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ivaii drab 
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Tennyson, Fair Women. 5 J| < ,; 0/(ril; t gi n ij expect: see dogma.] A lection of twelve things; twelve units, u 
2 Descending from a head, origin, or source: hymn or psalm of praise to God; a form of with or without of: as, a doze eggs, or a dozen 
ij** course of a rfver ; a dovn- ^SSSjSj^Sjj'yS^ff^ SHCTtt^-JMS 
ward tracing of records. specifically, the Gloria m i,xcelsis or great aox- 
.*_ _*i Ti,n. A ^. 1 . . . , . i. j-l*"-v/\1/\rrv rtf 
, 
ology, the Gloria Patri or lesser doxology, or thiugs to attend to at once. 
some metrical ascription to the Trinity, like 
How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, 
With half-shut eyes ever to seem . r 
^&fSrr^ 5a^^*^*5v 
downwardly (douu'ward-h), a*>. In a down- the ganc f ua or seraphic Hymn, founded ^on Isa. vi.^ 3,^to a 
Infinitely "great number : as, I have a dozen 
Abbreviated doz. 
ward direction. [Bare.] 
series of Halleluiahs (see Kev. xix. 4, 6), to metrical forms 
of the Gloria Patri, and to other metrical ascriptions to 
I bought you a dozen of shirts to your back. 
S/iafr.,lHen. IV., iii. 3. 
Perch'd about the knolls, 
A dozen angry models jetted steam. 
Tennyson, Princess, Prol. 
Aframe . ,. is cushioned between sprin^which^,- ^ a ^ ^Z^^FWS*^ *, In old Eng. law, a municipaltotrict con- 
ten the jar/whether the latter be communicate d upwardly ^nnon Vs'sornVtimeVcaUed a doxology. 
or downwardly. Electric Jtev. (Amer.), 1JI. INO. M. 
downwards, adv. See downward. 
downweed (doun'wed), n. [< down* + weed 1 .] 
sisting originally of twelve families or house- 
_ _ itAi.i j.-., Q i,.,., i , . t rT. 
, 
An old English name for a species of cudweed, 
Filago Germanica. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 228. 
rising 
A different sin downweiyhs them to the bottom. 
' 
An express doxology or adoration, which is apt and fit holders. Compare tithing, riding^, hundred. [In 
to conclude all our prayers and addresses to God.^ ^ ^ this sense only historical, and usually spelled 
dozein.'] 
The court there held clearly, that where a man of a 
Dozein is amerced in the Hundred, or Leet, that his cattle 
shall be taken, i. e., distrained well enough in what Place 
soever they are found within the Hundred, altho' it is in 
' t. Vide 15 Eliz. Dyer, 322 a. 
Richard Godfrey's Case (1615), 11 Coke, 45. 
To which Leets come three Deciners with their Dozein, 
The Psalms, . . . united three or four together under a 
ingle Doxolomj, came next, according to their present 
lent, in the version of the Great Bible. 
R W. Dixon, Hist. Church of Eng., xv. 
_ _ ""."" "} ,. ;v" RiKio JJozem is amerced in tne nuncireii, or i^eei, mut u 
*53ft^JiS^es m '" w > g ^ n ^*'^^' wfesaJsfiS^* 
down, depre W dQxy (dok , gi)) _ . pl- doxies ( . siz ). [Also for- another Dozein. Vide 15 Eliz. Dyer, 322 a. 
merly doxie, doccy; a slang or cant term, prob. 
3sis?!rsrH /. *JSF *JSft?f ^^Wz^fitttt^ttgRg 
downy 1 <^k- ^ + -^ ="' ^tS^fE^AjS^A ^^^S^!^^^^^ 
ing downs ; containing downs. ^ dim Qf ^ LG dokke> a bundl6) Suppo8e d the stat(lte for y , ew of Frankpledg e made 18 E. 2, one 
The Forest of Dartmore. and the downy part ol to be tlle game word ag <j j(., a do u : see under of the articles for stewards in their Leets to enquire of, is, 
, 
ton, Islington, Bridford, Ac. 
if all the Dozeins be In the assise of our Lord the King, 
0. Doxy, Moll, what's that? 
Cowell, Diet, and Interpreter. 
Bakers' dozen. See baker. Long dozen, devil's 
dozen. Same as bakers' dozen (which see, under b 

So doth the swan her doimy cygnets save. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., v. 3. 
2. Having the character or structure of down; re8t more^agreeable 
resembling down : as, downy plumage. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 4. 
There lies a doimy feather. 
Methinks I see the Midnight God appear, 
In all his downy Pomp array'd. 
Congreve, On Mrs. Hunt. 
8. Made of down or soft feathers. 
Belinda still her downy pillow press'd ; 
Her guardian sylph prolonged the balmy rest. 
