. an abstract or summary of the heads of a documents. 'Documentary evidence.' NacDoctorship (dok'tėr-ship), n. The degree aulay. writing or writing ; to abstract and enter or rank of a doctor; doctorate. Documentation (do'kū-ment-a"shon), n. in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed. Doctress, Doctoress (dok'tres, dok’tér-es), Instruction; teaching. Richardson. 2. To enter in a docket; to mark the conn. A female physician. Documentize (do'kū-ment-iz), v.i. To be tents of papers on the back of them. Should you say an ague were a fever, the doctoress didactic. Richardson. would have a shaking fit of laughter. Whitlock. They were all decketed and marked, and tied with Dod (dod), n. (Gael] A fit of ill-humour or red tape. Vanity Fair. Doctrinaire (dok'trin-ár'), n. [Fr., as if sullenness. (Scotch.] 3. To mark with a docket. from doctrinarius, a hypothetical adjective Your mother should na be egget on in her anger, Dock-master (dok'mas-tér), 12. One who from L.L. doctrinare, to teach, from L. doc- when she happens, poor body, to tak' the dod's, now and then. Gall. has the superintendence of docks. trina, instruction, learning. See DOCTRINE.) Dock-rent (dok'rent), n. Charge for storing 1. The name originally applied to one of a Dodd (dod), v.t. (Origin doubtful.) To cut and warehousing goods in a dock. section of French politicians of moderately or lop off, as wool from a sheep's tail. Dock-warrant (dok'wo-rant), n. A certifi- liberal principles, who occupied a place in Doddart (dod'ért), n. 1. The bent stick used cate given to the owner of goods warehoused the Chambers after the restoration of 1815, in playing the game called doddart.-2. A in the docks. When a transfer is made the between the deputies of the centre, who game played in a large level field by two certificate is endorsed with an order to de- always supported ministers, and the extreme parties headed by two captains, the object liver the goods to the purchaser. The war- left. They maintained the doctrines atten- of which is to drive with a bent stick a rant thus becomes an order or authority for dant on the theory of representative govern- wooden ball to one of two boundaries or the removal of the goods. ment in a mixed monarchy, especially such goals. Dockyard (dok'yärd), n. A yard or maga- as that of Britain, but were opposed to Dodded (dod'ed), a. [See DODD.) Being zine near a harbour, for containing all kinds sudden changes, above all, to such as tended without horns, as sheep or cattle. (Scotch.] DODDER 79 DOG Dodder (dod'der), n. [The same word as inclusive, provided they do not adhere by to the new conditions which colonization Dan. dodder, G. dotter, Sw. dodra-dodder, their filaments. and cultivation introduced. Other species a term of unknown derivation.) The com- Dodecandrian, Dodecandrous (do-demon name of the plants of the genus Cus- kan'dri-an, do-de-kan'drus), a. Pertaining cuta, a group of slender, branched, twining, to the plants or class of plants that have leafless pink or white annual parasites. The from twelve to nineteen free stamens. seeds germinate on the ground, but the Dodecapetalous (do-de'ka-pe"tal-us), a. In young plant speedily attaches itself to its bot. having twelve petals; having a corolla host, from which it derives all its nourish- consisting of twelve parts. ment. Four species are common in Eng. Dodecastyle (do-de'ka-stil), n. (Gr. dodeka, land-C. europæa, found on nettles and and stylos, a column.] In arch. a portico having twelve columns in front. existed in Rodriquez, and possibly in Bour bon. Dodrans (do'dranz), n. [L., for dequadrans dodging. (Etym. doubtful, but probably (lit. less one-fourth), three-fourths-de, and connected with duck, to stoop or bend down quadrans, a fourth part, from quatuor, om the head, G. ducken, to bow, to stoop. It is four.) A measure equal to sometimes regarded as a modified form of the 9 inches, being the space between the end verb dog, with which the meaning partly cor of the thumb and little finger when both responds.] 