document 
have been once admitted, without definite reasons, which 
must be submitted to the foreign government concerned. 
Woolsey, Introd. to Inter. Law, 69. 
There were 256 disasters to documented vessels. 
The American, XII. 286. 
documental (dok-u-men'tal), a. [< document 
+ -al.] If. Pertaining to instruction. Dr. 
H. More. 2. Same as documentary. 
documentary (dok-u-men'ta-ri), a. Pertaining 
to or derived from documents; consisting in 
documents. 
We have, through the whole, a well-ordered and docu- 
mentary record of affairs. Tickiwr, Span. Lit., I. Ifi9. 
Documentary evidence. See e mdewx. Documentary 
exchange. Same as document bill (which see, under docu- 
7nenf)T-3)ocumentary hypothesis, in Biblical criticism, 
the hypothesis that the Pentateuch is composed of two or 
more documents of which Moses or some later and un- 
known author was the editor. See Elohistic, Jehovigtic. 
documentationt (dok"u-men-ta'shgn), n. [< 
ML. docitmentatio(n-), a reminding, < L. docu- 
mentum, a lesson, example, warning, etc. : see 
document.] Instruction; teaching. 
" I am to be closeted, and to be documentized," proceed- 
ed he. " Not another word of your documentations, dame 
Selby ; I am not in a humour to hear them ; I will take my 
own way." Richardson, Sir Charles Grandison, VI. 157. 
documentizet (dok'u-men-tiz), 11. [< document 
+ -ize.] I. intrans. To be didactic. 
II. trans. To instruct ; admonish. 
The Attorney-General . . . desired the wife would not 
be so very busy, being, as he said, well documzntised, 
meaning l)y this Whiteacre. HoyerXorth, Examen, p. 294. 
dod 1 (dod), v. t.-. pret. and pp. dodded, ppr. dod- 
ding. [E. dial., < ME. aodden, cut off, lop, 
shear; origin unknown. Hence dodded, dod- 
dy 1 .] To cut off; lop; shear. 
Doddyn trees or herbys and other lyke, [L.] decomo, 
capulo. Prompt. Pan., p. 125. 
The more that he doddide the heeris [hairs], so mych 
more thei wexen [grew]. Wyclif, 2 Ki. xiv. 26 (Oxf.). 
dod 2 (dod), n. [< Gael, dod, peevishness, a pet. 
Hence doddy^.] A fit of ill humor or sullen- 
ness. Jamieson. [Scotch.] 
Your mother should na be egget on in her anger, when 
she happens, poor body, to tak' the dods now and then. 
Gait, The Entail, II. 143. 
dod 3 (dod), . [Origin obscure.] 1. The fox- 
tail reed. [North. Eng.] 2. A shell. [Prov. 
Eng.] 3. In tile-making, a 
mold with an annular throat 
through which clay is forced to 
form drain-pipe. 
dod*t (dod), v. t. [Same as dad 2 , 
beat, etc.: see dad".] To beat; 
beat out. 
Our husbandmen in Middlesex make a distinction be- 
tween doddiny and threshing of wheat, the former being 
only the beating out of the fullest and fairest grain, leav- 
ing what is lean and lank to be threshed out afterwards. 
Our comment may be said to have dodded the Sheriffes of 
several Counties, insisting only on their most memorable 
actions. Fuller, Worthies, xv. 
dodaerst, . [A (Dutch) sailors' name; also 
written dodaars, mod. D. as if "doodaars, < 
dood, = E. dead, + aars = E. arse : see further 
under dodo.'] Same as dodo. Bontius. 
doddartt (dod ' art), n. [Perhaps < dodl (in 
reference to the stick) + -art, -ard.] The 
game of hockey or shinny. See hockey. 
dodded (dod'ed), p. a. [Pp. of dodl, cut off, 
lop, shear: see doddy 1 .] Being without horns, 
as sheep or cattle ; polled. [Scotch.] 
dodder 1 (dod'er), re. [Early mod. E. also dod- 
cr; < ME. doder, dodur, < AS. dodder, *doder = 
MLG. doder, dodder, 
late MHG. todter, G. 
(totter = Dan. dodder 
= Sw. dodra, dodder. 
Perhaps connected, 
with ref. to yellow- 
ness, with AS. dy- 
drin, *dydren = OS. 
dodro = MLG. doder, 
dodder, dudder = 
OHG. totoro, tutaro, 
MHG. toter, G. (with 
D. d) dotter, dial, dot- 
tern (cf. D. dojer),the 
yolk of an egg.] The 
common name of 
plants of the genus 
Cuscuta, a group of very slender, branched, 
twining, leafless, yellowish or reddish annual 
parasites, belonging to the natural order Con- 
volvulacew. They are found on many kinds of herbs 
and low shrubs. The seed germinates on the ground but 
the young plant soon attaches itself to its host, from which 
it derives all its nourishment. Some species have proved 
very injurious to cultivated crops, especially to flax and 
clover. See Cuscuta. 
