Done Done past participle from Do , and formerly the infinitive. 1. Performed; executed; finished.

2. It is done or agreed; let it be a match or bargain; -- used elliptically.

Done brown , a phrase in cookery; applied figuratively to one who has been thoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled. [ Colloq.] -- Done for , tired out; used up; collapsed; destroyed; dead; killed. [ Colloq.] -- Done up . (a) Wrapped up . (b) Worn out; exhausted. [ Colloq.]

Done Done adjective [ Prob. corrupted from Old French doné , French donné , past participle of Old French doner , French donner , to give, issue, from Latin donare to give. See Donate , and confer Donee .] Given; executed; issued; made public; -- used chiefly in the clause giving the date of a proclamation or public act.

Donee Do·nee" noun [ Old French doné , French donné , past participle See the preceding word.] 1. The person to whom a gift or donation is made.

2. (Law) Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a power is conferred for execution; -- sometimes called the appointor .

Donet Don"et noun Same as Donat . Piers Plowman .

Dongola Don"go·la noun 1. A government of Upper Egypt.

2. Dongola kid.

Dongola kid , D. leather , leather made by the Dongola process. -- D. process , a process of tanning goatskin, and now also calfskin and sheepskin, with a combination of vegetable and mineral agents, so that it resembles kid. -- D. race , a boat race in which the crews are composed of a number of pairs, usually of men and women.

Doni Do"ni noun [ Tamil t...nī .] (Nautical) A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon. [ Written also dhony , doney , and done .] Balfour.

Doniferous Do·nif"er·ous (do*nĭf"ẽr*ŭs) adjective [ Latin donum gift + -ferous .] Bearing gifts. [ R.]

Donjon Don"jon (dŭn"jŭn) noun [ See Dungeon .] The chief tower, also called the keep ; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle .

Donkey Don"key (dŏn"kȳ) noun ; plural Donkeys (-kĭz). [ Prob. dun , in allusion to the color of the animal + a dim. termination.] 1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.

2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.

Donkey engine , a small auxiliary engine not used for propelling, but for pumping water into the boilers, raising heavy weights, and like purposes. -- Donkey pump , a steam pump for feeding boilers, extinguishing fire, etc.; -- usually an auxiliary. -- Donkey's eye (Botany) , the large round seed of the Mucuna pruriens , a tropical leguminous plant.

Donna Don"na noun [ Italian donna , Latin domina . See Don , Dame .] A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy.

Donnat Don"nat noun [ Corrupted from do- naught .] See Do-naught . [ Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Donnée Don`née" noun [ French, from donner to give.] Lit., given; hence, in a literary work, as a drama or tale, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story. W. E. Henley.

That favorite romance donnée of the heir kept out of his own.

Saintsbury.

Donnism Don"nism noun [ Don , n ., 2.] Self-importance; loftiness of carriage. [ Cant, Eng. Universities]

Donor Do"nor noun [ French donneur , Old French daneor , from donner . See Donee , and confer Donator .] 1. One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.

2. (Law) One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; -- the opposite of donee . Kent.

Touching, the parties unto deeds and charters, we are to consider as well the donors and granters as the donees or grantees.

Spelman.

Donship Don"ship noun The quality or rank of a don, gentleman, or knight. Hudibras.

Donzel Don"zel noun [ Confer Italian donzello , Spanish doncel , Old French danzel . See Damsel , Don , noun ] A young squire, or knight's attendant; a page. [ Obsolete] Beau. & Fl.

Doo Doo noun (Zoology) A dove. [ Scot.]

Doob grass Doob" grass` [ Hind. d...b .] (Botany) A perennial, creeping grass ( Cynodon dactylon ), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States. [ Written also doub grass .]

Doodle Doo"dle noun [ Confer Dawdle .] A trifler; a simple fellow.

Doodlesack Doo"dle·sack` noun [ Confer German dudelsack .] The Scotch bagpipe. [ Prov. Eng.]

Doole Doole noun Sorrow; dole. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Dooly Doo"ly noun ; plural Doolies . [ Sanskrit d...la .] A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin. [ Written also doolee and doolie .] [ East Indies]

Having provided doolies , or little bamboo chairs slung on four men's shoulders, in which I put my papers and boxes, we next morning commenced the ascent.

J. D. Hooker.

Doom Doom (dōm) noun [ As. dōm ; akin to Old Saxon dōm , Old High German tuom , Dan. & Swedish dom , Icelandic dōmr , Goth. dōms , Greek qe`mis law; from the root of English do , transitive verb √65. See Do , transitive verb , and confer Deem , -dom .] 1. Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.

