dopplerite 
dopplerite (dop'U-r-it), n. [Named by Haidin- 
ger for the German physicist Christian Dopplcr 
(1803-54).] A substance derived from the 
maceration of peat or other vegetable matter. 
It is soft and elastic when freshly obtained, but loses two 
thirds of its weight of water when dried at the ordinary 
temperature of the air, and then hoa nearly the composi- 
tion of cellulose. When thoroughly dry it is brittle, and 
has a vitreous luster ami a decided conuhotdol fracture. 
It is found in many localities in peat-bogs, and associated 
with lignite. It is one of the varieties of fossil vegetable 
matter called by the Germans 1'echkohle (pitch-coal). 
doputta (do-put'ii), . [Also doputtah; < Hind. 
dopatta, dupatta (cerebral t), a kind of shawl 
or wrapper, lit. having two breadths, < do, du 
(< Skt. dui = E. too), + pat, a breadth.] In 
India, a wide piece of stuff, worn as a shawl, 
without cutting or sewing. It is the principal 
garment of women of the lower orders. 
dor 1 , dorr 1 (ddr), n. [Early mod. E. also drr<; 
doar, dore (and in comp. sometimes door); \ 
ME. "dore (not found), < AS. dora, a humble- 
bee, bumblebee (AS. also feld-bed, 'field-bee'); 
cf. mod. comp. dumbledore, a bumblebee, also 
a beetle or cockchafer. Origin unknown.] 1. 
A lamellicorn beetle of the family Scarabceidce, 
a species of dung-beetle, Geotrypes stercorarius. 
It is one of the commonest British beetles, less than an 
inch long, black with a metallic reflection, and is often 
heard droning through the air toward the close of the sum- 
mer twilight. Also called dor-beetle, sometimes dor-fly, 
and provlucially in England buzzard-clock. 
What should I care what every dor doth buz 
lu credulous ears? 
/;. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, 111. '2. 
With broods of wasps, of hornets, doars, or bees. 
i "Ini Dennyi (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 173). 
2f. A drone (bee). 
There is a great numbre of gentlemen which cannot be 
content to live idle themselfes, lyke dorrei, of yat which 
other haue laboured for. 
Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ed. Arber, p. 3S. 
3. The cockchafer, Melolontha vulgaris. [Prov. 
Eng.] Also dor-beetle. 4. One of several 
ground-beetles, species of the family Cardbidce 
and genus Harpalus. More fully called black 
dor. Kirby. 
dor 2 t, dorr 2 t (dor), v. t. ; pret. and pp. dorred, 
ppr. dorring. [Early mod. E. also dorre; ap- 
par. < dor 1 , dorr 1 , a beetle, in the same way as 
nttm, humbug, hoax, < hum, buzz; but cf. Icel. 
dart = Dan. daare = Sw. dare, a fool, Dan. bc- 
daare = Sw. d&ra, befool, infatuate, delude: 
see dare 2 . The G. thor, MHG. tore, tor, is a dif- 
ferent word, connected with E. dizzy."] To 
hoax; humbug; make a fool of ; perplex. 
Abroad with Thomas ? Oh, that villaine dora me ; 
He hath discovered all unto my wife. 
B. Jonson, Every Man In his Humour, iv. 
When we are so easily tiord and amated with every soph- 
isine, it is a certain argument of great defect of inward 
furniture and worth. Halett, Sermon on 2 Pet. iii. 10. 
To dor the dotterel, to humbug a simpleton. 
Here ho comes, whistle ; be this sport called dorring the. 
dottrel) B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, Iv. 1. 
, dorr*, v."\ 1. A 
dor 2 t, dorr 2 t (d6r), . [< 
trick ; a practical joke. 
My love was fool'd, time number'd to no end 
My expectation flouted ; and guess you, sir, 
What dor unto a doating maid this was, 
What a base breaking-off ! 
Fletcher (and another). Love's Pilgrimage, ill. 2. 
Now trust me not, Readers, If I be not already weary 
of pluming and footing this Seagull, so open he lies to 
strokes ; and never otfers at another, but brings home the 
dorre upon himselfe. Milton, Apology for Smectynmuus. 
2. A practical joker. 
This night's sport, 
Which our court-dor* so heartily intend. 
B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, v. 1. 
3. A fool. Hawkins, iii. 109 (in Halliwell). 
To give one the dor, to make a fool of one. 
He follows the fallacy, comes out accoutred to his be- 
lieved instructions ; your mistress smiles, and you give him 
the dor. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, v. 2. 
Doradina (dor-a-di'nft), n. pi. [NL., < Doras 
(-rad-) + -inn.]" In Giinther's system of classi- 
fication, a group of Siluridaivrith the rayed dor- 
sal fin developed and the anterior and posterior 
nostrils remote from each other. It includes 
the Doradince and other forms. 
