donation 
2. That which is gratuitously given ; a grant; 
a gift. 
And some donation freely to estate 
On the bless'd lovers. Shak., Tempest, iv. 1. 
3. In late, the act or contract by which the own- 
ership of a thing is transferred by one person 
to another without consideration. To be valid, a 
donation supposes capacity both In the donor to give and 
in the donee to receive, and requires consent, delivery, 
and acceptance. Donatlo mortis causa (literally, a 
gift by reason of death), a gift of personal property, made 
in tlu- donor's expectation of speedy death, with the im- 
plied or expressed conditii >n that the thing is to be return- 
ed If he recover. Donation lands, in Pennsylvania, In 
the period succeeding the revolution, lands set apart in 
the northwestern part of the State for donation or gift to 
citizens of the State who had served in the revolutionary 
army. = Syn. 2. Contribution, benefaction. 3. Gift, Lar- 
ae8, etc. 
1731 
donnism 
gardens, and attaining a height of 8 or 10 feet, doni (do'ni), . [Also written dony, dhoney, 
In Spain and other parts ol the south of Europe it grows dhony ; < Telugu done.'] A clumsy kind of boat 
much taller, and IU stems are used for fishing-rods, looms, 
etc. The leaves are beautifully striped like ribbon-grass. 
2. \ '"/>] A genus of siphonate lamellibran- 
chiate bivalves, of the 
family Donacida;, having 
equivalve shells of tri- 
angular form, the umbo 
at the obtuse angle of the 
triangle, the margin en- 
tire and perfectly coap- 
tated, and the surface 
usually striped with col- 
or from beak to margin. 
The species are numerous, and are known as 
wedge-shells. D. dentieulatus is a typical exam- 
used on the coasts of Coromandel in India, 
and in Ceylon, sometimes decked, and occa- 
sionally furnished with an outrigger, it is about 
70 feet long, 20 feet broad, and 12 feet deep, with one mut 
and a lug-sail, and Is navigated in flue weather only, 
doniferous (do-nif'e-rus). a. [< L. donum, a 
gift, + ferre, = E. bean, + -ous.~\ Bearing 
gifts. E. D. [Rare.] 
See present. 
donation-party (do-na'shon-par'ti), n. Aparty pie. 
of the parishioners of a clergyman, who usu- doncella (don-sel'S), n. [Sp., a damsel: see 
ally assemble at the clergyman's house, each damsel!.] A name of certain labroid fishes, 
guest bringing him a present, as some article (<) Barve or Bodianut rufut, also called la/tiiiixh v whlch 
Of food or Clothing or of household use; also, .""*. (k) Platyglomuradiattu, theblueflshof Florida, 
the custom of assembling for this purpose dondainet, n. [OF.,alsoaomda.ne.] 1. A cross- 
sometimes, the things so presented, this CUB- boworarbahst; a mihtary engine ofthe ballista 
torn prevails chiefly in rural regions. [U. S.] . tv Pe. 2 -. A bolt or quarrel for such an engine. 
donjon (prop, dun'jon, also don'jon, to suit the 
spelling), n. [ME. dongeon, donjoun, etc., < 
OF. donjon: see dungeon.'] The inner tower, 
keep, or stronghold of a castle. See cut under 
castle. It is simply another spelling of dungeon, to 
which it Is preferred in the sense of the definition by some 
writers, on account of the special Idea of prison now asso- 
ciated with dungeon. 
The gharry rumbles over the bridge towards the grand 
donjon* of a giant keep that frowns over the flood. 
W. H. RutteU, Diary in India, II. 52. 
donjonne (don-jo-na'), a. [OF., < donjon, a 
donjon, tower: see dungeon.] In her., having 
a donjon or inner tower rising above the rest : 
said of a castle used as a bearing. 
Donatism (don'a-tizm), n. [< Donatus + 4>m.] done ( du , n )> # , [ The perfect participle ol do, donk, a. An obsolete or dialectal form of dank. 
The doctrines o'f the Donatists * : Bee *f* P"* special uses of done are noted The dolly dikis war al donk and wate. 
Donatist (don'a-tist), n. [< LL. Donatista, here 'l *: A f an auxiliary, used to express Oamn Douyla,, tr. of Virgil, p. 201. 
