dollar 
1S3T, tin- dollar was made to consist of 412} grains ," line, 
the quantity <>i pui . il\ .T nmainlDg the same, :>71i Kraius. 
Thi dollar, lu-iiii; ivorih In market value fnnn 100 to 1U4 
cent -, unit mil <>f circulation. An act of March 3d, 1840, 
-In -til Mir i (.iii.i-. of M, ,|,| ,1,, liars of 26.8 grains ," fine-, 
!.! liciiin pure Hold ; and l>y act of February lath, 1873, 
this w;c. .1. .l:u. .1 ih.- unit f value of the United .States. 
An act of I'Vl.nian isth, I -, -,, .In,-, tc.l I lie Secretary of the 
XtMMry to narchaM silver Lull ion, m it less than ^i,ooO,oo<) 
nor more (linn ^1,0110,000 per mouth, and cause it to be 
coined inio . i;in.l ii'.l silver dollars. The coins rep' 
ing fractional parts of the dollar are: in silver, the half- 
dollar and quarter-dollar, or 50-cent and '.!.. cent pieces, 
and the .linn' or 10 -cent piece; In nickel, the half-dim ..... 
M pi. ce (originally in silver, and iucon \enieiitly small); 
and iu limn/.-, the . ni (originally in copper, and much 
larger) and the ' cent pi. 're. There is also a 3-cent piece, 
originally ruiur.! in silver und afterward in nickel, which 
has )>een little ns<-< I owing to its inc. .nvcnirnt smallness in 
both forms. By the term dollar in the United States notes 
is intended the coined dollar of the United States, a cer- 
tain quantity in weight and fineness of gold or silver, 
authenticated a< such by the stamp of the, government. 
Sometimes abbreviated dot., but commonly represented 
by the symbol #(thu dollar-mark) before the number. 
The Almighty Hollar, that great object of universal de- 
votion throughout our laud, seems to have no genuine 
devotees in these peculiar villages. 
Irmity, The Creole Village. 
The Congress of 1792 fixed the monetary unit of the 
United States iu coin, gave it the name Dollar, made it 
the unit of the money of account in their offices and courts, 
land] named also Its multiples and fractions. 
Jtei>ort of See. uf Treasury, 1886, 1. xlv. 
Almighty dollar. See almighty. Buzzard dollar. See 
buzzard. Dollar Of the fathers, iu American political 
parlance, the silver dollar: a phrase used by those who 
advocated the resumption of its coinage, effected In 1878, 
when for a quarter of a century it had formed no part of 
the coinage of the country, and when, owing to deprecia- 
tion In the value of silver, it no longer possessed its origi- 
nal actual value. Lion dollar [also lyon dollar; a Dutch 
coin, so called because it bore the figure of a lion : D. 
leetiw, a lion, also a coin HO called], a Dutch (Brabant) coin 
In circulation in the province of New York In colonial 
times. 
There is an Act to raise the value of the Lyon Dollar* 
which were apprehended to be all carried out of the Pro- 
vinee, because under their proportion in value to other 
foreign coin. 
GOD. Ilurnr.t tn Ilia Lord* of Trade, Dec. 14, 1720 (Docs. 
[relating to Colon. Hist, of N. Y., V. 583). 
After the first day of November next there will be noun 
of the bills formerly issued current, the Lifoti Dollars (a 
species of money brought here by the first Dutch settlers) 
are rarely now seen. 
GOB. Moon In the Earl of llilUboruwik, May 14, 1788 (Docs. 
[relating to Colon. Hist, of N. Y., VIII. 72). 
Trade dollar, a former silver coin of the United States, 
weighing 4-1) grains, authorized by an act of 1873, and in- 
tended chielly for the uses of the trade with China and 
Japan. All act of March 1st, 1887, authorized the Trea- 
surer of the United States to redeem in standard silver dol- 
lars all trade dollars presented within the following six 
months. 
dollar-bird (dol'tr-bted), n. One of the roll- 
ers (t'nriK-i'ulir) of the genus Eurystomiis, as E. 
pacificus or australis, of the Australian and 
Papuan regions : so called from the large round 
white spot on the wing. See cut under En- 
dollardee (dol'ar-de), M. [< dollar + dee (a 
mere finishing syllable f ) ; cf. dollar-fink.] The 
blue copper-nosed sunfish, Lepomis pallidus, 
a fish of the family Cviitnircliidte, of common 
occurrence in most parts of the United States. 
dollar-fish (dol'iir-fish), n. 1. A oaraugoid 
fish, Vomrr mii/iinniii : so named from the 
roundness and silvery color of the young. 
Also called moonfish (which see). 2. A stro- 
matoid fish, Stromtttcus triacanthus : so named 
from its round form and silvery color. Also 
called buttcr-fwh and linrvest-fish. See cut un- 
der bulli r-jixli. 
dollar-mark (dol'ar-mark), M. The character 
$, signifying 'dollar' or 'dollars.' Thus, $5 
means five dollars; $3.75 means three dollars 
and seventy-five cents. 
dollee-wood (dol'e-wfid), n. The wood of My- 
nxtira Siirinamensis, a tall tree of tropical 
America, with aromatic foliage. 
dollin (dol'in), n. [E. dial.] A small earthen- 
ware jug with a spout. [Wales and west. Kng.] 
dollop (dol'op), . [E. dial., also dallop, q. v.] 
1. A lump ;' a mass. [Colloq.] 
The great blunderbuss, moreover, was choked with a 
of .slough-take. It. D. Blackmor?, Lorna Doone, ii. 
2. See dallnp. 
dollop (dol'op), r. >. [E. dial.; cf. tlfillnp, n.] 
1. To beat. 2. To handle awkwardly. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
dollyH (dol'i), ii. : pi. dollies (-i/,). [See doll* . \ 
Same as doll 1 . 
Drink, and dance, and pipe, mid play, 
Ki". ,,iii dottfa ni^ht and day. //.//..-/,. 
dolly- (dol'i), n. ; pi. ilnHim (-iz). [A dim. of 
<IIV; ult. identical with dolly 1 .} A doll. See 
doO. 
1725 
dolly 3 (dol'i), n. ; pi. dollies (-iz). [Prob. from 
the familiar name Dolly. Cf. doll 1 , jack, jenny, 
billy, etc., as similarly applied to various me- 
chanical contrivances.] 1. In mining, the flat 
<lisk of wood which moves up and down in the 
keeve or dolly-tub in the process of concentrat- 
ing ore by tossing and packing. Sec tux*. 
[Cornwall, Eng.] 2. In pili -dririn<i, an exten- 
sion-piece placed on the upper end of a pile, 
when the head of thopile is beyond the reach of 
the monkey. E. H. Kniyht. 3. A tool with an 
indented head for shaping the head of a rivet ; 
a snap-head. E. H. Kniyltt. 4. A primitive 
form of apparatus for clothes-washing, con- 
sisting of a wooden disk furnished with from 
three to five legs with rounded ends, and a han- 
dle with a cross-piece rising from the center. 
The dolly is jerked rapidly around in different directions 
in a tub or box in which the clothes to be washed are im- 
mersed in water. 
dolly 3 (dol'i), v. t.: pret. and pp. dollied, ppr. 
dollying. [< dolly 3 , .] In mining, to concen- 
trate or dress (ore) by the use of the dolly. 
dolly 4 (dol'i), n. ; pi. dollies (-iz). [Hind, dale, 
a tray.] In India, a complimentary offering of 
fruit and flowers, sweetmeats, and the like, 
usually presented on trays or brass dishes. 
Yule andHurnell. 
The English call these offerings dollie* ; the natives, 
dalt. They represent in the profuse East the visiting 
cards of the meagre West. O. A. Moxkay, All Balm, p. 84. 
In the evening the liana's dotty, or offering, was brought 
In, consisting of fruit, of atta, rice, grain, and . . . half- 
a-dozen of champagne. 
W, U. Russell, Diary in India, II. 202. 
dolly-bar (dol'i-bar), n. [< dolly 3 + bar 1 .] A 
bar or block placed in the trough of a grind- 
stone to raise the level of the water and bring 
it into contact with the stone. 
dolly-shop (dol'i-shop), n. [Now understood 
as < dolly* (in reference to the black doll sus- 
pended over the door as a sign) + shop; but 
prob. a corruption of orig. tally-shop, q. v.] In 
Great Britain, a shop where rags and refuse 
are bought and sold ; an illegal pawn-shop. 
dolly-tub (dol'i-tub), H. The keeve forming a 
part of the so-called dollying- or dolling-ma- 
chine, used in Cornwall in the process of toss- 
ing audpacking tin-stuff. See tons and dolly 3 . 