Doradinae (dor-a-di'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Doras 
(-rad-) + -ince.] " A subfamily of siluroid fishes 
with tho gill-membrane confluent with the skin 
below, the nostrils remote, and a lateral row of 
bony plates. It includes about 40 South Ameri- 
can fresh-water species. 
doradine (dor'a-din), a. Of or relating to the 
Doradiius. 
Dorado (do-ril'do), n. [< Sp. dorado (< L. de- 
auratus), gilt, pp. of dorar, < LL. deaurare, gild: 
1735 
see deaurate."} 1. A small southern constella- 
tion, created by Bayer, north of the great Magel- 
lanic cloud. 2. [I. c.] Same as dolphin, 2. 
Dorataspida (dor- a- tas' pi -da), n. pi. [NL. 
(Haeckel, 1862), < Doratasj>is + -ida.] A fam- 
ily of acantharian radiolarians, typified by the 
genus Dorataspig, They have a simple spherical lat- 
tice-shell, composed of the branched apophyses of 20 equal 
radial spines meeting in Its center. Properly written Do- 
ratatpidtx. 
The family Doratatpida is the most Important family 
of the Acanthophracta, or of those Acantharia in which 
the radial spines are connected by a complete extra-cap- 
sular lattice-shell. 
Harcltd, Radiolaria of Challenger, p. 802. 
Dorataspidae (dor-a-tas'pi-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Dorataspis + -idas. ]' Same as Dorataspida, and 
the preferable form of the name. 
Dorataspididae (dor'a-tas-pid'i-de), n. pi. 
[NL.] Same as Dorataspidce. 
Dorataspis (dor-a-tas'pis), . [NL. (Haeckel, 
1860), < Gr. o6pv'j spear, + amrif, shield.] A 
genus of radiolarians, typical of the family Do- 
rataspida. 
dor-beetle, dorr-beetle (d&r'be'tl), n. 1. Same 
as (tor*. L 8. Same as dor 1 , 3, and cock- 
chafer, 1. 
dor-bug, dorr-bug (ddr'bug), n. 1. The cock- 
chafer of Europe, Melolontha vulgaris. 2. In 
the United States, 
the popular name 
of several species 
of the genus Lach- 
nosterna, of which 
there are altoge- 
ther about 75. The 
^_ | commonest is L. Jwsca, 
f\ f\ ahundantinthemonths 
I of May and June, hence 
f I I "t ' sharing with some re- 
jT ft \ luted beetles the name 
/ ImilBflfli \ < lf June-bug. It is a 
Wyv A stout beetle, about an 
inch long, of a dark- 
brown color, with com- 
paratively long, slen- 
der feet and hooked 
claws, and well known 
from its habit of enter- 
ing lighted rooms at 
night with a loud buzz- 
ing noise. These bee- 
tles feed upon the 
leaves of various trees, preferably plum and cherry. The 
large white larvae or grubs live in the ground on the roots 
of turf, and are often very injurious, like those of the 
cockchafer. 
Dorcas (dor'kas), n. [NL., < Gr. dop/cdf, a deer, 
a gazel (so called in reference to its large bright 
eyes), < oipKcaOat, perf. Ae&opita, see, look at. 
Drake 2 and dragon are of the same ult. origin.] 
A genus of antelopes. Ogilby, 1836. 
Dorcatherium (d6r-ka-the'ri-um), n. [NL., < 
Gr. oopudf, a deer, + "Qriplav, a wild beast.] A 
genus of fossil deer or Cervidai of the Miocene 
period. Kaup, 1833. 
Dorcopsis (ddr-kop'sis), n. [NL., < Gr. oopudf, 
a gazel, + oi/xf, appearance.] A genus of Pa- 
puan kangaroos. They are of small size and somber 
coloration, with the hair on the nape antrorse, the tall 
Dor-bug (I.achn03ter*aftuta). 
( Line shows natural size. } 
Doric 
dor-hawk, dorr-hawk (ddr'hak), n. The com- 
mon goatsucker, night-jar, or fern-owl, Capri- 
mulgus ' a rn/iii n.'i. Also door-hawk. [Local, 
Eng.] 
The dor-hawk, iolltary bird. 
Round the dim crags uu heavy pinions wheeling. 
Wordneorth, The Waggoner, L 
doria (do'ri-ii), n. A cotton cloth woven with 
stripes of different thicknesses. 