1716 
dodder 2 (dod'er), v. i. [Also E. dial, dadder, 
equiv. to doddle, daddle^: see doddle, doddle^.] 
To shake ; tremble. 
Eock'd by the blast, and cabin'd in the storm, 
The sailor hugs thee to the doddering mast, 
Of shipwreck negligent, while thou art kind. 
Thomson, Sickness, iv. 
doddered (dod'erd), a. [< dodder^ + -ed?.] 
Overgrown with dodder; covered with parasitic 
plants. 
The peasants were enjoined 
Sere-wood, and firs, and doddered oaks to find. 
Dryden, Pal. and Arc., iii. 905. 
dodder-grass (dod'er-gras), n. The quaking- 
grass, Briza media: so called from the trem- 
bling of its spikelets. Also called locally in 
England doddering grass or doddle-grass, dod- 
dering dickies orjockies, and dodderin' Nancy. 
dodders (dod'erz), n. Same as malis. 
dodder-seed (dod'er-sed), . A name gome- 
times given to the seeds of Camelina sativa, oc- 
casionally cultivated in Europe for their oil. 
doddle (dod'l)', v.i. ; pret. and pp. doddled, ppr. 
doddling. [So., = daddle^.] To toddle. 
doddy 1 (dod'i), n. ; pi. daddies (-iz). [Sc., also 
written doddie, dim., equiv. to dodded, pp., < 
dod 1 , cut off.] A cow without horns. 
doddy 2 (dod'i), o, [< dod 2 + -1/1 ; cf. Gael, do- 
dach, pettish, < dod.] Ill-natured ; snappish. 
Jamieson. [Scotch.] 
I fancy dogs are like men. . . . Colley is as doddy and 
crabbit to Watty as if he was its adversary. 
(lalt, The Entail, I. 166. 
doddypatet, n. See dodipate. 
doddypollt, n. See dodipoll. 
dodeca-. [< L. (NL.) dodeca-, < Gr. AMeica, poet. 
(iwidf/ca, twelve, < Si'O, = E. two, + 6ina = E. 
ten. Cf. E. twelve.] The first element in some 
compounds of Greek origin, meaning ' twelve.' 
Dodecactinise (d6"de-kak-tin'i-e), . pi. [NL., 
< Gr. rfude/ca, twelve, + NL. Actinia.] A group 
of polyps. 
dodecadactylont (do // dek-a-dak'ti-lon), n. 
[NL., < Gr. (!(i(5fKo, twelve, 4- rfo/trttf-of, finger.] 
Same as dodecadactyhts. 
dodecadactylust (d6"dek-a-dak'ti-lus), . 
[NL., < Gr. <5<jrff/z, twelve, + (Wmvlof . a finger, 
finger's breadth. See duodenum.] The duode- 
num. 
dodecagon (do-dek'a-gon), n. [< Gr. fw6eK&- 
juvov, a dodecagon, < SuStna, twelve, + luvia. 
angle.] A polygon having twelve sides and 
twelve angles Regular dodecagon, one whose sides 
are all equal and whose angles are all equal. 
dodecagonal (do-de-kag'o-nal), a. [< dodeca- 
gon + -ftl.] Having twelve 'sides and twelve 
angles. 
dodecagyn (do-dek'a-jiu), . [< NL. dodeca- 
gynus, adj.: see dodecagynous.] Inbot., a plant 
having twelve styles. 
Dodecagynia (de"dek-a-jin'i-a), n. pi. [NL.: 
see dodecagynous.] The name given by Linnaeus 
to the orders which in his system of plants have 
twelve styles. 
dpdecagynian (d6"dek-a-jin'i-an), a. Belong- 
ing to the Linnean order Dodecagynia. 
dodecagynous (do - de - kaj ' i - ims), a . [< NL. 
dodecagynus, < Gr. SuStita, twelve, + j mi/, a fe- 
male (in mod. bot. a style or pistil).] In bot. : 
(a) Having twelve styles or pistils, (b) Same 
as dodecagynian. 
dodecahedral (d6"dek-a-he'dral), a. [< dode- 
cahedron + -al.] Having the form of a do- 
decahedron : as, the dodecahedral cleavage of 
sphalerite. Also duodecahedral 
dodecahedron (d6"dek-a-he'dron), . [= P. 
dodecaedre, < NL. dodecahedron, < Gr. doStKa, 
twelve, + edpa, a seat, base.] In geom., a solid 
having twelve faces. Also duodecahedron. 
