Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 88

Doodle (n.) A trifler; a simple fellow.

Doodle (n.) An aimless drawing [syn: scribble, scrabble, doodle].

Doodle (v.) Make a doodle; draw aimlessly.

Doodlesack (n.) The Scotch bagpipe. [Prov. Eng.]

Doole (n.) Sorrow; dole. [Obs.] -- Spenser.

Doolies (n. pl. ) of Dooly.

Dooly (n.) A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin. [Written also doolee and doolie.] [East Indies]

Having provided doolies, or little bamboo chairs slung on four men's shoulders, in which I put my papers and boxes, we next morning commenced the ascent. -- J. D. Hooker.

Dooly -- U.S. County in Georgia

Population (2000):    11525

Housing Units (2000): 4499

Land area (2000): 392.878703 sq. miles (1017.551127 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 4.188904 sq. miles (10.849212 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 397.067607 sq. miles (1028.400339 sq. km)

Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13

Location: 32.160150 N, 83.793948 W

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Dooly County, GA

DOOM (n.)  <Games> A simulated 3D moster-hunting action game for {IBM PCs}, created and published by id Software.  The original press release was dated January 1993.  A cut-down shareware version v1.0 was released on 10 December 1993 and again with some bug-fixes, as v1.4 in June 1994.

DOOM is similar to Wolfenstein 3d (id Software, Apogee) but has better texture mapping; walls can be at any angle, of any thickness and have windows; lighting can fade into the distance or come from point sources; floors and ceilings can be of any height; many surfaces are animated; up to four players can play over a network or two by serial link; it has a high frame rate (comparable to TV on a 486/ 33); DOOM isn't just a collection of connected closed rooms like Wolfenstein but sounds can travel anywhere and alert monsters of your approach.

Doom (n.) [U] PS1] 厄運,毀滅,死亡;【宗】末日審判,世界末日 Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.

The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens. -- J. R. Green.

Now against himself he sounds this doom. -- Shak.

Doom (n.) That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.

Ere Hector meets his doom. -- Pope.

And homely household task shall be her doom. -- Dryden.

Doom (n.) Ruin; death.

This is the day of doom for Bassianus. -- Shak.

Doom (n.) Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision. [Obs.]

And there he learned of things and haps to come, To give foreknowledge true, and certain doom. -- Fairfax.

Syn: Sentence; condemnation; decree; fate; destiny; lot; ruin; destruction.

Doomed (imp. & p. p.) of Doom.

Dooming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Doom.

Doom (v. t.) 注定,命定 [H] [+to] [O2];判定,判決[+to] To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. [Obs.] -- Milton.

Doom (v. t.) To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death.

Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls. -- Dryden.

Doom (v. t.) To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.

Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? -- Shak.

Doom (v. t.) To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New England] -- J. Pickering.

Doom (v. t.) To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate.

A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with difficulties. -- Macaulay.

Doom (n.) An unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world" [syn: {doom}, {doomsday}, {day of reckoning}, {end of the world}].

Doom (v.) Decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" [syn: {destine}, {fate}, {doom}, {designate}].

Doom (v.) Pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" [syn: {sentence}, {condemn}, {doom}].

Doom (v.) Make certain of the failure or destruction of; "This decision will doom me to lose my position."

DOOM (Acronyms) Decentralised Object Orientated Machine.

Doom (n.) This word formerly signified a judgment. T. L.

Doomage (n.) A penalty or fine for neglect. [Local, New England]

Doomage (n.) (- pl. - s) An assessing on default.

Doomed (a.) 命中注定的;天數已盡的;注定失敗的 [+to]Doom 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed."

Doomed (a.) In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls" [syn: {cursed}, {damned}, {doomed}, {unredeemed}, {unsaved}].

Doomed (a.) Marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons" -- W.H.Prescott [syn: {doomed}, {ill-fated}, {ill- omened}, {ill-starred}, {unlucky}].

Doomed (a.) (Usually followed by `to') Determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination" [syn: {doomed}, {fated}].

