Dorylidae 
Dorylidae (do-ril'i-do), . />!. [NL., < Dorylus 
+ -id<K.\ A family of ants, differing from the 
Fnriiiii-idir in having only the first abdominal 
segment forming tho peduncle. 
Dorylus (dor'i-lus), n. [NL.] The typical 
genus of the family Dnri/lida. 
Doryphora (do-rif 'o-rjl), n. [NL., < Gr. Aopmjio- 
/KJC, bearing a spear 'or shaft, <66/iv, a stem, tree, 
shaft, spear, 4- -Qupof, < fipeiv = E. bear 1 .] 1. 
In entom. : (a) A genus of beetles, of the family 
Chrysomelida;, closely allied to Chrysomela, but 
differing from it in the form of the last joint 
of the maxillary palpi, which is short, truncate, 
and not dilated. Many species from South and Cen- 
tral America are known. The few which ure found in 
North America live upon solanaceous plants. The most 
familiar of these is the Colorado potato-Indie, I>. dfcem- 
lineatit (Buy), commonly known as the potatt>-lin<i. (See 
cut under beetle.) Another very closely allied species, D. 
juncta (Oermar), occurs in the eastern United States. 
This differs from the former in the arrangement of the 
black stripes on the elytra, the two outer ones being 
united behind, and In the color of the legs, which are en- 
tirely pale excepting a black femoral spot. The larva) of 
the two species are distinguished by the black color of 
the head of D. decemlineatii, that of I), juncta being pale. 
(6) A genus of 
Lepidoptera. 
2. A genus of 
Polygastrica. 
Also Doryfera. 
doryphorus 
(do-rif'o-rus), 
. ; pi. dory- 
phori (-ri). [< 
Gr. dopixfdpof, 
bearing a 
spear: see Do- 
ryphora.] In 
6r. antiq., and 
in art and ar- 
chceol., a spear- 
bearer; a man 
armed with a 
spear; specifi- 
cally, a nude 
figure, or one 
almost nude, 
holding a spear 
or lance : a fa- 
vorite subject 
with ancient 
sculptors. The 
most noted statue 
known as a dory- 
phorus was that 
by the great artist 
Polycletus, which 
is regarded as his 
celebrated canon. 
A bold, self oplnioned physic 
I deed, and kill him secundum 
Doryphoru 
Muse 
s. Copy after Polycletus. 
" ' - ' 
. 
or type of what the perfectly proportioned human figure 
should be. 
His [Kresilas's] statue of a Doryphoros is suggestive of 
influence from Polykleltos. 
A. S. Murray, Greek Sculpture, II. 241. 
Doryrhamphinas (dor'i-ram-fi'ne), n. pi. [NL., 
< Dori/iiinmjilnis + -ina;.] A subfamily of Syn- 
gnathidce, in which "the males have the egg- 
pouch not on the tail, but on the breast and 
belly" (Kaup). 
Doryrhamphus (dor-i-ram'fus), n. [NL., < 
Gr. 66pv, a spear, + pdfupoc., beak, bill.] A ge- 
nus of syngnathoid fishes, typical of ths sub- 
family Doryrhamphinai. Kaup, 1853. 
dos a dos (do' za do'). [F. : dos, < L. dorsum, the 
back ; a, to ; dos. the back. Cf . vis-a-vis.] Back 
to back ; specifically, in dancing, an evolution 
in reels, etc., in which two persons advance, 
pass around each other back to back, and re- 
turn to their places. 
dosage (do'saj), n. [< dose + -age.] 1. lamed., 
tho act or practice of administering medicine 
in doses ; a course or method of dosing. 
I pause in the dosage, and wait to see whether the symp- 
toms improve. N. Y. Med. Jour., XL. 8. 
Infinitesimal dosafje, increased potency by means of dy- 
ttamlzatloii. the unification of disease, etc., have ceased to 
be essential planks in the homoeopathic platform. 
Pop. Sri. Ho., XXII. 530. 
2. The operation of adding to wine, especially 
to sparkling wine, such as champagne, what- 
ever is needful to give it an artificial distinctive 
character, as that of being dry or sweet, light 
or strong. 
The dosaiK varies with the quality of the wine [cham- 
pagne] and the country for which it is intended ; but the 
genuine liquor [for the dosage] consists of nothing but old 
wine of the best quality, to which a certain amount of su- 
gar-candy and perhaps a dash of the finest cognac has been 
added. De Colange, I. 138. 
dose (dos), n. [= F. dose = Sp. dosis = Pg. dose, 
dosis = It. dose, dosa = D. G. Dan. Sw. dosis, < 
NL. dosis, < Gr. Soaif, a giving, a portion pre- 
1739 
scribed, a dose of medicine, < tt-66-vnt, give: 
nee donate.] 1. The quantity of medicine given 
or prescribed to bo taken at one time or within 
a specified time ; of liquid medicine, a potion. 