Great dodecahedron, in geom., a regular solid each 
lace of which has the same boundaries as five covertical 
dodecasemic 
hedron. It has 12 faces, 20 vertices, 30 edges, 5 edges per 
face, and 3 edges per vertex. The succession of faces about 
a vertex goes once round the vertex, while the succession 
of vertices about a face goes twice round the center of the 
face, and the center is quadruply inclosed. Ordinary 
dodecahedron, in geum., a regular body, a species of 
pentagonal dodecahedron. It has 12 faces, 20 vertices, 
30 edges, 5 sides per face, and 3 sides per vertex. Its 
surface is 20.64578 times the square of a side, its volume 
7.663119 times the cube of a side. The ordinary dodeca- 
hedron of geometry is an impossible form among crystals, 
for its faces extended would cut the axes at distances from 
the center having an irrational ratio to each other. The 
form approximating most closely to it is the pentagonal 
dodecahedron, or the pyritohedron, in which the faces 
are five-sided, but not regular pentagons. Regular 
dodecahedron, in geom., a dodecahedron whose faces 
are all regular polygons, and whose vertices are all regu- 
lar solid angles. There are in fact four such figures ; but 
those which inclose the center more than once being com- 
monly neglected, the term regular dodecahedron is used 
for the ordinary dodecahedron. Rhombic dodecahe- 
Rhombic Dodecahedron. Pentagonal Dodecahedron. 
(iron, in crystal. , a solid contained by twelve similar faces, 
each of which is a rhomb, the angle between any two 
adjacent faces being 120. Small Stellated dodeca- 
Lesser Dodder ( Cuscuta Efithy- 
MMW). 
Great Stellated Dodecahedron. 
faces of an ordinary icosahedron. It has 12 faces 12 ver- 
tices, 30 edges, 5 sides per face, and 5 sides per vertex. 
The succession of faces about a vertex In wraps the vertex 
twice, the succession of vertices about a face incloses the 
face once, and the center is triply inclosed. Great stel- 
lated dodecahedron, in yeom. , a regular solid each face 
of which is formed by stellating a face of the great dodeca- 
Small Stellated Dodecahedron. Truncated Dodecahedron. 
hedron, in geom., a solid formed by stellating each face 
of the ordinary dodecahedron. It has 12 faces, 12 ver- 
tices, 30 edges, 5 edges per face, and 5 edges per vertex. 
The succession of faces about a vertex goes round the 
vertex once, the succession of vertices around a face goes 
round the center of the face twice, and the center of the 
solid is twice inclosed. Truncated dodecahedron, a 
dyocsetriacontahedron formed by cutting off the faces of 
the regular dodecahedron parallel to those of the coaxial 
icosahedron so as to leave the former decagons. It is one 
of the thirteen Archimedean solids. 
dodecamerous (do-de-kam'e-ms), a. [< Gr. 
6u6eKa, twelve, + /if/xtf, part.] In bot., having 
the parts of the flower in twelves. Also writ- 
ten 12-merous. 
dodecander (do-de-kan'der), n. [< dodecan- 
drous, q. v.] In bot., a plant having twelve 
stamens; one of the class Dodecandria. 
Dodecandria (do-de-kan'dri-a), n. pi. [NL. : 
see dodecandrous.] A Linnean class of plants 
having twelve stamens, or any number from 
twelve to nineteen inclusive, provided they do 
not cohere by their filaments. 
dodecandrian (do-de-kan'dri-an), a. Same as 
dodecandrous. 
dodecandrous (do-de-kan'drus), a. [< Gr. du- 
6sxa, twelve, + avr/p (dv<!p-), a male (in mod. 
bot. a stamen).] 
Having twelve sta- 
mens; belonging to 
the class Dodecan- 
dria., 
dodecapetalous 
(do " dek - a - pet ' a- 
lus), a. ['<! Gr. <5<i- 
(Sf/ta, twelve, + nt- 
TOMV, a leaf (in 
mod. bot. a petal).] 
In bot., having 
twelve petals ; hav- 
ing a corolla con- 
sisting of twelve 
parts. 
dodecarchy (do'de-kiir-ki), n. [< Gr. 6v6cK.a, 
twelve, + -apxia, < apxtiv, rule.] Government 
by twelve chiefs or kings. [Bare.] 
The so-called Dodecarchy, or "government of the 
twelve " petty kings, appears now in an interregnum of 
the Dynasties. a. S. Osbom, Ancient Egypt, p. 95. 
dodecasemic (do' i 'dek-a-se'mik), a. [< Gr. tiaot- 
f&otftiot, of twelve times, < 66>Seita, twelve, + 
ntj/idov, a sign, mark, mora, < aijfja, a sign, mark.] 
In pros., consisting of twelve inoras or units of 
time ; having a magnitude of twelve normal 
shorts : as. u ilin/iciintimic foot (for instance, the 
trochee semantus). An Ionic dipody. a dactylic or 
an anap*tlc trinody, a trochaic or an iambic tetrapody, 
is dadeauemic. 
Dodecandrous Plant (Common House- 
leek ). 
