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DCL'IAR, a silver coin of Spain and the 

 United States, value 100 cents. Said to be 

 named from Dole, the town where it was 

 first made. The dollar seems to have 

 been originally a German coin, and in 

 that country the name is still given to 

 coins of different values. 



DOLI/MAN, the name given to a long 

 cassock worn by the Turks. 



DoLo'MiTE.avaiiety of magnesian lime- 

 stone ; thus named after M. Dolomieu, a 

 French geologist. A white variety called 

 D. marble was used by ancient sculptors 

 in their finest works. The Germans call 

 it Zcchstein. 



DOM. Lat. domintts, a lord. A title of 

 the dignitaries of the Roman Catholic 

 church, and of certain monastic orders. 



DOME, from $o/u.o;, from u,ai, to build. 

 1 . In architecture, an arched roof spring- 

 ing from a polygonal, circular, or elliptic 

 plan ; when the base is circular it is called 



a cupola. 2. In chemistry, the upper 



part of a reverberating furnace, resem- 

 bling a hollow hemisphere. 



DOMES'DAY, DOOMSDAY-BOOK, a book or 

 record, made by order of AA'illiam the Con- 

 queror, of the lands of England. It con- 

 sists of two volumes, a folio and a quarto, 

 and remains in the Exchequer. 



DOM'INA, dame, a title anciently given 

 f women, who in their own right of in- 

 heritance, held a barony. 



DOMIN'ICAL LETTERS, called also Sunday 

 letters; the letters, A,B,C,D, E,F,G, 

 used in almanacs, &e., to denote Sundays 

 (dominicus dies), throughout the year. 



DOMIN'ICANS, called also Predicants or 

 Preaching Friars; an order of Monks 

 founded by St. Dominic of Spain, in 1215. 

 The object of their institution was to 

 preach the gospel, convert heretics, defend 

 the faith, and propasate Christianity. In 

 France they were called Jacobins because 

 their first convent was in the Hue St. 

 Jaques. 



DOMICILIARY, pertaining to a domus or 

 private residence, as a domicilary visit, 

 which is a legal visit to a private house 

 for the purpose of searching it. 



DOM'IFYINO, from domus, a house, and 

 facto, to make ; a term used in astrology, 

 for the distribution of the heavens into 

 twelve houses, in order to erect a theme 

 or horoscope by means of the six great 

 circles, called circles of position. 



DOM'INANT, from dominus, a master; 

 predominant. In music, of the three notes 

 essential to the tone, the dominant is that 

 which is a fifth from the tonic. A domi- 

 nant, or sensible chord, is that which is 

 practised on the dominant of the tone, 

 and which introduces a perfect cadence. 



DOMIS'ION, Lat. dominium, supreme 

 authority. Dominium plenum is when 

 the property it united with the posses- 



sion ; dominium nudinn, when there is 

 property without possession. Directum 

 dominium is the right of dominion ; 

 dominium utile is the profit arising froci 

 it. The wife retains the dominium direc- 

 tum of her jointure, but thedominium titilr 

 passes to the husband. 



DOM'INO. 1. A dress formerly worn by 

 ecclesiastics in winter, serving to protect 



the face and head from the weather. 



2. A masquerade-dress worn by gentlemen 

 and ladies : it consists of a long silk man- 

 tle with cap and wide sleeves. 



DOM'INOES, a game played -with 28 

 pieces of ivory or bone variously dotted 

 after the manner of dice ; these are some- 

 times called cards, but commonly dom- 

 inoes. 



DOM'INUS (Latin), a master. 1. In 

 civil law, one who possesses anything by 



right. 2. In feudal laiv, one who grants 



part of his estate in fee to be enjoyed by 

 another. 



DOM'O-BEPARAN'DO, a writ -which lies 

 for a person against his neighbour, whose 

 house he fears will fall to the damage of 

 his own. 



DON, the Spanish title for a gentleman, 

 answering to Dom or dominus, lord. 



DON'ATISTS, a sect of Christians in Africa, 

 named from their founder Dpnatus. 



DON'ATIVE, from dono, to give. En canon 

 law, a benefice given by the patron to a 

 priest without presentation to the ordi- 

 nary, and without institution or induc- 

 tion. Among the .Romans a donatitum 

 was a gift made by the soldiers, as con- 

 giarium was one made by the people. 



DON'JON, DONGEO.V (Ncr. Fr. for dun- 

 aeon) , in fortification , a strong tower or 

 redoubt of a fortress, into which the garri- 

 son may retreat, in case of necessity. 



DOOKS, in Scotland, flat pieces of wood 

 inserted in walls ; called in England 

 wooden bricks. 



DOOR. Doors intended to present an even 

 surface when closed are called jib-doors, 

 or flush-doors. The three horizontal 

 pieces mortised into the upright sides of 

 the ddor, are called the top, the bottom, 

 and the lock-rails, and if a fourth occur 

 under the top-rail, it is called the frieze- 

 rail; the side pieces are called stiles, and 

 the two intermediate pieces are meeting- 

 stiles ; the intermediate pieces between 

 the stiles are munions. The door-frame 

 or case is the wooden frame enclosing a 

 door. 



DORA'DO (Span.), gilt, a southern constel- 

 lation sometimes called the Sword-fish. 



DOR'EMA, a genus of plants. Petandria 

 Digynia. Name from dtu^uM, a gift. 

 A Persian species yields the gum ammo- 

 niacum of the shops. 



DOR'IC, from Dom in Greece ; pertain- 

 ing to Doris or the Dorians, as the Doric 

 dialect. The doric order of architec 



