A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or / sleep./

A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained.

Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium. A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific; an opiate.

A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding school.

A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; -- so called because they are usually torpid in winter.

Up, or ahead, as many holes as remain to be played; -- said of a player or side.

A British ray; the thornback.

A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland.

A hamlet.

To deceive. [Obs.] See Dor, v. t.

See 1st Dor.

See Dorhawk.

Toward the dorsum or back; on the dorsal side; dorsally.

A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.

Same as Dorsal, n.

On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad.

The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish.

A pannier.

See Dosser.

A division of ch/topod annelids in which the branchi/ are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Ch/topoda.]

Having branchi/ along the back; belonging to the Dorsibranchiata. One of the Dorsibranchiata.

(Anat.) See Meson.

Same as Dorsiferous.

Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral.

From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal; as, the dorsoventral axis.

The ridge of a hill.

A dormitory.

A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides.

A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See Potato beetle.

A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us.

A sofa, open carriage, or the like, so constructed that the occupants sit back to back.

The administration of medicine in doses; specif., a scheme or system of grading doses of medicine according to age, etc.

To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.

Same as Dorsal, n.

a device for measuring doses of radiation, especially ionizing radiation such as X-rays, gamma rays, or ionizing particles.

a dosimeter cosisting of a radiation-sensitive material, such as film, worn in a small package on a person's clothing, to record the accumulated radiation exposure of the person over a period of time; -- used to monitor the exposure of individuals, such as workers in a nuclear power plant, to ionizing radiation.

Measurement of doses; specif., a system of therapeutics which uses but few remedies, mostly alkaloids, and gives them in doses fixed by certain rules.

Posology.

A place to sleep in; a bed; hence, sleep.

to sleep in a convenient place.

Same as Dorsal, n.

A pannier, or basket.

A bundle containing the papers in reference to some matter.

A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent.

of Do.

Russian author Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski; born 1821, died 1881.

of or pertaining to Fyodor Dostoevski.

To make dots or specks.

Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility; as, a venerable man, now in his dotage.

Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting dower, or comprised in it.

A dotard.

One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood.

Foolish; weak.

A dotard's weakness; dotage.

The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman.

An imbecile; a dotard.

Stupid; foolish.

A dotard.

One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard.

The acts or speech of a dotard; drivel.

That dotes; silly; excessively fond.

Foolish; weak; imbecile.

An old, decayed tree.

Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects.

A European bird of the Plover family (Eudromias morinellus, syn. Charadrius morinellus). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler.

See Dotterel.

Composed of, or characterized by, dots.

Half-rotten; as, doty timber.

A customhouse.

An officer of the French customs.

A village composed of Arab tents arranged in streets.

Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like.

a standard or set of principles governing conduct, which is applied more stringently or differently to one group of people than to another; -- used especially of standards of sexual behavior that condemn behavior on the part of women that is condoned or not condemned when exhibited by men.

Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.

To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.

Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart.

Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat.

To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder.

teh act of double-crossing; the betrayal or swindling of a collaborator or colleague.

one who double-crosses another; a person who says one thing and does another.

given to deception especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; as, they accused each other of double-dealing behavior.

A man-of-war having two gun decks.

To dye again or twice over.

Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain.

A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end. A locomotive with pilot at each end.

A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.

Having a deceitful look.

Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer.

Having two hands.

Having two heads; bicipital.

Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous.

Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.

To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security.

Twice milled or fulled, to render more compact or fine; -- said of cloth; as, double-milled kerseymere.

Having different minds at different times; unsettled; undetermined.

To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time.

A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other.

To double the natural darkness of (a place).

Having two surfaces; -- said specif. of a/roplane wings or a/rocurves which are covered on both sides with fabric, etc., thus completely inclosing their frames.

Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.

Deceit; duplicity.

Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.

A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing.

rendered twice as great or twice as many.

An apparition or double of a living person; a doppelg/nger.

two events, usually entertainment or sports performances, occurring immediately in succession or within a short time of each other; especially, two sports games played by the same teams on the same day, one right after another.

The state of being double or doubled.

One who, or that which, doubles.

badminton played with two players on each side.

Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.

The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.

See Doublet, 6 and 7.

The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.

A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at different times from over fifteen dollars to about five. See Doblon in Sup.

The lining of a book cover, esp. one of unusual sort, as of tooled leather, painted vellum, rich brocade, or the like.

In twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as, doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation.

A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation.

Capable of being doubted; questionable.

State of being in doubt; uncertainty; doubt.

One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples.