Dorsiferous Dor·sif"er·ous . [ Dorsum + -ferous ; confer French dorsifère .] (Biol.) 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 Dor`si·mes"on noun [
Dorsum +
meson .]
(Anat.) See Meson .
Dorsiparous Dor·sip"a·rous adjective [
Dorsum + Latin
parere to bring forth.]
(Biol.) Same as Dorsiferous .
Dorsiventral Dor`si·ven"tral adjective [
Dorsum +
ventral .]
1. (Biol.) Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral . 2. (Anat.) See Dorsoventral .
Dorsoventral Dor`so·ven"tral adjective [
dorsum +
ventral .]
(Anat.) From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal; as, the dorsoventral axis.
Dorsum Dor"sum noun [ Latin ]
1. The ridge of a hill. 2. (Anat.) The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue.
Dortour, Dorture Dor"tour, Dor"ture noun [ French
dortoir , from Latin
dormitorium .]
A dormitory. [ Obsolete]
Bacon.
Dory Do"ry noun ;
plural Dories . [ Named from 1st color, from French
dorée gilded, from
dorer to gild, Latin
deaurare . See
Deaurate , and confer
Aureole .]
1. (Zoology) A European fish. See Doree , and John Doree . 2. (Zoology) The American wall-eyed perch; -- called also doré . See Pike perch .
Dory Do"ry noun ;
plural Dories A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides.
Doryphora Do·ryph"o·ra noun [ New Latin See
Doryphoros .]
(Zoology) A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See Potato beetle .
Doryphoros Do·ryph"o·ros noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., lit., spear bearing; ... a spear +
fe`rein to bear.]
(Fine Arts) 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.
Dos-Ã -dos Dos`-Ã -dos" adverb [ French]
Back to back; as, to sit dos-Ã -dos in a dogcart; to dance dos-Ã -dos , or so that two dancers move forward and pass back to back.
Dos-Ã -dos Dos`-Ã -dos" noun A sofa, open carriage, or the like, so constructed that the occupants sit back to back.
Dosage Dos"age (dōs"aj)
noun [ Confer French
dosage . See
Dose ,
v. ]
1. (Medicine) The administration of medicine in doses; specif., a scheme or system of grading doses of medicine according to age, etc. 2. The process of adding some ingredient, as to wine, to give flavor, character, or strength.
Dose Dose (dōs)
noun [ French
dose , Greek
do`sis a giving, a dose, from
dido`nai to give; akin to Latin
dare to give. See
Date point of time.]
1. The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time. 2. A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive. 3. Anything nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one. I am for curing the world by gentle alteratives, not by violent doses .
W. Irving. I dare undertake that as fulsome a dose as you give him, he shall readily take it down.
South.
Dose Dose transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Dosed ;
present participle & verbal noun dosing .] [ Confer French
doser . See
Dose ,
noun ]
1. To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses. 2. To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need. A self-opinioned physician, worse than his distemper, who shall dose , and bleed, and kill him, "secundum artem."
South 3. To give anything nauseous to.
Dosel Dos"el noun [ Old French
dossel ; confer Late Latin
dorsale . See
Dorsal , and confer
Dorse ,
Dorsel .]
Same as Dorsal , noun [ R.]
Dosimetry Do·sim"e·try noun [ New Latin
dosis dose +
-metry .]
(Medicine) Measurement of doses; specif., a system of therapeutics which uses but few remedies, mostly alkaloids, and gives them in doses fixed by certain rules. --
Do`si*met"ric adjective --
Do*sim"e*trist noun
Dosology Do·sol"o·gy noun [
Dose +-
logy .]
Posology. [ R.]
Ogilvie.
Doss Doss noun [ Etym. uncertain.]
A place to sleep in; a bed; hence, sleep. [ Slang]
Doss house Doss house A cheap lodging house. They [ street Arabs] consort together and sleep in low doss houses where they meet with all kinds of villainy.
W. Besant.
Dossel Dos"sel noun [ See
Dosel ,
noun ]
Same as Dorsal , noun
Dosser Dos"ser noun [ Late Latin
dosserum , or French
dossier bundle of papers, part of a basket resting on the back, from Latin
dorsum back. See
Dorsal , and confer
Dosel .] [ Written also
dorser and
dorsel .]
1. A pannier, or basket. To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers .
Beau. & Fl. 2. A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.
Dossier Dos`sier" (dos`sya";
E. dŏs"sĭ*ẽr)
noun [ French, back of a thing, bulging bundle of papers, from
dos back.]
