dote 
Manic kinccR since thut l> mr Imvr ;iilv:im-cd lotteres ho 
erecting sdmolcs, ami </"'/;"/ n \ i-mnien ti> their mainte- 
nance. .1. Iliiini', Orthographic (E. E. T. s.j, lied., p. :;. 
dotedt (do'ted), rt. [= Sc. doited, q. v. ; < ME. 
doted, stupid, imbecile, pp. of doten, dote : see 
(Me 1 .] 1. Stupid; foolish. 
.Henceless speach nnl </"/></ ignorance. 
Spenser, f. ., I. viii. 34. 
2. Decayed, as a tree. 
Then beetles could not live 
Upon the hony bees, 
But they the drones would drive 
Unto the </"/"/ tn-ts. 
Friar Bacon's Brazen Heads Prophetic (1604). 
Such an old oak, though now it lie doted, will not be 
struck down at one blow. Bp. llowtxm, Sermons, p. S3. 
doteheadt, [< dote 1 + head.'} A dotard. 
And the dotehead was beside himselfe & whole out of 
his mynde. Tyndale, Works, p. 350. 
dotelt, n. [< dote 1 + -el ; equiv. to doter.] A 
dotard. Davieg. 
For so false a doctrine so foolish unlearned a drunkrn 
diiiel is a meet schoolmaster. Pillrinytim, Works, p. 588. 
doter (do'ter), n. [< dote 1 + -<r 1 ; equiv. to 
dotard and dote/.] If. One whose understand- 
ing is enfeebled by age ; a dotard. 
What should a bold fellow do with a comb, a dumb 
doter with a pipe, or a blind man with a looking-glass? 
Burton, Anat. of Mel. 
2. One who dotes; one who bestows excessive 
fondness or liking : with on or upon. 
Thus we see what fine conclusions these doter* upon 
body (though accounted great masters of logic) made. 
Cudwarth, Intellectual System, p. 240. 
8. One who is excessively or weakly in love. 
O, if In black my lady's brows lie deck'd, 
It mourns, that painting, and usurping hair, 
Should ravish doter* with a false aspect. 
Shalt., L. L. L., iv. 3. 
doth (duth or doth). The third person singular 
indicative present of do 1 . 
Dothidea (do-thid'e-S), n. [NL.] A genus of 
fungi, belonging to the Dothideacete, and having 
dark-colored uniseptate spores. They grow on 
dead brandies of trees. The species that grow on living 
plants, which were formerly classed in this genus, are now 
referred to Phyllachora. 
Dothideaceae (do-thid-e-a'se-e), n. pi. [NL., < 
Dothidea + -ace<c.] A family of pyrenomyce- 
tous fungi, having the perithecia immersed in a 
stroma with which they are homogeneous in 
substance. Many grow upon living plants, 
others on dead vegetable substances. 
dothienenteritis (doth'i-en-en-te-ri'tis), n. [< 
Gr. 6oOtf/i', a small abscess, a fioil, + Ivrepa, 
intestines, + -iWs.] Inflammation of Foyer's 
patches and the small glandular follicles of the 
intestine. 
dotbienteritis (doth-i-en-te-ri'tis), n. Same as 
dothieiientcrili*. 
doting (do'ting), p. a. [Ppr. of dote 1 , .] 1. 
Weak-minded ; imbecile from old age. 
She is older than she was, therefore more doting. 
Fletcher (and another), Queen of Corinth, lii. 1. 
Let me not, however, lose the historian in the man, nor 
suffer the doting recollections of age to overcome me. 
Iroi.ng, Knickerbocker, p. 1 Hi. 
2. Excessively fond. 
Full oft her dotiivj sire would call 
His Maud the merriest of them all. 
Scott, Kokeby, iv. 6. 
Also spelled floating. 
dotingly (do'tiug-li), adv. In a doting man- 
ner ; foolishly ; in a manner characterized by 
excessive fondness. Also spelled doatingly. 
They remain slaves to the arrogance of a few of their 
own fellows ; and are doatinglu fond of that scrap of Gre- 
cian knowledge, the Peripatetic philosophy. 
Bacon, Physical Fables, li., Expl. 
Thus did those tender hearted reformers dotingly suf- 
fer themselves to be overcome with harlots language. 
Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
doting-piecet (do'tiug-pes), n. [< doting, verbal 
n. of dote 1 , v., + piece."] A person or thing dot- 
ingly loved ; a darling. 
"Pride and perverseness," said he, "with a vengeance ! 
yet this is your doatiny-piece." Richardson, Pamela, 1. 68. 
dptish (do'tish), a. [< dote 1 , n., + -w*l.] Child- 
ishly fond ; weak ; stupid. 