Donatist, < Donatus, a man's name.] One of aB !r5*^? actlon: originally causal after have donk, v. t. A dialectal form of danfc. 
or Aad, followed by an object infinitive ; in A te & . merkeneg ln moun uins aboute, 
present use the ftare or had is often omitted All donkyt the dales with the dym showris. 
and the infinitive turned into a preterit, leav- Dettruction of Troy (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 9839. 
ing done as a mere preterit sign. [Proving, donkey (dung'ki or dong'ki), n. [First re- 
corded about the middle of the 18th century, 
also written donky, donkie; of dial, origin, form- 
ed with double dim. -k-ey, So. spelled -fc-t'e (usual- 
^^^-^-^-l-""""**- tM^ Ifi55.tf MS 
I'selike a word dat somebody done said, and den forgot- beast), < dan, a familiar name for a horse, and 
ten. The Century, presumably of an ass, with ref. to its color, < 
2. Completed; finished; decided; accepted: dunl, a. : see rfwni. Cf. dunnock, a hedge-spar- 
nsed in an exclamatory way to signify accept- row > similarly formed, < dun 1 + -ock.] 1. An 
ance of a proposition, as a wager. 3. Com- ass: a familiar term, 
pletely used up; thoroughly fatigued; tired 
out: sometimes with out or up (or with for: 
see to do for, under do 1 , v.). 
an early Christian sect in Africa which origi- 
nated in a dispute over the election of Ctecil- 
ian to the see of Carthage, A. D. 311, occasioned 
by his opposition to the extreme reverence paid 
to relics of martyrs and to the sufferers for 
the Christian faith called confessors, and the 
rivalry of Secundus, primate of Numidia. Se- 
cundus and the Niiiniilian bishops declared Csacilian's 
consecration invalid because conferred by Felix of Ap- 
tunga, whom they charged with being a tradltor. They 
excommunicated Crecilian and his party, and made one 
Majorinua bishop in opposition. The name Douatist 
came either from Donatus of Casse Nigra, who headed the 
party of Majorinus at the Lateran Council in 313, where it 
was condemned, or (more probably) from Donatus "the 
Great," who succeeded Majorinus in 315 and under whom 
the schism became fixed. Repressed under Constans, 
the Donatists revived under the favor of Julian the Apos- 
tate. Repressive measures, provoked by their frequent 
acts of fanatical violence, were resorted to from time to 
time. These measures, Internal schisms, the conciliatory 
conduct of the orthodox clergy at a conference held at Car- 
thage in 411, and the arguments of St. Augustine caused 
many to abandon Donatism, and the sect became insignifi- 
cant, though not entirely extinct till the seventh century. 
The Donatist party held that it constituted the whole and 
only true church, and that the baptisms and ordinations 
of the orthodox clergy were invalid, because they were in 
communion with tradltors. They therefore rebaptized 
and reordained converts from Catholicism. See Circum- 
ceUion, Haximianut, Primianist, Rogatigt. 
Donatistic,Donatistical(don-a-tis'tik,-ti-kal), 
a. [< Donatist + -ic, -i'e-aZ.] " Pertaining to 
Douatism or to the Donatists. 
donative (don'a-tiv), a. and n. [< OF. donah/, 
F. donattf = Sp. Pg. It. donativo, ' 
and U. 8. ; a characteristic of negro idiom.] 
When that Noe had done espye 
How that the elrth began to drye. 
Sir D. Lyndtay. 
Not so the Holland fleet, who, tired and done, 
Stretched on their decks like weary oxen lie. 
Or in the London phrase, thou Devonshire monkey, 
Thy Pegasus is nothing but a donkey. 
Wolcott (Peter Pindar) (ed. 1830), p. 110. 
2. A stupid or obstinate and wrong-headed 
fellow. 
Dryden, Annus Mirabills, 1. 70. donkey-engine (dung'ki-en''jin), n. In mach., 
a small steam-engine used where great power 
is not required, and often to perform some sub- 
sidiary operation. Donkey-engines on steam-vessel*, 
etc., are used for pumping water into the boilers or from 
the hold, handling the cargo, hoisting the anchor or the 
sails, etc. 
The horses were thoroughly done; . . . my steed Tgtel, 
. . . with head lowered and legs wide apart, was a toler- 
able example of the effects of pace. 
Sir S. W. Baler, Heart of Africa, p. 116. 
By this time I was pretty nearly done out, for running 
along the steep ground through the sage-brush was most 
exhaustive work. The Century, XXX. 228. donkey-pump (dung'ki-pump), n. 1. A feed- 
4. [The same as done, completed, executed; pump for steam-boilers, also often used as 
substituted for OF. done, donne, given (equiv. 
to j j> fa tum given, i. e., published : see date 1 ), 
. donah/, pp . o f QF. doner, F. donner, give, < L. donare, when the main engine is not worki 
, < ML. dona- g{ ve : see donate.'] Completed ; executed ; is- special work, such as washing decks, 
, < L. donare, 8ue a ; ma d e public : used chiefly in the con- bilge-water, or in case of fire. 
or vestin b - '- 
supplementary to other apparatus. 2. An ad- 
ditional steam-pump which can be employed 
when the main engine is not working, or for 
removing 
tivum, a gift, neut. of "donativus. 