1. To start suddenly aside; to shift are fully extended. It is about equal to the palm. Lesser Dodder (Cuscuta Epithymum). place by a sudden start.- 2. To follow the foot steps of a person, or walk along with him; Dodrum (dod'rum), n. A whim; a crotchet. vetches; C. Epithymum, on furze, thyme, to accompany or be on the same road with a (Scotch.) Ne'er fash your head wi' your and heather; C. trifolii, on clover; and C. person, but so as to escape his observation. father's dodrums.' Galt. Epilinum, on cultivated flax. See CUSCUTA. For he had any time this ten years full, Doe (do), n. [A. Sax. da, dama, along with Dodder (dod'der), v.i. {Akin didder, totter.] Dodg'd with him between Cambridge and the Bull. Dan daa, G. dam in Damhirsch, Damthier, Nilton. derived from L. dama, a fallow-deer; conTo shake. The doddering mast.' Thomson. 3. To play tricks; to be evasive; to play fast nected with Skr. dam, to tame: the primi. Doddered (dod'derd), a. Overgrown with and loose; to raise expectations and disap- tive meaning being the docile or timid dodder; covered with supercrescent plants. point them; to quibble. (Colloq.] animal.] The female of buck; the female 'Rots like a doddered oak.' Thomson. I must of the fallow-deer, the goat, the sheep, the Doddie, Doddy (dod'di), n. [See DODDED.) And palter in the shifts of lowness. Shak. hare, and the rabbit. A cow without horns. (Scotch.) You know my passion for Martha, and what a Doet (dö), n. Doddy (dod'i), a. (See DOD.) ill-natured ; A feat. See Do. dance she has led me; she dodged with me above Doe (do), v.t. or i, for do. snappish. [Scotch.] thirty years. Addison. Doer (do'èr), n. (From do.) 1. One who 1 fancy dogs are like men. Colley is as doddy Dodge (doj), v.t. 1. To evade by a sudden does; one who performs or executes; an and crabbit to Watty as if he was its adversary. shift of place; to escape by starting aside; actor; an agent. Talkers are no great Galt. doers.' as, to dodge a blow. Dodecagon (do-de'ka-gon), n. [Gr. dodeka, Shak.-2. One who performs what twelve, and gonia, an angle.) A regular It seemed next worth while is required; one who observes, keeps, or figure or polygon, consisting of twelve equal To dodge the sharp sword set against my life. obeys in practice. E. B. Browning. sides and angles. The doers of the law shall be justified. Rom. ii. 13. Dodecagyn (do-de’ka-jin), n. [Gr. dodeka, 2. To pursue by rapid movements in varying 3. In Scots law, an agent or attorney. directions. twelve, and gynē, a female.] In bot, a plant A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist, Does (duz), the third person of the verb do, having twelve styles. It neared, and neared and neared, indicative mood, present tense, weakened Dodecagynia (do-de'ka-ji"ni-a), n. pl. The As if it dodged a water sprite, and contracted from doeth. name given by Linnæus to the orders which And plunged and tacked and veered. Coleridge. Doeskin (do'skin), n. 1. The skin of a doe. in his system have twelve styles. 3. To practise mean tricks upon; to play 2. A compact twilled woollen cloth. Dodecagynian, Dodecagynous (do-de’ka- fast and loose with; to baffle by shifts and Doff (dof), v.t. (Contr. for do-off. Comp. don,] ji'ni-an, do-de-ka'jin-us), a. In bot. having pretexts; to overreach by tricky knavery. 1. To put off, as dress. And made us doff our easy robes of peace. Shak. Dodecahedral (do-de’ka-hedral), a. Per- He dodged me with a long and loose account. taining to a dodecahedron; consisting of Tennyson, 2. To strip or divest. 'Heaven's king who twelve equal sides. - Dodecahedral corun- Dodge (doj), 1. A trick; an artifice; an eva doff's himself our flesh to wear.' Crashaw.dum, a mineral, the spinelle and pleo- sion. Colloq.) 3. To put off; to shift off, with a view to naste of Haüy; there are two varieties, the Some, who have a taste for good living, have many delay. ceylanite and spinel ruby:- Dodecahedral harmless arts, by which they improve their banquet, Every day thou doff'st me with some device. Shak. garnet, a species of garnet containing ten and innocent dodges, if we may be permitted to use sub-species or varieties, amongst which is an excellent phrase that has become vernacular since Doff (dof), v.i. To divest one's self of somethe appearance of the last dictionaries. thing, as a garment; to bare the head out the common garnet, or brown and green Thackeray. of respect or friendship; to make a salute variety.- Dodecahedral mercury, a mixture Dodger (doj'ér), n. One who dodges or by lifting the hat or head-covering. (Rare.] of mercury and silver in which the former evades; one who practises artful shifts or And feeding high, and living soft, is to the latter in the proportion of three dodges; as, the artful dodger.' Dickens. Grew plump and able-bodied; to one nearly. It is called also native A scurvy haggler, a lousy dodger, or a cruel Until the grave church warden doff'd, amalgam, and is found in quicksilver mines extortioner.' Cotgrave. The parson smirk'd and nodded. Tennyson. together with cinnabar. Dodgery (doj'è-ri), n. Trickery; a trick. Doffer (dof'ér), n. He who or that which Dodecahedron (do-de'ka-hē"dron), n. [Gr. When he had put this dodgery upon those that doffs; specifically, a revolving cylinder in dödeka, twelve, and hedra, a base.] A regu- gaped for the vacancy, it was a feast of laughter to a carding-machine, which doff's or strips off lar solid contained under twelve equal and him. Bp. Hacket. the cotton from the cards. regular pentagons, or having twelve equal Dodipate, Dodipoll (dod'i-pāt, dod'i-põl), Dog (dog), n. (This word does not occur in bases. A stupid person; a thick-head. English till after the A. Sax. period (ab. 1220), Dodecander (do-de-kan'dér), n. [Gr. dödeka, Some will say, our curate is naught, an ass-head, and its history is doubtful. It is the same twelve, and anēr, a male.)" In bot. a plant a dodipoll. Latimer. word as D. dog, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg, all aphaving twelve stamens; one of the class Dodkin, Dotkin (dod'kin, dot'kin), 12. [D. plied to large dogs of the mastiff or bull-dog Dodecandria. duitkin, a dim. of duit, a doit. See DOIT.) kind. Hound (A. Šax.hund) was originally the Dodecandria (do-de-kan'dri-a), n. pl. A Lin- A little doit; a small coin, the eighth part English word for dog.) 1. A quadruped of of a stiver. 'She's not worth a dodkin.' the genus Canis (C. familiaris). The origin Skelton. of the dog is a question most difficult of Dodman (dod'man), n. 1. An animal that solution. Some think the breed is derived casts its shell like the lobster and crab. from the wolf, others affirm it to be a Bacon.--2. A shell-snail. familiarized jackal; all agree that no trace Dodo (do'do), n. (Pg. doudo, silly.) An extinct of it is to be found in a primitive state, genus of birds (Didus), assigned to the order the dhole of India and dingo of Australia Columbæ, and constituting a new family, being wild descendants from domesticated Dididæ. One species (D. ineptus) was abun- ancestors. A satisfactory classification of the dant in the Mauritius on its discovery in different kinds of dogs has not yet been ar1598, and it is from its bones, which have rived at, what some naturalists regard as been found in the fluviatile detritus of that types being regarded by others as mere monisland, as well as from old pictures and de- grels. Colonel Hamilton Smith groups the scriptions, that our knowledge of the ani- domestic dog into six sections (1) the wolfmal is derived. It was a massive clumsy dogs, including the Siberian, Esquimaux, bird, larger than a swan, covered with down Newfoundland, sheep, Great St. Bernard, &c.; Dodecandria.-Common Houseleek. instead of feathers, with short extremely (2) watch and cattle dogs, including the Ger strong legs, and wings and tail so short as man boar-hound, Danish dog, dog of the nean class of plants having twelve stamens, to be useless for flight. Its extinction was North American Indians, &c.; (3) the grey. or any number from twelve to nineteen due to its organization not being adapted hounds, as the different kinds of greyhound, |