4. Soft; soothing; calm. 
Malcolm ! awake ! 
Shake off this domvi sleep, death's counterfeit. 
Shak., Macbeth, ii. 3. 
6. Knowing; cunning: as, a downy cove. 
[Slang.] 
.If. Hiswench. Middletonand Dekker, Roaring Girl, i.l. dozene( J (do'znd), a. [As doze + -en + -ed?.] 
~ i no relish above sensations ; he finds Spiritless; impotent; withered. Jirockett. [Prov. 
ble than motion ; and while he has a S F -, 
doxy, never reflects that he deserves to J^ng.j , _, * r. 
Steele, Spectator, No. 6. dozener (duz'n-er), n. [Early mod. E. and his- 
n'-> TF a dean- see dean* 1 torically dozeiner, doziner, dosiner, etc., < ME. 
a ), n. [*., a <M I JJJJJJV dozenierj < OF. (AF.) dozenier, < do- 
warm fire and his di 
be whipped. 
doyen (dwo-yan 
A dean. 
Some years ago I submitted this emendation to the 
doyen of all Shakespearians, Mr. HaUtwell-Phillipps, ask- 
ing his opinion. JT. and Q., 7th ser., III. 264. 
', n. See doily. 
See doilt. 
Wae worth that brandy, burning trash ! . . . 
Twins mony a poor, doylt, dmcken hash, 
O' half his days. 
Burns, Scotch Drink. 
doz. A common abbreviation of dozen. 
zaine. a dozen : see dozen. The word appears 
to have become confused with decenner, deciner, 
etc.: see decenner.] If. One who belongs to 
the municipal district called a dozen. 2. A 
ward constable; a city constable. [Local, Eng.] 
The Police of the city [Litchfleld] is efficient. It con- 
sists of 19 constables, termed dozeners, who are appointed 
by the different wards. They were formerly confined to 
their own wards, but are now appointed for the whole city 
generally. Munieip. Corp. Reports (1835), p. 1926. 
. ; pret. and pp. dozed, ppr. dozing, dozenth (duz'nth), a. [<. dozen + -th.] Twelfth. 
"[Prob. < 'icel. dusa, doze (cf . dvs, also dos, a [Bare.] Imp. Diet. 
IH'. J. J.1JU. W1A.TH5\>I;O . - . . 
goods, or estate which a woman brings to her rf takg ft an(J ^^ Ag d rf foolish, 
husband in marriage; the portion given with a E ^ . gee $ and words there cited . 
wife; dower. See dower* and dot*. Connection with daze is doubtful.] l.intrans. 
I could marry this wench for this device, . . . and ask j rp Q 8 ] eep lightly or fitfully; especially, to 
no other dowry with her, but such Bother jest ^ ^ _. f ^j int() & ^ gleep unintentio nally. 
Cain's Line possest sinne as an heritage ; 
Seth's, as a dou-ry got by manage. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Ark. 
The Duke of Guise being slain in the Civil War, the 
Queen of Scots Dowry was not paid her in France. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 333. 
2. Any gift or reward in view of marriage. 
Ask me never so much dowry and gift. Gen. xxxiv. 12. 
To his dear tent I'd fly, ... 
There tell my quality, confess my flame, 
And grant him any dowry that he'd name. 
Croxall, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., viii. 
3. That with which one is endowed; gift ; en- -&^*%*!>*^ *ft 
dowment; possession. 
Calm, even-tempered dozers through life. J. Baillie. 
When he aroused himself from a nap in church, arose, 
and looked sternly about to catch some luckless dozer. 
Harper's Mag., LXV. 633. 
dozinert, n. Same as decenner. 
If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked doziness (do'zi-nes), n. [< dozy + -ness.] Drow- 
him. Sir R. L' Estrange, siness; heaviness; inclination to sleep. Locke. 
Before I dozed off, I was going to tell you what Mr. and dozy (do'zi), a. [< doze + -y 1 .] Drowsy; heavy; 
Mrs. Tulliver were talking about. _ inclined to sleep ; sleepy ; sluggish. 
The yawning youth, scarce half awake, 
George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, i. 1. 
2. To be in a state of drowsiness ; be dull or 
half asleep: as, to doze over a book. 
The poppied sails doze on the yard. 
Loivell, Appledore. dpt. 
His lazy limbs and dozy head essays to raise. 
Dryden, tr. of Persius's Satires, ill. 
Dp. Chemical symbol of decijrium. 
How can the Pope doze on in decency ? 
He needs must wake up also, speak his word. 
Dr. 
dr. 
An abbreviation of deponent. 
An abbreviation of debtor and doctor. 
An abbreviation of dram and drams. 
