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Look up: DOILY

  1. doily
    [n] - a small round piece of linen place under a dish or bowl
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. DOILY
    a type of woollen fabric Category: Various industries and crafts
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. doily
    18thC term for a fringed napkin, named after a London linen mercer by the name of Doily. From the 19thC the term was applied to the circles of decorative cotton or linen placed on serving plates beneath cakes and sandwiches.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  4. Doily
    Doi'ly noun [ So called from the name of the dealer.] 1. A kind of woolen stuff. [ Obsolete] 'Some doily petticoats.' Dryden. « A fool and a doily stuff, would now and then find days of grace, and be worn for variety.&...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/107

  5. doily
    1. A kind of woolen stuff. 'Some doily petticoats.' 'A fool and a doily stuff, would now and then find days of grace, and be worn for variety.' (Congreve) ... 2. A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; commonly coloured and fringed. ... Origin: So called from the name of the dealer. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. doily
    doyley noun a small round piece of linen place under a dish or bowl
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Doily
    • (n.) A kind of woolen stuff. • (n.) A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; -- commonly colored and fringed.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. doily
    18thC term for a fringed napkin, named after a London linen mercer by the name of Doily. From the 19thC the term was applied to the circles of decorative cotton or linen placed on serving plates beneath cakes and sandwiches.
    Found on http://www.antique-marks.com/antique-ter

  9. Doily
    A `doily` (or doilie) is an ornamental mat, originally the name of a fabric made by Doiley, a 17th-century London draper. Doily earlier meant "genteel, affordable woolens", evidently from the same source. They are crocheted and sometimes knitted out of cotton or linen thread. Openwo...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doily



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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