I am for curinK the world by gentle alteratives, not by 
violent dunes. Irviny. 
Many circumstances influence the doses of medicine. 
Women require smaller dotes, as a general principle, than 
mm. Dtinglitton. 
Hence 2. Anything given to be swallowed, 
literally or figuratively; especially, u portion 
or allotment of something nauseous or dis- 
agreeable either to the recipient or to others. 
As fulsome a dose as you shall give him, he shall readily 
take it down. South. 
3. A quantity or amount of something regarded 
as analogous in some respect to a medical pre- 
scription, or to medicine in use or effect. 
They [Romanists] have retirement for the melancholy, 
business for the active, Idleness for the lazy, honour for 
the ambitious, splendour for the vain, severities for the 
sowre and hardy, and a good dose of pleasures for the soft 
and voluptuous. StiUingJleet, Sermons, II. i. 
No paper . . . comes out without a dose of paragraphs 
against America. Jefferson, Correspondence, I. 343. 
James Mill constantly uses the expression dose of capi- 
tal. " The time comes," he says, "at which it is necessary 
either to have recourse to land of the second quality, or to 
apply a second dose of capital less productively upon land 
of the flrst quality." Jemns, Folit. Econ., p. 231. 
4. In iciiie-manuf., the quantity of something 
added to the wine to give it its peculiar char- 
acter : as, a dose of syrup or cognac added to 
champagne. See dosage, 2. 
In some [champagne] establishments the dose is admin- 
istered with a tin can or ladle ; but more generally an in- 
genious machine of pure silver and glass, which regulates 
the percentage of liqueur to a nicety, is employed. 
De Colange, I. 138. 
Black dose. Same as black-draught. 
dpse (dos), v. t. ; pret. and pp. dosed, ppr. dos- 
ing. [= F. doser; from the noun.] 1. To ad- 
minister in doses: as, to dose out a bottle of 
jalap. 2. To give doses to; give medicine or 
physic to. 
ician, . . . who shall dose, and 
I n n i artem ! 
South, Sermons, I. 298. 
3. In wine-manvf., to add su^Mr, cognac, or 
whatever is neecftul to give a distinctive char- 
acter to. To dose with, to supply with a dose or 
quantity of ; administer or impart to in or as if in doses : 
generally in a derogatory sense : as, to dose one with 
quack medicines, or leith flattery ; I dosed him with his 
own physic (that is, turned the tables upon him, paid 
him in his own coin). 
Invited his dear brother toa feast, hugged and embraced, 
courted and caressed him till he had well dosed his weak 
head with wine, and his foolish heart with confidence and 
credulity. South, Works, I. xi. 
doseh (do'se), . [Ar. dose, davse, a treading.] 
A religious spectacle or ceremony performed in 
Cairo during the festival of the Moolid, in which 
the dervishes pave the road with their bodies, 
while the sheik rides over them on horseback. 
See Moolid. 
The present sheykh of the Saadee'yeh refused, for sev- 
eral years, to perform the Do'sch. 
E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, II. 201. 
doseint, . A Middle English form of dozen. 
doselt, n. An obsolete form of dossal. 
dosert, 1. An obsolete form of dosser, 1. 
2. Same as dorse 1 , 2. 
doshalla (do-shal'a), n. [Hind, doshala, < do, 
du (< Skt. dm = E. 'two), + shdl, shawl.] The In- 
dian shawl, somewhat more than twice as long 
as it is wide, and anciently often as much as 8 
feet long. 
dosimeter (do-sim'e-ter), n. [< NL. dosis, a 
dose, + L. metrum, a measure.] An apparatus 
for measuring minute quantities of liquid; a 
drop-meter. 
Dosinia (do-sin'i-S), . [NL. (Scopoli, 1777), < 
dosin, a Senegalese (west African) name of a 
species, + -a.] A notable 
genus of bivalve mollusks, 
of the family Veneridce. 
They have a large foot, united 
siphons, and a very flat round 
shell, as D. discus, a common spe- 
cies on the Atlantic coast of the 
United States. 
dosiology (dd-si-ol'o-ji), n. 
[< Gr. footc, (ooat-, ioae-), 
a dose, + -Ijoyia, < Xeyeiv, 
speak.] Same as dosology. 
Dosithean (do-sith'e-au), 
n. One of a Samaritan sect, named from Do- 
sitheus. a false Messiah, who appeared about 
the time of Christ. Its members were fanatical in 
various respects, especially in a rigorous observance of the 
sabbath. The sect, though small in numbers, existed for 
several centuries. 
Right valve ot Dosinia 
exotrta. 
dot 
dosology (do-sol'o-ji), . [< Or. Mo*, a dose, 
-t- -/oyw, < /iyttv, speak : see dose and -oloyy.] 