Dolly Varden (dol'i var'du). [From Dolly 
I'arden, a character in Dickens's "Barnaby 
Budge."] 1 . A woman's gown of gay-flowered 
material, usually a muslin print, made with a 
pointed bodice and a skirt tucked up or draped 
over a petticoat of solid color : worn about 1865- 
70. 2. [In allusion to the coloring: see def. 
1.] A species of trout or char of California, 
Salcelinus malma. 
dolma (dol'ma), n. [Turk, dolma, lit. stuffing, 
< dolmaq, fillj' stuff, become full.] A Turkish 
dish made of vine-leaves, egg-plant, gourds, 
etc., stuffed with rice and chopped meat. 
dolman (dol'man), H. [Also written, in first 
sense, doliman,'tormer\ydollymant, < F.doliman 
(def. 1), dolman (def. 3) = G. dollman, doliman 
= Dan. Sw. dolman (def. 3) = Bohem. doloman 
= Russ. dolomanti, dolman&= Bulg. Serv. dola- 
ma = Hung, dolmany, < Turk, dolama (def. 1).] 
1. A long robe, open in front, and having nar- 
row sleeves buttoned at the wrist, worn by the 
Turks over their other garments. 2. The uni- 
form jacket of a hussar, richly ornamented.\vith 
braid, and peculiar in that it is worn like a 
cloak with one or both sleeves hanging loose. 
3. An outer garment worn by women, with 
a cape or hanging piece over the arm instead 
of a sleeve; a Kind of mantle. 
dolmen (dol'men), n. [Also sometimes tolmen; 
= F. Sp. dolmen, < Bret, dolmen, < dol, a table, 
+ men = W. maen, a stone. Cf. W. tolfaen, an 
omen-stone (faen in comp. for maen, a stone).] 
A structure 
consisting of 
one large un- 
hewn stone 
restingontwo 
or more un- 
hewn stones 
placed erect 
in the earth: a 
term also fre- 
quently used 
as synony- 
mous With Con*Uuitine Dolmen. I ,,in.,ll. 
cromlech. The name i.- sometime* uhcn also to struc- 
tures where several Mocks are raised upon pillars so as to 
form a sort of gallery. The most remarkable monument 
of this kind is probably that known as the Pierre rmivrrtc, 
near Saumur, in France.. It is 61 feet long, 14 feet wide, 
dolorlflc 
and about A feet high, and consists of four upright stones 
on each side, one at each end, and four on the top. The 
great stone of the dolmen represented iu the accompany- 
ing cut 1s ,13 feet long, 14 J feet deep, and Isj feet acrou ; 
It is calculated to weigh 7SO tons, and U poised on the 
points of two natural rocks. It U now generally lK'lie 1 , .1 
that dolmens were sepulchers, although afterward they 
in i\ have IKCII used as altars. They are often present 
within stone circles. The dolmen was probably a copy of 
a primitive rude dwelling, and may sometime* have neen 
Hi actual structure In which the savage sheltered himself, 
converted afterward into his tomb. In several cases one 
of the stones is pierced with a hole. This Is supposed to 
have been for the purpose of introducing food U> the dead. 
Conclusions in regard to the original identity of various 
races have been based on the similarity of such structures 
In various parts of the world, as In Hindustan, C'lrcassla, 
Algeria, and !.ui..p> ; but too much ini|...it;inc>- may IK 
attached to this, as the inclosed dolmen Is simply the 
structure which savages of a very low type, of whatever 
race, would naturally erect for shelter. See cromlech and 
HH-nftii . 
dolmenic (dpl-men'ik), a. [< dolmen + -c.] 1. 
Of or pertaining to dolmens. 2. Building dol- 
mens. 
The ethnological character and the migrations of the 
supposed ttolmmic people. 
X. Joty, Man before Metals (trans.), p. 158. 
Dolomedes (dol-6-me'dez), n. [NL., < Gr. fo- 
>j>/i^6r/f, wily, crafty, < 66)jx;, wile, craft, + ftijior, 
in pi. iif/fca, counsels, plans, arts, cunning, < 
fitl&caOai, plan, plot, contrive. ] A genus of citi- 
grade spiders, of the family Lyeosidce, or wolf- 
spiders. D. miralnlit is an example, and is one of the 
spiders which carry their eggs about in special webs. 
dolomite (dol'o-mlt), n. [Named from the 
French geologist Dolomieu (1750-1801).] 1. A 
native carbonate of calcium and magnesium, 
occurring as a crystallized mineral, and also on 
a large scale in white granular crystalline rock- 
masses, and then often called dolomite marble. 
The proportions of the carbonates vary from 
1:1 to 1:3 or 1:5. 2. A rock consisting essen- 
tially of this mineral. It occurs in large masses in 
various regions, and especially in that of the upper Mis- 
sissippi, where there are several members of the geological 
series which are at least two or three hundred feet thick, 
made up of dolomite in a remarkably pure form. 
dolomitic (dol-o-mit'ik), a. [< dolomite + -ic.~\ 
Containing dolomite: said of a limestone when 
it contains a considerable percentage of car- 
bonate of magnesia, or of dolomite, intermixed 
with the more or less pure calcareous material 
of which limestone ordinarily consists. 
dolomitization (dol-o-mit-i-za'shou), n. [< dol- 
oniite + -ize + -ation.'] Conversion into dolo- 
mite, either partial or entire : a term used by 
geologists in discussing the origin of dolomite 
or its probable mode of formation from lime- 
stone. Also dolomitwativn, dolomi:ation. 
dolomization (doFo-mi-za'shon), n. Same as 
dolom iti:a tion. 
dolomize (dol'o-miz), v. t.; pret. and pp. doln- 
mi:ed, ppr. tlolomizing. [(. dolom(ite) -r -ire.] 
To form into dolomite. 
dolor, dolour (do'lor), . [< ME. dolour, dolur, 
< OF. dolor, dolur, dolour. F. douleur = Pr. Sp. 
Pg. dolor = It. dolore, < L. dolor, pain, smart. 
ache, grief, sorrow, < dolerr, feel pain, grieve, 
sorrow: see rfofr 2 .] If. Pain; pang; suffer- 
ing; distress. 
Shortly she his dolour hath redrest. 
. F. Q., III. T. 41. 
A mind fixed and bent U|MJII somewhat that Is good doth 
avert the doluun of death. Bacon, Death. 
Besides, it [the water of the Nile | . . . ciireth OM dolour 
of the reins. Sandys, Travailcs, p. 78. 
2. Grief; sorrow; lamentation. [Now only po- 
etical.] 
Where, for ouer moche sorowe and dolour of herte, she 
sodeuly fell into a sowne and forgetfulnes of her mynde. 
Sir jR. Guylforde, Pylgrymage, p. 29. 
Her wretched dayes in dolour she mote waste. 
Spenter, F. Q., III. II. 17. 
The tongue's office should be prodigal 
To breathe the abundant dolour of the heart. ' 
SAo*., Rich. II., i. 3. 
Dolors of tee Virgin Mary, in the Rom. Cath. CA., 
certain events in the life of the Virgin Mary which are 
made the subjects of special meditation and prayer. They 
are seven, namely, the prophecy of Simeon, the flight into 
Egypt, the three days' loss of Jesus, the meeting of Jesus 
on the way to Calvary, the crucifixion, the descent from 
the cross, and the entombment. Hence the Virgin is 
entitled Our Lady of Dolors. Feast Of Dolors, in the 
Rom. Cath. Ch. : (o) The Friday after Passion Sunday. 
(b) A lesser feast established by Pope Pius VII. in 1814 
for the t hi rd Sunday of September. 
doloriferous (dol-o-rif'e-rus), a. [< L. dolor, 
pain, + ferre, produce, "bear, + -OM.] Produ- 
cing pain or grief. 
Whether or not wine may be granted in such dolortfer- 
"ii f atfects ill the joints. 
Whitaker, Blood of the Grape, p. 74. 
doloriflc, dolorlflcal (dol-o-rif 'ik, -i-kal), a. 
[= Sp. dolorifico = Pg. It. dolorifico, < ML. doto- 
