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tide ; dry docks are so called from their 

 being left dry when the tide is out. There 

 ure also grating or repairing docks, for the 

 repairing of vessels; import docks appro- 

 priated for ships unloading ; and export 

 docks for vessels going out. In America, 

 the spaces between wharves are called 

 docks. 



DOCK'ET, a piece, from dock, to clip. 1. 

 In law, a small piece of paper or parch- 

 ment containing the heads of a writing; 

 a brief in writing ; also a subscription at 

 the bottom of letters-patent by the clerk 

 of the dockets ; also an alphabetical list 

 of the cases in a court. Attorneys keep 

 docket-books in which they enter judg- 

 ments. To strike a docket, is a cant phrase 

 for making a man bankrupt by process of 

 law. 2. In commerce, a direction tied 

 to goods ; a ticket. 



DOCTOR, literally a teacher. One who 

 has taken the highest degree in the facul- 

 ties of divinity, law, or physic. D. of 

 Divinity, abbr. D.D. ; D. of Laws, abbr. 

 LL.D. ; D. of Medicine, M.D. The title 

 is either conferred publicly with certain 



ceremonies, or by diploma. 2. In calico 



printing, a thin plate of steel used for 

 scraping the colour or mordaunt off the 

 copper-plates. 



DocToas' COMMONS, the popular name 

 for the courts and offices occupied by the 

 " College of Doctors of Law exercent in 

 the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts." 



DOC'TRIXAIRES, a party of French poli- 

 ticians, supporters of a constitutional 

 monarchy ; the philosophical party. 



DODEC'AGON, from dadixa, twelve, and 

 3-aiwa, an angle. A geometrical figure of 

 twelve sides and angles. 



DODECAGY'NIA, from SuStxct, twelve, 

 and yvw, a woman. An ordei of plants 

 having twelve styles or pistils : the house- 

 leek. 



DODECATHE'DRON , from "otubixat., twelve, 

 and ib^at,, a base. A regular solid con- 

 tained under twelve equal and regular 

 pentagons, or having twelve equal bases. 



DODECAHE'DRAL CORUN'DUM, a mineral. 

 There are two varieties; the Ceylanite, 

 and the Spinel Ruby. General name, 



DODECAHE'DHAL GAR'NBT, a species of 

 garnet of which there are ten varieties ; 

 the Grossulaire, Pyrenaite, Colophonite, 

 Precious Garnet, Topazolite, Melanite, 

 Allochroite, Pyrope, Essonite, and Com- 

 mon Garnet. 



DODECAN'DRIA, from licaSiza., twelve, and 

 av<, a man. A class of plants in the 

 sexual system, comprising such as have 

 not less than twelve, nor more than nine- 

 teen stamens on each flower. Epithet 

 dodecandrian. 



DODECAS'TYLE. In architecture, a build- 



. ing having twelve columns on front or 

 flank. 



DO'DRANS (Lat.). A measure equal to 



' about nine inches, being tlie*paee between 



the end of the thumb and the little finger 



when fully extended. It is about equal to 



; the palm. 



j DOG. A sort of iron hook or bar, with 



I a sharp fang at one end, so formed as to 



be easily driven into a piece of timber, to 



drag it, by means of a rope, out of the 



water or ship-board. 



DOO'-DATS, Lat. dies caniculares. The 

 days between the 24th of July and the 

 24th of August; so called because the dog- 

 star (Sirius}, during this period, rises with 

 the sun. To the influence of this star the 

 , great heat of these days was ascribed. 



DOGE, formerly the title of the chief 

 magistrate of the republics of Venice and 

 Genoa. 



DOG'GER, a two-masted Dutch vessel, 

 navigated in the German Ocean : princi- 

 pally employed in fishing on the Dogger 

 Bank. It somewhat resembles a ketch. 



DOG'MATISTS, from boy/Mx, a doctrine. 

 A sect of ancient physicians, of which 

 Hippocrates was the first. They laid down 

 definitions and divisions, and supposed 

 principles from which they drew conclu- 

 sions, which they applied to particular 

 diseases : hence they were also called 

 logici, or logicians, to distinguish them 

 from the empyrici and methodici. 



DOG'-STAR, Sirius (q. v.). A star of the 

 first magnitude in the constellation Cams 

 major. 



DOG-VANE. In navigation, a small, light 

 vane, formed of a piece of pack thread and 

 some slices of cork, stuck full of feathers, 

 placed on the windward side of the quar- 

 ter-deck, or weather-gunwale, to assist 

 in steering the ship in a wind. 



DOG'WATCH, among seamen, a watch of 

 two hours. 



DOIT, the old Scottish penny, twelve 

 of which made a penny sterling. 



DoLAB'BiroRM, from dolabra, a hatchet, 

 and/orma. Hatchet-shaped. Applied to 

 leaves cylindrical at the base, and having 

 the upper part dilated, thick on one edge, 

 and cutting on the other. 



DOL'CE (It.). In music, a mark which 

 means that the music is to be played 

 softly and sweetly. 



DOLICH'OPUS, a genus of dipterous in- 

 sects, family Tanystoma. Found on walls, 

 trunks of trees, &c., and often running on 

 the surface of water. Name from $o\t%os, 

 long, and xov; , a foot, the legs being very 

 long and slender. 



DOL'ICHOS, the cowhage, or cow-itch 

 plant. A genus of numerous species. Dia- 

 delphia Decandria. Name from deXigar, 

 long, in reference to the length of iti 

 pods. Several species are used as food. 



