Dorse (n.) The back of a book.
Dorse (n.) The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish.
Dorsel (n.) A pannier.
Dorsel (n.) Same as Dorsal, n.
Dorser (n.) See Dosser.
dorsibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of chaetopod annelids in which the branchiae are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Chaetopoda.]
Dorsibranchiate (a.) Having branchiae along the back; belonging to the Dorsibranchiata.
Dorsibranchiate (n.) One of the Dorsibranchiata.
Dorsiferous () Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova of which become attached to the skin of the back of the parent, where they develop; dorsiparous.
Dorsimeson (n.) (Anat.) See Meson.
Dorsiparous (a.) Same as Dorsiferous.
Dorsiventral (a.) Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral.
Dorsiventral (a.) See Dorsoventral.
Dorsoventral (a.) From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal; as, the dorsoventral axis.
Dorsum (n.) The ridge of a hill.
Dorsum (n.) The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue.
Dortour (n.) Alt. of Dorture
Dorture (n.) A dormitory.
Dories (pl. ) of Dory
Dory (n.) A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree.
Dory (n.) The American wall-eyed perch; -- called also dore. See Pike perch.
Dories (pl. ) of Dory
Dory (n.) A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides.
Doryphora (n.) A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See Potato beetle.
Doryphoros (n.) A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us.
Dose (n.) The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.
Dose (n.) A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive.
Dose (n.) Anything nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one.
Dosed (imp. & p. p.) of Dose
dosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dose
Dose (n.) To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.
Dose (n.) To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need.
Dose (n.) To give anything nauseous to.
Dosel (n.) Same as Dorsal, n.
Dosology (n.) Posology.
Dossel (n.) Same as Dorsal, n.
Dosser (n.) A pannier, or basket.
Dosser (n.) A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.
Dossil (n.) A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent.
Dossil (n.) A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.
Dost (2d pers. sing. pres.) of Do.
Dot (n.) A marriage portion; dowry.
Dot (n.) A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark.
Dot (n.) Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.
Dotted (imp. & p. p.) of Dot
Dotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dot
Dot (v. t.) To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.
Dot (v. t.) To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages.
Dot (v. i.) To make dots or specks.
Dotage (v. i.) Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility; as, a venerable man, now in his dotage.
Dotage (v. i.) Foolish utterance; drivel.
Dotage (v. i.) Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection.
Dotal (a.) Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting dower, or comprised in it.
Dotant (n.) A dotard.
Dotard (v. i.) One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood.
Dotardly (a.) Foolish; weak.
Dotary (n.) A dotard's weakness; dotage.
Dotation (n.) The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman.
Dotation (n.) Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation.
Dote (n.) A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n.
Dote (n.) Natural endowments.
Doted (imp. & p. p.) of Dote
Doting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dote
Dote (v. i.) To act foolishly.
Dote (v. i.) To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel.
Dote (v. i.) To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon; as, the mother dotes on her child.
Dote (n.) An imbecile; a dotard.
Doted (a.) Stupid; foolish.
Doted (a.) Half-rotten; as, doted wood.
Dotehead (n.) A dotard.
Doter (n.) One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard.
Doter (n.) One excessively fond, or weak in love.
Dotery (n.) The acts or speech of a dotard; drivel.
Doth (3d pers. sing. pres.) of Do.
Doting (a.) That dotes; silly; excessively fond.
Dotish (a.) Foolish; weak; imbecile.
Dottard (n.) An old, decayed tree.
Dotted (a.) Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects.
Dotterel (a.) Decayed.
Dotterel (v. i.) A European bird of the Plover family (Eudromias, / Charadrius, morinellus). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler.
Dotterel (v. i.) A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull.
Dotting pen () See under Pun.
Dottrel (n.) See Dotterel.
Doty (a.) Half-rotten; as, doty timber.
Douane (n.) A customhouse.
Douanier (n.) An officer of the French customs.
Douar (n.) A village composed of Arab tents arranged in streets.
Douay Bible () A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; -- done from the Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New Testament portion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the Old Testament at Douai, A. D. 1609-10. Various revised editions have since been published.
Doub grass () Doob grass.
Double (a.) Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.
Double (a.) Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled.
Double (a.) Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere.
Double (a.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double.
Double (adv.) Twice; doubly.
Doubled (imp. & p. p.) of Double
Doubling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Double
Double (a.) To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length.
Double (a.) To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth.
Double (a.) To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
Double (a.) To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion.