Doric 
II. n. The Doric dialect ; the language of the 
Dorians, a dialect of the Greek or Hellenic, 
characterized by its broadness and hardness: 
hence applied to any dialect with similar char- 
acteristics, especially to the Scotch. 
Doricism. (dor'i-sizm), n. [< Doric + -ism.'] A 
peculiarity of the Doric dialect; a character- 
istic of Doric speech or manner. 
Doricize (dor'i-siz), v. t.; pret. and pp. Dori- 
cized, ppr. Doricizing. [< Doric + -ize.~\ To 
render Doric in character. Also spelled Dori- 
cise. 
The Ionic order, for instance, which arose in the Grecian 
colonies on the coast, is only the native style of this coun- 
try Doricised, if the expression may be used. 
J. Fergutson, Hist. Arch., I. 228. 
Dorididae, Doridse (do-rid'i-de, dor'i-de), n. pi 
[NL., < Doris (Dot-id-) + -ida;.] A family of 
marine nudibranchiate gastropods, the sea-lem- 
ons, having no shell or mantle, and the gills dis- 
posed circularly in a rosette around the anus 
(pygobranchiate),which is on the dorsal aspect. 
See cut under Doris. 
doridoid (dor'i-doid), a. [< Dons (Dorid-) + 
-oid.~\ Like a sea-lemon; being or resembling 
an animal of the genus Doris or family Doridi- 
du: : as, a doridoid nudibranchiate. 
Doridopsidae (dor-i-dop'si-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Doridopsis + -ida>.~\ A family of nudibran- 
chiate gastropods, typified by the genus Dori- 
dopsis. They are superficially like the Doridi- 
dat, but have a suctorial mouth without any 
odontophore. 
Doridopsis (dor-i-dop'sis), n. [NL., < Gr. Supif 
(6upiS-), a knife (see Doris), + oi/f, view, ap- 
pearance.] The typical genus of the family 
Doridopsida:. 
Dorippe (do-rip'e), n. [NL., < Gr. 6upi( (see 
Doris) + Iv'nof, a horse.] The typical genus of 
Mabk-crab {Dorippe 
the family Dorippidce, containing such species 
as D. sima, the mask-crab. They are noted as 
crabs with which certain sea-anemones are can- 
crisocial. 
Dorippidae (do-rip'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Dorippe 
+ -idee. ] A family of anomural decapod crusta- 
ceans, typified by the genus Dorippe. 
Doris (do'ris). n. [NL., < Gr. tupt; (also Sopif, 
appar. after o6pv, a spear), a knife used at sac- 
rifices, prop, a Dorian knife (so. Koirif, a knife), 
being prop, adj., 
Aupi'f, Dorian ; 
also, as a noun, 
the country of the 
Dorians : see Do- 
rian.] The typical 
genus of the fam- 
Uy Dorididw, or "*!'*** 
sea-lemons, containing such species as D. tuber- 
culata, D.johnstoni, and D. coccinea. Argo is a 
synonym. 
Dorism (do'rizm), n. [< Gr. tiupiap6f, speaking 
in Doric, < dupifriv, speak Doric : see Dorize.~\ 
An idiom or peculiarity of the Doric dialect; a 
Doricism. 
According to Brand, the latest writer on the subject all 
those Doritnu which appear in the Boeotian dialect are 
either survivals of the Doric speech of the conquered 
inhabitants, or are importations from the neighboring 
communities to the west. Amer. Jour. Philol., VII. 427. 
Dorize (do'riz), v. ; pret. and pp. Dorized, ppr. 
Dorizing. [< Gr. iopifecv, imitate the Dorians, 
speak Doric, < Awp/?, Doris : see Dorian.'] I. in- 
trans. To use the dialect or customs of the 
Dorians. 
II. trans. To make Doric. 
Boeotia was originally an Aeolic land, and ... it was 
partially Dorized at an early period of its history. 
Amer. Jour. Philol., VII. 431. 
dorking (d6r'king), n. [So called from Dorking, 
in burrey, England, where these fowls have been 
extensively bred. ] A breed of domestic fowls, 
of good size, and of fair quality as egg-pro- 
ducers, but especially valuable for the table 
Ine breed is characterized by the long, low, full shane 
d by having five toes on each foot. There are white! 
silver-gray, colored, and cuckoo dorkiugs, having either 
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single combs or rose-combs. The cuckoo dorkings are 
barred black and white. The general characteristics of 
the silver-gray and colored varieties are : hens, gray (in the 
colored variety, brownish or spotted black), with salmon 
breasts ; cocks, glossy black on breast, with back, neck, 
saddle, wing-bow, and secondaries white. 
dorlach, dorloch (d6r'lach, -loch), n. [Sc., < 
Gael, dorlach, a handful, a bundle, a sheaf of 
aiTows, a quiver, < dorn, a fist (of. dim. dornan, 
a small handful), + luchd, a burden, load.] 1. 
A bundle ; a knapsack. 
These supple fellows [the Highlanders], with their plaids, 
targes, and dorlachg. J. Baillie, Letters, I. 175. 
2. A portmanteau. 
There's Vich Ian Vohr has packed his dorlach. 
Scott, Waverley, II. 389. 
Callum told him also, tat his leather dorloch wi' the lock 
on her was come frae Doune. Scott, Waverley, II. 319. 
3f. A quiver. 
Swordes, tairgis, bowes, dorlaches, and wther invasive 
wapones. Acts of Charles /. (ed. 1814), v. 357. 
[The Scotch dorlach, also spelled dourlach, is said to mean 
also ' a short sword, a dagger' ; but this appears to be an 
error, resting in part on a misunderstanding of the quota- 
tion last cited.] 
dorm (d6rm), v. i. [< Icel. Norw. dorma = G. 
dial, durmen, slumber, doze, = F. dormir = Sp. 
dormir, durmir = Pg. dormir = It. dormire, 
sleep, < L. dormire, sleep. Cf. Gr. Sap6avetv, 
Skt. / dra, sleep. See dormant, dormer, etc.] 
To slumber; doze. [North. Eng.] 
dorm (d6nn), n. [< dorm, v.~\ A slumber; a 
doze. 
Not a calm and soft sleep like that which our God giv- 
eth His beloved ones, but as the slumbering donnes of a 
sick man. Bp. Sanderson, Works, I. 146. 
dormancy (d6r'man-si), n. [< OF. dormance, 
< dormant, sleeping: see dormant and -ancy.] 
The state of being dormant; quiescence. 
To the conduct of their predecessor, Queen Mary, it was 
an objection, that she had revived an ill precedent of pre- 
rogative taxation after a dormancy of centuries. 
State Trials, The Great Case of Imposition, an. 1606. 
dormant (dor'mant), a. and n. [Early mod. E. 
also dormaunt, sometimes dormond, dormount; 
< ME. dormant, dormaunt, stationary, < OF. dor- 
mant, F. dormant = Sp. dor- 
miente, durmiente = Pg. dormente 
= It. dormente, dormiente, sleep- 
ing, dormant (Sp. also as a noun, 
a beam, joist), < L. dormien(t-)s, 
ppr. of dormire, sleep: see dorm.] 
I. a. 1. Sleeping; asleep. Hence 
2. In her., lying down with 
its head on its fore paws, as if 
asleep: said of a beast used as a bearing. 3. 
Hibernating: said of certain animals. 4. In 
a state of rest or inactivity; quiescent; not in 
action, movement, force, or operation; being 
or kept in abeyance: as, a dormant rebellion; 
a dormant title ; dormant privileges. 
It is by lying dormant a long time or being . . . very 
rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals upon a peo- 
ple. Burke. 
We espied 
Some indications strong of dormant pride. 
Crabbe, Tales of the Hall. 
The impulse which they communicated to the long dor- 
mant energies of Em-ope. Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., i. 8. 
Underneath every one of the senses lies the soul and 
spirit of it, dormant till they are magnetized by some 
powerful emotion. 
Lowell, Among ray Books, 2d ser., p. 185. 
Dormant bolt. See bolti. Dormant execution, a writ 
which by neglect to enforce it loses its priority over a 
subsequent creditor. Dormant partner, in com., a 
sleeping or special partner. See partner. Dormant 
tablet, a table, as of the dining-room, which is perma- 
nent, forming a stationary piece of furniture, as distin- 
guished from one made up of boards laid on trestles, as 
was common in Europe in the middle ages. 
His table dormant in his halle alway 
Stood redy covered al the longe day. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 353. 
The tabull dormounte withouten lette; 
Ther at the cokwoldes wer sette. 
The Horn of King Arthur (Child's Ballads, I. 19). 
Dormant Windowt, the window of a sleeping-apart- 
ment; a dormer-window. 
II. n. 1. Abeam; a sleeper: formerly also 
dormond, dormant-tree. Also dormer. Halli- 
well. Z. A dish which remains from the be- 
ginning to the end of a repast, such as cold 
pies, hams, and potted meats, placed down the 
middle of the table at a large entertainment; 
a centerpiece which is not removed. Imp. 
Diet. 
dormant-treet, n. Same as dormant, 1. 
dormart, An obsolete form of dormer. 
dormauntt, a. and . An obsolete form of 
dormant. 