Dotterels so named (says Camden) because of their dot- 
ish foolishnesse. Holland, tr. of Camden 's Britain, p. 54,X 
dotkln (dot'kin), 
n. Same as doif- 
kin. 
Doto (do 'to), n. 
[NL., < Gr. Aur<i, 
the name of a Ne- 
reid, lit. giver, < 61- 
io-vat, give.] l.A 
Of brachy- &,, corimata, about natural ila 
1741 
urons decapod crustaceans, of the family I'in- 
notheridiF. 2. A genus of nudibranchiate gas- 
tropods, or sea-slugs, of the family Dendrono- 
in/ii', or giving name to a family Dotoidce. D. 
coronata is a small brilliantly spotted species. 
dotoid (do'toid), n. A gastropod of the family 
Dotoidtr. 
Dotoida (do-tp'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Doto + 
-i(/'.] A family of nudibranchiate gastropods, 
typified by the genus Doto, containing sea-slugs 
in which the tentacles are retractile into cup- 
shaped cavities, and the branchiae are papillose. 
dot-punch (dot ' punch), . Same as center- 
l> it lie/I. 
dot-stitch (dot'stich), n. A name given to the 
embroidery-stitch used in making the simple 
decoration known as the dot, ana also plain 
leaves and the like. It is a simple overcast 
stitch. Also called dotted stitch. 
dottard (dot'iird), n. Same as dotard, 3. 
dotter (dot'erj, n. A tool for making dots ; spe- 
cifically, a small instrument, made in various 
forms, used in graining for imitating the eyes 
of bird's-eye maple. 
Before the colour is dry, put on the eyes [in bird's-eye 
maple] by dabbing with the dotter. 
Workihop Receipts, 1st ser., p. 84. 
dotterel (dot'er-el), n. [Early mod. E. also dot- 
tcri'tl, dottrel, dotrel; < ME. dotrelle, a stupid 
or foolish person, a dotard, also the bird, so 
called from its supposed stupidity, < dotien, 
doten, dote, be stupid : seedote 1 .] l.Thepopu- 
lar name of a kind of plover, sEgialites or Eu- 
dromias morinellus, abundant in Europe and 
Asia. It breeds in high latitudes and performs exten- 
sive migrations twice a year, appearing in temperate re- 
Dotterel (Eudromias morinellus). 
gions in April and May, and again in September and Oc- 
tober. The dotterel is about 10 inches long, and weighs 
4 or 5 ounces; the bill is an inch long ; the general plu- 
mage is much variegated above ; the belly is black, the 
breast yellow, with a white and black collar. It derives 
its name from its apparent stupidity, or tameness, allow- 
ing itself to be easily approached and taken. Its flesh 
is much esteemed for food. Several related species receive 
the same name, with qualifying terms. 
In catching of dotterelt we see how the foolish birdplay- 
eth the ape in gestures. Bacon. 
The dotterel, which we think a very dainty dish, 
Whose taking makes such sport, as no man mure can wish. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, xxv. 
Hence 2. A booby; a dupe; a gull. 
E. Our Dotterel then is caught. 
/>'. He is, and just 
As dotterels use to be : the lady first 
Advanc'd toward him, stretch 'd forth her wing, and he 
Met her with all expressions. May, Old Couple. 
3f. An aged, decaying tree: same as dotard, 3: 
also used attributively. 
Som old dotterell trees. 
Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 137. 
To dor the dotterelt. See dor*. 
dotting-pen (dot'ing-pen), n. A drawing-pen 
which makes a succession of dots on the sur- 
face over which it is passed, it consists of a small 
toothed wheel rotating in a stock by which it is supplied 
with ink. 
dottle (dot'l), n. [Also written dottel; < ME. 
dottel, dotelle, a plug or tap of a vessel (cf. LG. 
dutte, a plug), ult. < AS. dott, E. dot a point, > 
dyttan, E. dit 1 , stop up: see dot 1 and di<>.] 1. 
A plug or tap of a vessel. 2. A small rounded 
lump or mass ; especially, the tobacco remain- 
ing m the bottom of a pipe after smoking, which 
is often put on the top of fresh tobacco when 
refilling. [Scotch.] 
A snuffer-tray containing scrape of half-smoked tobac- 
co," pipe ilottli:*." at hcc:il)i-d them, which were carefully 
resmoked over and over again till nothing but ash was left. 
Kingsley, Alton Locke, vi. 
dottrel (dot'rel), . A variant of dotterel. 
dot-wheel (dot'hwel), . A tool used in book- 
binding and other leather-work, also a larger 
double 
tool usod in other trades, consisting of a wheel 
mounted in n handle allowing it to revolve 
freely, and furnished with fine blunt teeth, 
which when rolled over a surface produce a 
dotted line. 
doty (do'ti), a. [< dote 1 + -y 1 . Cf. doted, do- 
tard."} Decayed ; decaying. [Local, U. 8.] 
A log may be doty in places, and even hollow, and yet 
have considerable good timber In It 
Philadelphia Teleyraph, XL. 8. 
douane (do-an'), n. [< F. douane, customs du- 
ties, a custom-house, = Pr. doana = It. doga- 
na for doana = ML. duana, < Sp. Pg. aduana, a 
duty, impost, custom-house (cf. Sp. duan, obs. 
form of divan, divan), < Ar. al, the, 4- diwan, 
a court of revenue, minister of revenue, coun- 
cil, divan, etc.: see divan and dewati. Hence 
the surname Duane.] A custom-house. 
While the Douane remained here, no accident of that 
kind happened. Je/erton, t'orresix>ndence, II. 491. 
douar, dowar (dou'ar), n. [< Ar. daur, a cir- 
cle, circuit.] A collection of Arab tents ar- 
ranged in a circle as a corral. 
On the southern and western sides, the tents of the vul- 
gar crowded the ground, disposed in doicarn, or circles for 
penning cattle. K. P. Burton, El-Medinah, p. 418. 
doub. n. See doob. 
double (dub'l), a. and n. [Early mod. E. also 
diibble.doMe; < ME. double, doble, dubble, du- 
ble = 1 >. dnbbel, a., double, dobbel, n., gambling, 
= LG. dubbel, dobbel = G. doppel, doppelt, a., = 
Dan. dobbelt, a., double, dobbel, n., gambling, = 
Sw. dubbel, a., double, < OF. double, doble, duble, 
F. double = Pr. doble = Sp. doblo, now usually 
do&te = Pg. dobro = It. doppio (also Sp. Pg. It. 
duplo, E. duple), < L. duplus, double, < duo, = 
E. two, + -plus, akin to plenus, full, and to E. 
full: see/Mtt 1 .] I. a. 1. Consisting of two in 
a set together; being a pair; coupled; com- 
posed of two equivalent or corresponding parts ; 
twofold : as, a double leaf ; a double chin. 
So we grew together, 
Like to a double cherry, seeming parted ; 
But yet a union in partition, 
Two lovely berries moulded on one stem. 
Shak., M. N. D., ill. 2. 
Hee seemes not one, but double. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, ii. 
Let ... 
The swan, on still St. Mary's lake, 
Float double, swan and shadow ! 
H'ordsimrth, Yarrow Unvisited. 
2. Having a twofold character or relation; 
comprising two things or subjects, either like 
%>r unlike ; combining two in one : as, a double 
office ; to play a double part on the stage or in 
society. 
Capt. Minott seems to have served our prudent fathers 
in the double capacity of teacher and representative. 
Emerson, Hist. Discourse at Concord. 
He [Olive] had to bear the double odium of his bad and 
of his good actions, of every Indian abuse and of every 
Indian reform. Jlacaulay, Lord Clive. 
3. Twice as much or as large (according to 
some standard); multiplied by two; contain- 
ing the same portion or measure, as to size, 
strength, etc., repeated: as, a vessel having 
double the capacity of another ; a decoction of 
double strength; a double bed. 
Take double money in your hand. Gen. xllll. 12. 
Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. 
2 Ki. U. 9. 
4. Of extra weight, thickness, size, or strength : 
as, double ale ; a double letter. 
The haubreke was so stronge of dubble maile, and the 
squyer so full of prowesse, that he ne meved not for the 
stroke. Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), U. 198. 
Here's a pot of good double beer, neighbour ; drink, and 
fear not your man. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., U. S. 
6. Acting in a twofold manner; diverse in 
manifestation ; characterized by duplicity ; de- 
ceitful. 
With flattering lips and with a double heart do they 
speak. Ps. xii. i 
You are too double 
In your dissimulation. Ford, Tie Pity, it 2. 
She has found out the art of making me believe that I 
have the first place in her affection, and yet so puzzles me 
by a double tongue, and an ambiguous look, that about 
once a fortnight I fancy I have quite lost her. 
Steele, Lover, No. 7. 
6. In bot., having the number of petals largely 
increased by a transformation of the stamens 
or pistils: applied to flowers. 7. In entom., 
geminate; beinginpairs. 8. In musical instru- 
ments, producing a tone an octave lower : as, a 
double bassoon, a double open diapason stop, etc. 
Apparent double point, sw apparent. Cross don- 
ble-claved, in her., a cross composed of double-warded 
keys, either radiating from a common ring or bow, or hav- 
ing the bow for one end of the cross, and three double- 