Browning, Ring and Book, II. B7. .p^^ ^ abbreyiation of dead-reckoning. 
Byn. Drowse Slmnber, etc. See sleep. drab 1 (drab), n. [Early mod. E. drabbe; prob. 
II. trans. 1. To pass or spend in drowsiness : \ j drabog = Gael, drabag, a slut, slattern, 
! tn rtnpA O.WQV nnfl'a t.iTnA -.. , TrL. i_ j' i__.-..- 
as, to doze away one's time. 
Chiefless armies dozed out the campaign. 
. 
cf. Gael, drabach, dirty, slovenly, drabaire, a 
Adorn'd with wisedome and with chastitie, 
And all the dowries of a noble mind. 
Spenser, Daphnaida, 1. 216. icitvTOU ^ . ^^ ,,., , 
Every rational creature has all nature for his dowry and 2. To make dull; overcome as with drowsi- o f ma ] t w hence Gael, drabhag, dregs, lees, 
estate. Emerson, Misc., p. 24. ness. [Rare or obsolete.] little filth y s i at tern, drabhas, filth, obscenity, 
dowse 1 , v. See dowse 1 . Dozed with much work. Pepys. foul weather. Prob. connected with draff, q.v.j 
dowse 2 , v. and n. See doM*e2. fl oze (doz), n. [< doze, v. i.] A light sleep; a 1. A slut; a slattern. 
fitful slumber. 
It was no more than ... a slight slumber, or a morn- 
ing doze at most. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, p. 15. 
To bed, where half in doze I seem'd 
To float about. Tennyson, Princess, L 
(duz'n), n. [Early mod. E. also dosen, 
dowser, n. See douser. 
dowsett, n. See doucet, 3. 
dowstt (doust), n. [See dusft, douse 2 .] A stroke. 
How sweetly does this fellow take his dowst. 
Stoops like a camel ! 
Fletcher (and another"!), Nice Valour, iv. 1. 
Cl. \JTttCl. I*/ Wl/ltl/K, V4I1 V , Olv 2"*,7 , ' 
al . slovenly man, < Ir. drab, a spot, stain; prob. 
Pope, Dunciad, iv. 617. relato / to Ip _ ; nd Gael . d Va6A, drkff, the grains 
Palsgrave. 
dowtt, dowtet, 
doubfl. 
Drabbe, a slut, [F.] vilotiere. 
So at an Irish funeral appears 
A train of drabs, with mercenary tears. 
W. King, Art of Cookery. 
2. A strumpet ; a prostitute. 
If your worship will take order for the drabs and the 
Middle English forms of dozein, dosein, dozan, < ME. dozeyn, dozeyne, knaves, yon need not to fear the bawds. 
. 
Shak., M. for M., ii. I. 
doseyn, dosain, etc. (= D. dozijn = MHG. duc- 
dowvet, n. An obsolete form of dotie 1 . Chaucer, zend, MG. tusin, tossin, G. dutzend = Dan. dusin drab 1 (drab), n. i. ; pret. and pp. drabbed, ppr. 
doxological (dok-so-loj'i-kal), a. [< doxology = Sw. ditssin = Russ. duizhina, a dozen), < OF. drabbing. [< drafci, n.] To associate with 
+ -ical.] Pertaining to of of the_nature of a dozaine, douzaine, dosaine, dozeine, dozeyne, a strumpets. 
dozen, a number of twelve (in various uses), a o, he's the most courteous physician, 
You may drink or drab in 's company freely. 
tiftcher (and another), Fair Maid of the Inn. 
doxology ; giving praise to God. Bp. Hooper. 
doxologize (dok-sol'o-jiz), v. i. ; pret. and pp. judicial or municipal district so called (F. dou- 
doxologized, ppr. doxologizing. [< Gr. fio^oy-civ, zaine = Pr. dotzena = Sp. docena = Pg. duzia 
give glory to, + E. -ire.] To give glory to God, = It. dozzina, a dozen), prop. fern, of dozain, drab 2 (drab), . and a. [Orig. a trade-name, 
as in a doxology. Also spelled doxologise. Sai- douzain, douzin, dosin, adj., twelve, as a noun a being a particular application (simple ' cloth, 
ley, 1727. dozen, a twelfth part (with suffix -ain, E. -an, i. e., undyed cloth I) of F. drop, cloth: see 
doxology (dok-sol'6-ji), n. ; pi. doxologies (-jiz). -en, < L. -anus), < doze, dome, F. douze = Pr. drape.] I. n. 1. A thick woolen cloth of a yel- 
[= F. doxologie = Pg. It. doxologia; < ML. dox- dotze = Sp. doce = Pg. doze = It. dodiei, < L. lowish-gray color. 2. A yellowish-gray tint. 