The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens.

J. R. Green.

Now against himself he sounds this doom .

Shak.

2. That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.

Ere Hector meets his doom .

Pope.

And homely household task shall be her doom .

Dryden.

3. Ruin; death.

This is the day of doom for Bassianus.

Shak.

4. Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision. [ Obsolete]

And there he learned of things and haps to come,
To give foreknowledge true, and certain doom .

Fairfax.

Syn. -- Sentence; condemnation; decree; fate; destiny; lot; ruin; destruction.

Doom Doom transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Doomed ; present participle & verbal noun Dooming .] 1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. [ Obsolete] Milton.

2. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death.

Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.

Dryden.

3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.

Have I tongue to doom my brother's death?

Shak.

4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [ New England] J. Pickering.

5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate.

A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with difficulties.

Macaulay.

Doom palm Doom" palm` [ Arabic daum , dūm : confer French doume .] (Botany) A species of palm tree ( Hyphæne Thebaica ), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of gingerbread, and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia. [ Written also doum palm .]

Doomage Doom"age noun A penalty or fine for neglect. [ Local, New England]

Doomful Doom"ful adjective Full of condemnation or destructive power. [ R.] "That doomful deluge." Drayton.

Doomsday Dooms"day` noun [ Anglo-Saxon d...mes dāg . See Doom , and Day .] 1. A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. "My body's doomsday ." Shak.

2. The day of the final judgment.

I could not tell till doomsday .

Chaucer.

Doomsday Book . See Domesday Book .

Doomsman Dooms"man noun [ Doom + man .] A judge; an umpire. [ Obsolete] Hampole.

Doomster Doom"ster noun Same as Dempster . [ Scot.]

Door Door noun [ Middle English dore , dure , Anglo-Saxon duru ; akin to Old Saxon dura , dor , Dutch deur , Old High German turi , door, tor gate, German thür , thor , Icelandic dyrr , Danish dör , Swedish dörr , Goth. daur , Lithuanian durys , Russian dvere , Old Irish dorus , Latin fores , Greek ...; confer Sanskrit dur , dvāra . √246. Confer Foreign .] 1. An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way.

To the same end, men several paths may tread,
As many doors into one temple lead.

Denham.

2. The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened.

At last he came unto an iron door
That fast was locked.

Spenser.

3. Passage; means of approach or access.

I am the door ; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved.

John x. 9.

4. An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or apartment to which it leads.

Martin's office is now the second door in the street.

Arbuthnot.

Blank door , Blind door , etc. (Architecture) See under Blank , Blind , etc. -- In doors , or Within doors , within the house. -- Next door to , near to; bordering on.

A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult.

L'Estrange.

-- Out of doors , or Without doors , and, colloquially , Out doors , out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost.

His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors .

Locke.

-- To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's door , to charge one with a fault; to blame for. -- To lie at one's door , to be imputable or chargeable to.

If I have failed, the fault lies wholly at my door .

Dryden.

» Door is used in an adjectival construction or as the first part of a compound (with or without the hyphen), as, door frame, door bell or door bell, door knob or door knob, door latch or door latch, door jamb, door handle, door mat, door panel.

Doorcase Door"case` noun The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.

Doorcheek Door"cheek` noun The jamb or sidepiece of a door. Ex. xii. 22 (Douay version).

Doorga Door"ga noun [ Sanskrit Durgā .] (Myth.) A Hindoo divinity, the consort of Siva, represented with ten arms. [ Written also Durga.] Malcom.

Dooring Door"ing noun The frame of a door. Milton.

Doorkeeper Door"keep`er noun One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.

Doorless Door"less adjective Without a door.

Doornail Door"nail` noun The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, "As dead as a doornail ."

Doorplane Door"plane` noun A plane on a door, giving the name, and sometimes the employment, of the occupant.

Doorpost Door"post` noun The jamb or sidepiece of a doorway.

Doorsill Door"sill` noun The sill or threshold of a door.

Doorstead Door"stead noun Entrance or place of a door. [ Obsolete or Local] Bp. Warburton.

Doorstep Door"step` noun The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.

Doorstone Door"stone` noun The stone forming a threshold.

Doorstop Door"stop` noun (Carp.) The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door.

Doorway Door"way` noun The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room.

Dooryard Door"yard` noun A yard in front of a house or around the door of a house.

Dop Dop intransitive verb [ Confer Dap , Dip .] To dip. [ Obsolete] Walton.

Dop Dop noun A dip; a low courtesy. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.

Dop, Doop Dop, Doop noun A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.

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