1. What is known about tho doses or quan- 
tities and combinations in which medicines 
should be given; the science of apportioning 
or dividing medicines into doses. 2. A trea- 
tise on dosing. 
Also dosiology. 
dosootee, . See doosootee. 
doss 1 (dos), v. t. [Prov. Eng. and 8c. Cf. 
douse 2 and toss.'] 1. To attack with the horns; 
toss. 2. To pay: as, to doss down money. 
doss 2 (dos), . [E. dial.] A hassock. 
dossal, dossel 1 (dos'al, -el), n. [Written archa- 
ically dosel; = Sp. aosel, a canopy, = Pg. do- 
eel, dorsel = It. aossello, < OF. dossel, dostsiel, 
dousiel, dossal, < ML. dorsale (also, accom. to 
F., dossale), a canopy, tapestry: see dorsal, dor- 
sel, and dorser.] A hanging of stuff, silk, satin, 
damask, or cloth of gold at the back of an altar 
and sometimes also at the sides of the chancel. 
It is usually embroidered, and frequently a church has a 
set of dossals of different colors, to be used according to 
the festival or season of the church year. 
dossel-, n. See dossil. 
dosser 1 (dos'er), n. [Written archaically doser; 
< ME. dosser, dossour, dosur, doser, docer, < OF. 
dossier, doussier, docier, m., also dossiere, dous- 
siere, t., F. dossier = It. dossiere, dossiero, < ML. 
dorserium, dosserium, equiv. to dorsale, tapes- 
try, a canopy, curtain, etc.: see dorsel.'] 1. 
Hangings of tapestry or carpet-work, some- 
times richly embroidered with silks and with 
gold and silver, formerly placed round the walls 
of a hall, or at the east end, and sometimes the 
sides, of the chancel of a church. 
Hit wat3 don abof the dece, on doser to heuge, 
Ther alle men for racruayl myjt on hit loke. 
Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 478. 
The cupborde in his wanle schalle go, 
The domirs cortlnes to henge in halle, 
Thes offices nede do he schalle. 
Babees Book (E. E. T. 8.), p. 311. 
2f. Same as dorsel, 2. 
There were dosert on the dels. Warton. 
3f. Same as dorser, 2. 
Al tli) s hous . . . was made of twigges, . . . 
Swiche as men to these cages thwite 
Or maken of these pauyers, 
Or elles hattes or dossers. 
Chaucer, House of Fume, L 1MO. 
Some dosser of fish. B. Jonton. 
You should have had a snmpter, though t had cost me 
The laying on myself ; where now you are fain 
To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers. 
Fletcher (and another), Noble Gentleman, v. 1. 
4. In her., same as water-budget. 
dosser 2 (dos'er), n. [Appar. < doss 2 , a hassock 
(also, a mattress T), + -!.] One who lodges at 
a doss-house. 
A dogger is the frequenter of the lodging-houses of the 
poor. Spectator, No. 3059, p. 237. 
doss-house (dos'hous), n. In London, a very 
cheap lodging-house, furnished with straw 
beds. 
Between the fourpenny dung-house and the expensive 
Peabody or Waterlow building, adequate lodging of a 
wholesome and really cheap kind is so rarely to be found 
as to be practically non-existent in more crowded quar- 
ters of London. Fortnightly Bet., X. S., X I.III. 281. 
dossiere (dos-i-ar'), n. [OF. dossiere, dottssiere, 
a curtain : see dosser^.] In armor, a piece pro- 
tecting the back ; the piece which covered the 
back from below the neck to the waist, in the 
early years of the fourteenth century the dossiere was 
divided in the middle, and the two parts were connected 
by means of hinges. When worn with the brigandine of 
splints, the dossiere covered the lower part of the back 
only, corresponding with the pansiere in front. 
dossil, dossel 2 (dos'il. -el), n. [< ME. dosil, 
dosyue, doselle, dosele, dussel, < OF. dosil, douzil, 
dousil = Pr. dozil, < ML. docillus, ducillus, du- 
eiculus, a spigot, a dim. form, lit. a little con- 
duit, < L. ducere, lead, conduct: see duct.] 1. 
A spigot in a cask ; a plug. 
Hel caste away the dosils, that win orn [ran] abroad. 
Robert of Gloucester, p. 542. 
2. A wisp of hay or straw to stop up an aper- 
ture. [Prov. Eng.] 3. The rose at the end 
of a water-pipe. [Prov. Eng.] 4. In surg., a 
pledget or small portion of lint made into 
a cylindrical or conical form, for purging a 
wound. 5. A roll of cloth for cleaning the ink 
from an engraved plate previous to printing. 
[In the last two senses usually dossil.] 
dost (dust). The second person singular indi- 
cative present of do 1 . 
dot 1 (dot), n. [< ME. 'dot (not found), < AS. 
dott, a dot, speck (found only once, applied to 
the speck at the head of a boil) ; prob. = D. 