J . -| V -Vf , J ' ,. ., ' OUAJV* j U1**U7 JJHUIIV, . UOCV* ^UlCllV All HJC Wll~ """ IBW*J v u i,iju v.*. invi 
give: see donate.] I. a. Vested or vesting by c i u ding clause of a formal document, express- donkey-rest (dung'ki-rest). n. lapaper^nanuf. 
donation: as, a .donative advowson. ing the place at which and the date on which it a frame against which the form is laid t< 
II. n. 1. A gift ; a largess ; a gratuity ; a pres- received official sanction and became valid : as, drain. 
done at Washington this 15th day of May, etc. donna (don'ft), n. [It., = Sp. dona, duena (as 
a title Dona) (see dona, duena, duenna), < L. 
to 
ent ; a dole. 
t The Roman emperor's custom was at certain solemn Done brown, done for, done up, etc. See dol', v. 
na- donet. An obsolete form of the infinitive (and 
6 present indicative plural) of do 1 . 
donee (do-ne'), n. [< OF. done, donnt, pp. of 
doner, donner, < L. donare ; give: see donate.'] 
1. A person to whom a gift or a donation is 
made. 
Either men, 
Donors or iloneex, to their practice shall 
They [the Romans] were entertained with publick shews 
and donatives. Dryden. 
2. In canon law, a benefice given and collated 
to a person by the founder or patron without 
either presentation, institution, or induction 
by the ordinary. 
He requested from the Duke the appointment to the 
cliurch In the park, an extra-parochial donative, with no 
visible source of income. 
Find you to reckon nothing, me owe all. i.i"j 
B. Joiuon, Underwoods, xxx. uonnaugnt, donnat, ". 
2. Specifically, in law : (a) One to whom a vol- 
untary conveyance is made. 
domina, mistress, lady: see domina, dominus, 
don 2 .] 1. A lady: as, prima donna, the first 
female singer in an opera, oratorio, etc. 2. 
[cap.] A common title of respect for Italian 
and Portuguese ladies, and in foreign languages 
also for Spanish ladies (in place of Spanish 
Dona), prefixed to the Christian name: as, 
Donna Margarita. 
Dialectal forms of do- 
donator (do-na'tor), n. [= F. donateur = Sp. 
donador = Pg. doador = It. donatore, < L. dona- yet it is clogged with a' limitation andVo'ndition. 
tor, a giver, < donare, give: see donate, and cf. state TriaU, John Hampden, an. 1637. 
donor.] In law, a donor. (6) One to whom land is conveyed in fee tail, 
donatory (don a-to-ri), n. ; pi. donatories (-riz). (c) An appointee; one to whom a power is 
C ML. donatorius, more correctly donatarius : given. See power. 
see donatary.~[ In Scots law, a donee of the donett, donatt, n. [< ME. donet, donat, < OF. 
crown ; one to whom escheated property is, on donat, a grammar, elementary book, so called 
certam_ conditions, made over. Also donatory, from the much-used grammar (Ars grammatica) 
donaught (do'nat or dun'ot), . [< do 1 , v., + 
obj. naught; cf. donothing'.] One who does no- 
thing; an idle, good-for-nothing pei-son. Also 
dialectally donnaught, donnat, donnot. 
Crafty and proud donaughtt. Granger. 
donax (do'naks), n. [L., < Gr. 66vaf, a reed, 
' 11-fish; pr(' ' 
donne 1 !, a. A Middle English form of dun*. 
donne 2 !. v. t. A false spelling of don 1 . 
written donnard and donnort, stupid (cf. don- 
nar, stupefy, bedunder'd, stunned with noise), 
appar. <^ Dan. dundre = Sw. dundra, make a 
lond noise, thunder, = E. thunder, .] 1 . Gross- 
ly stupid. 2. Stunned; dazed. 
The donnort bodie croon 'd right lowne, 
Whyle tears dreeped a' his black beard down. 
Cromek's Remains of Nithsdale Song, p. f 
O ^JiFOJ/fw I'M " f _ ' V 1 /' t-\ Ff J O A L 1.1 T T 
of ^Slius .DonatiiS, a grammarian, commentator Clonnisn (don ish), o. (X don*, 4, + -wfti.] Per- 
taining to or characteristic of an English uni- 
versity don. 
and rhetorician, who taught at Rome about the 
middle of the 4th century A. D.] A grammar; 
the elements of any art. 
Thenne I drouj me a-mong this drapers, my donet to 
leorne. Fieri Plowman (A), v. 123. 
I'nless a man can get the prestige and Income of a don, 
and write donnish books, it's hardly worth while for him 
to make a Greek and Latin machine of himself. 
George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, xvt. 
, , 
Arunao (A. Donax), occasionally cultivated in Dongan charter. 
See charter. 
slang.] 