Dormer-window of the H.'.tel de 
Jacques Cceur, Bourges, France ; I5th 
century. 
dormouse 
dormet, *' and . An obsolete form of dorm. 
dormer (dor'mer), n. [Formerly also dormar; 
< OF. dormeor, dormior, dormor, also dormitor, 
a sleeping-room, < L. dormitorium, a sleeping- 
room: see dormitory. ~] 1. A sleeping-room; 
a dormitory. 2. [Short for dormer-window. ~\ A 
dormer-window. Oxford Gloss. Arch. 3. Same 
as dormant, 1. Halliwell. 
dormered (dor'merd), a. [< dormer + -ed?.] 
Having dormer-windows. 
It was a square old edifice, with a porch which was n 
model of gravity, and a high, solid, dormered roof of the 
kind that seems to grow darker and more ponderous as 
years go by. Xew Princeton Rev., III. 112. 
dormer-window (ddr'naer-win^do), n. [< dor- 
mer, 1, + window; 
so named because 
such windows are 
found chiefly in up- 
per bedrooms.] A 
window standing 
vertically in a pro- 
jection, built out to 
receive it, from a 
sloping roof. 
dormiat(d6r'mi-at), 
n. [L.. let him 
sleep : 3d pers. sing, 
pres. subj. of dor- 
mire, sleep : see 
dorm."] A license 
for a student to be 
absent from early 
prayers. Gradus ad 
Cantab. 
dormice, n. Plural 
of dormouse. 
dormition (d6r- 
mish'on), n. [=OF. 
dormition, dormison, 
F. dormition = Pr. 
dormicio = Sp. dor- 
micion = It. dormi- 
zione, < L. dormi- 
tio(n-), sleep, < dormire, sleep: see dorm.'} A 
sleeping; the state or condition of sleep, espe- 
cially a prolonged one. [Bare.] 
Wert thou disposed ... to plead, not so much for the 
utter extinction as for the dormitione of the soul 
Bp. Hall, Works, VII. 296. 
We consult him upon matters of doctrine, and quiz him 
tenderly upon his powers of dormition. 
S. F. Burton, El-Medinah, p. 70. 
dormitive (dor'mi-tiv), a. and n. [= F. dor- 
mitif = Sp. Pg. dormitivo, < NL. dormitivus, < 
L. dormire, sleep: see dorm.'] I. a. Causing 
or tending to cause sleep: as, the dormitive 
properties of opium. 
II. n. A medicine which has the property of 
producing or promoting sleep; an opiate; a 
soporific. 
But for Cowslip-Wine, Poppy-Water, and all Dormi- 
tines, those I allow. Cangreve, Way of the World, iv. 5. 
dormitory (dor'mi-to-ri), n. ; pi. dormitories 
(-riz). [= OF. dormitor, dormitoir, vernacularly 
dormeor, dormior, dormor (> E. dormer, q. v.), 
and dortor, dortour, dorteour (> E. dorter, q. v.) 
= Pr. dormidor, dormitori = Sp. Pg. It. dormi- 
torio, < L. dormitorium, a sleeping-room, neut. 
of dormitorius, belonging to sleep, < dormitor, 
a sleeper, < dormire, sleep: see dorm."] 1. A 
place, building, or room to sleep in. Specifically 
(o) A place in convents where the monks or nuns sleep, 
either divided into a succession of small chambers or cells, 
or left undivided, in the form commonly of a long room. 
The dormitory has usually immediate access to the church 
or chapel, for the convenience of its occupants in attend- 
ing nocturnal services. 
Round each temple-court 
In dormitories ranged, row after row, 
She saw the priests asleep. 
Shelley, Witch of Atlas, Ixiv. 
(6) That part of a boarding-school or other institution 
where the inmates sleep, usually a large room, either open 
or divided by low partitions, or a series of rooms opening 
upon a common hall or corridor : in American colleges, 
sometimes an entire building divided into sleeping-rooms. 
2f. A burial-place ; a cemetery. See cemetery, 
which has the same etymological meaning. 
He had now in his new church (neere ye garden) built a 
dormitory or vault with several repositories, in which to 
burie his family. JSeelyn, Diary, Sept. 10, 1677. 
dormondt, . Same as dormant, 1. 
dormountt, See dormant. 
dormouse (dor'mous), n. ; pi. dormice (-mis). 
[< ME. dormous, spelled dormows, dormowse 
(15th century), lit. 'sleep-mouse,' in allusion to 
its dormant life in winter ; < dorm, slumber, + 
mouse: see dorm and mouse. Cf. MD. slaep- 