Dorian (do'ri-an), a. and n. [< L. Dorfug, 
equiv. to Doricus, < Or. AiipiOf, &uptn6<;, Dorian, 
Doric, pertaining to Doris, L. Doris, Or. Aup/r, 
or to the Dorians, L. Dores, Gr. bupttls, eppnym. 
bapof, Dorus.] I, a. 1. Of or pertaining to 
Doris, a small district of ancient Greece, lying 
south of Thessaly and northwest of Phocis; 
relating to or originating with the inhabitants 
of Dons. 2. Of or pertaining to the Doric 
race; Doric. 
There Shalt thou hear and learn the secret power 
Of harmony, lu tones and numbers hit 
By voice or hand ; and various-measured verse, 
jEolian charms and Dorian lyrlck odes. 
MMm, P. R., Iv. 257. 
Dorian chiton, mode, etc. See the nouns. 
II. n. 1. A native or an inhabitant of Do- 
ris in Greece. 2. A member of the Doric or 
Dorian race, one of the four great divisions of 
the ancient Hellenes or Greeks (the others be- 
ing the ^Eolians, the lonians, and the Acheans). 
In the historical period the Dorians occupied southern 
and western Peloponnesus, the chief state of the race being 
Sparta, as well as Megara, Corinth, Argos, Cnidus, Hall- 
carnassus, Rhodes, Corcyra, Syracuse, Tarentnra, etc. 
Doric (dor'ik), a. and n. [Formerly Dorick, 
Doricke; = F. Dorique = Sp. Dorico = Pg. It. 
Dorico, < L. Doricus, < Gr. Aum/cor, < Aup/c, 
Doris: see Dorian."} I. a. 1. Pertaining to 
Doris or its inhabitants. 2. Pertaining to the 
Dorian race ; characteristic of or derived from 
the Dorians. 
He touch'd the tender stops of various quills, 
With eager thought warbling his Doric lay. 
Milton, Lycidas, 1. 189. 
Doric cyma. See cyma, i. Doric dialect See IL 
Doric mode. See mode. Doric order, in arch., the old- 
est and strongest of the three Greek orders, in Its exter- 
nal forms the simplest of all, but in its most perfect ex- 
amples, especially as exhibited in the monuments of the 
age of Pericles at Athens, combining with solidity and 
force the most subtle and delicate refinement of outlines 
and proportions that architecture has known. In a de- 
Papuan Kangaroo (Dorcopsis iHctuosa). 
naked and scaly at the end, the premolar teeth large, and 
eye-teeth present. D. luctuosa of Papua is about 2 feet 
long, with a tail 1 foot long. D. muelleri is a species pe- 
culiar to the island of Misol. 
, An obsolete spelling of door. 
dore 2 t, n An obsolete spelling of dor 1 , retained 
in dumbledore. ' 
doreet (do-re' or do're), n. Same as dory 1 . 
Dorema (do-re'ma), . [NL., so called in allu- 
sion to its product, gum ammoniac, < Gr. d<i- 
ptl/ia, a gift, < oupclv, give, present, < iupov, a 
gift, < oi-66-vai, give : see donate.] A genus 
of umbelliferous plants, of about half a dozen 
species, natives of western Asia. The most im- 
portant is D. ammomocwm, which yields the gum ani- 
raoniacum of commerce, its concrete milky juice. A very 
similar gum-resin is furnished by D. Auchcri. 
dor-fly, dorr-fly (ddr'fll), n. Same as dor 1 , 1. 
Done Architecture. Diagram of northeast angle of the Parthenon, 
illustrating method of construction. 
based and distorted form, the Doric constituted the sec- 
ond order of the Romans, coming between their Tuscan 
and Ionic. A characteristic of the Grecian Doric column 
is the absence of a base ; the channellngs are usually 20 In 
number, and in section approximate to a semi-ellipse ; the 
capital has generally no astragal, but only one or more 
fillets or annulets, which separate the channelings from 
the echinus. The profile of the capital In the best exam- 
ples is a carefully studied eccentric curve, neither flat 
enough to be hard In effect, nor fall enough to be w*ak. 
The echinus prior to the time of perfection spread oul far 
beyond the shaft; the later Greeks made it a frustum of 
a cone, and the Romans cut it as an ordinary quarter- 
round. In good Greek examples, as a rule, no horizontal 
lines are found in a Doric building, floor- and cornice-lines, 
etc., being curved slightly upward ; the profiles of the col- 
umn-shafts are slightly convex, and all columns are slight- 
ly inclined toward the center of the building. All these 
particularities have relation to optical effects so subtle 
that their influence is felt rather than seen. 
The first of the Roman orders is the Doric, which, like 
everything else in this style, takes a place about half-way 
between the Tuscan wooden posts and the nobly simple 
order of the Greeks. J. Ftryutton, Hist. Arch,, I. 298. 