A bundle containing the papers in reference to some matter.
Dossil Dos"sil noun [ Middle English
dosil faucet of a barrel, Old French
dosil ,
duisil , spigot, Late Latin
diciculus ,
ducillus , from Latin
ducere to lead, draw. See
Duct ,
Duke .]
1. (Surg.) A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent. 2. (Printing) A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.
Dost Dost 2d pers. sing. present of Do .
Dot Dot noun [ French, from Latin
dos ,
dotis , dowry. See
Dower , and confer
Dote dowry.]
(Law) A marriage portion; dowry. [ Louisiana]
Dot Dot noun [ Confer Anglo-Saxon
dott small spot, speck; of uncertain origin.]
1. A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark. 2. Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.
Dot Dot transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Dotted ;
present participle & verbal noun Dotting .]
1. To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line. 2. To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as , a landscape dotted with cottages.
Dot Dot intransitive verb To make dots or specks.
Dotage Do"tage noun [ From
Dote ,
intransitive verb ]
1. 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 . Capable of distinguishing between the infancy and the dotage of Greek literature.
Macaulay. 2. Foolish utterance; drivel. The sapless dotages of old Paris and Salamanca.
Milton. 3. Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection. The dotage of the nation on presbytery.
Bp. Burnet.
Dotal Do"tal adjective [ Latin
dotalis , from
dos ,
dotis , dowry: confer French
dotal . See
Dot dowry.]
Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting dower, or comprised in it. Garth.
Dotant Do"tant noun A dotard. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Dotard Do"tard noun [
Dote ,
intransitive verb ]
One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood. The sickly dotard wants a wife.
Prior.
Dotardly Do"tard·ly adjective Foolish; weak. Dr. H. More.
Dotary Do"ta·ry noun A dotard's weakness; dotage. [ Obsolete]
Drayton.
Dotation Do·ta"tion noun [ Late Latin
dotatio , from Latin
dotare to endow, from
dos ,
dotis , dower: confer French
dotation . See
Dot dowry.]
1. The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman. 2. Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation. Blackstone.
Dote Dote noun [ See
Dot dowry.]
1. A marriage portion. [ Obsolete] See 1st Dot , noun Wyatt. 2. plural Natural endowments. [ Obsolete]
B. Jonson.
Dote Dote intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Doted ;
present participle & verbal noun Doting .] [ Middle English
doten ; akin to OD.
doten , Dutch
dutten , to doze, Icelandic
dotta to nod from sleep, Middle High German
t...zen to keep still: confer French
doter , Old French
radoter (to dote, rave, talk idly or senselessly), which are from the same source.] [ Written also
doat .]
1. To act foolishly. [ Obsolete]
He wol make him doten anon right.
Chaucer. 2. To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel. Time has made you dote , and vainly tell
Of arms imagined in your lonely cell.
Dryden. He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.
South. 3. 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. Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote .
Shak. What dust we dote on, when 't is man we love.
Pope.
Dote Dote noun An imbecile; a dotard. Halliwell.
Doted Dot"ed adjective 1. Stupid; foolish. [ Obsolete]
Senseless speech and doted ignorance.
Spenser. 2. Half-rotten; as, doted wood. [ Local, U. S.]
Dotehead Dote"head` noun A dotard. [ R.]
Tyndale.
Doter Dot"er noun 1. One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard. Burton. 2. One excessively fond, or weak in love. Shak.
Dotery Dot"er·y noun The acts or speech of a dotard; drivel. [ R.]
Doth Doth 3d pers. sing. present of Do .
Doting Dot"ing adjective That dotes; silly; excessively fond. --
Dot"ing*ly ,
adverb --
Dot"ing*ness ,
noun
Dotish Dot"ish adjective Foolish; weak; imbecile. Sir W. Scott.
Dottard Dot"tard noun [ For
Dotard ?]
An old, decayed tree. [ R.]
Bacon.
Dotted Dot"ted adjective Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects. Dotted note (Mus.) ,
a note followed by a dot to indicate an increase of length equal to one half of its simple value; thus, a dotted semibreve is equal to three minims, and a dotted quarter to three eighth notes. --
Dotted rest ,
a rest lengthened by a dot in the same manner as a dotted note. » Notes and rests are sometimes followed by two dots, to indicate an increase of length equal to three quarters of their simple value, and they are then said to be
double-dotted .
Dotterel Dot"ter·el adjective [ Confer
Dottard .]
Decayed. "Some old
dotterel trees." [ Obsolete]
Ascham.
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