Doomed (n.) People who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice" [syn: {doomed}, {lost}].

Doomful (a.) Full of condemnation or destructive power. [R.] "That doomful deluge." -- Drayton.

Doom palm (Bot.) A species of palm tree ({Hyphaene Thebaica), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of gingerbread, and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia. [Written also doum palm.]

Doomsday (n.) A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. "My body's doomsday." -- Shak.

Doomsday (n.) The day of the final judgment.

I could not tell till doomsday. -- Chaucer.

Doomsday Book. See Domesday Book.

Doomsday (n.) (New Testament) Day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives [syn: Judgment Day, Judgement Day, Day of Judgment, Day of Judgement, Doomsday, Last Judgment, Last Judgement, Last Day, eschaton, day of reckoning, doomsday, crack of doom, end of the world].

Doomsday (n.) An unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world" [syn: doom, doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world].

Doomsman (n.) A judge; an umpire. [Obs.] -- Hampole.

Doomster (n.) Same as Dempster. [Scot.]

Door (n.) An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way.

To the same end, men several paths may tread, As many doors into one temple lead. -- Denham.

Door (n.) The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened.

At last he came unto an iron door That fast was locked. -- Spenser.

Door (n.) Passage; means of approach or access.

I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved. -- John x. 9.

Door (n.) An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or apartment to which it leads.

Martin's office is now the second door in the street. -- Arbuthnot.

Blank door, Blind door, etc. (Arch.) See under Blank, Blind, etc.

In doors, or Within doors, within the house.

Next door to, Near to; bordering on.

A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult. -- L'Estrange.

Out of doors, or Without doors, and, [colloquially], Out doors, out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost.

His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors. -- Locke.

To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's door, To charge one with a fault; to blame for.

To lie at one's door, To be imputable or chargeable to.

If I have failed, the fault lies wholly at my door. -- Dryden.

Note: Door is used in an adjectival construction or as the first part of a compound (with or without the hyphen), as, door frame, doorbell or door bell, door knob or doorknob, door latch or doorlatch, door jamb, door handle, door mat, door panel.

Door (n.) A swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle; "he knocked on the door"; "he slammed the door as he left."

Door (n.) The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or    leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway" [syn: doorway, door, room access, threshold].

Door (n.) Anything providing a means of access (or escape); "we closed the door to Haitian immigrants"; "education is the door to success."

Door (n.) A structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road); "the office next door"; "they live two      doors up the street from us."

Door (n.) A room that is entered via a door; "his office is the third door down the hall on the left."

Doorcase (n.) The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.

Doorcase (n.) The frame that supports a door [syn: doorframe, doorcase].

Doorcheek (n.) The jamb or sidepiece of a door. -- Ex. xii. 22 (Douay version).

Doorga (n.) A Hindoo divinity, the consort of Siva, represented with ten arms.

Dooring (n.) The frame of a door.

Doorkeeper (n.) One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.

Doorless (a.) Without a door.

Doornail (n.) The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, "As dead as a doornail."

Doorplane (n.) A plane on a door, giving the name, and sometimes the employment, of the occupant.

Doorpost (n.) The jamb or sidepiece of a doorway.

Doorsill (n.) The sill or threshold of a door.

Doorstead (n.) Entrance or place of a door.

Doorstep (n.) The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.

Doorstone (n.) The stone forming a threshold.

Doorstop (n.) The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door.

Doorway (n.) The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room.

Doorway (n.) [ C ] (C2) 出入口,門口 The space in a wall where a door opens, or a covered area just outside a door.

Dooryard (n.) A yard in front of a house or around the door of a house.

Dop (n.) Alt. of Doop.

Doop (n.) A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.

Dop (v. i.) To dip.

Dop (n.) A dip; a low courtesy.

Doppelgänger (n.) 幽靈;面貌酷似的人 Someone who looks like someone else.

Doppelgänger (n.) A ghost that looks like a living person.

Doppelgänger (n.) A ghostly counterpart of a living person.

Doppelgänger (n.) a :  double 2a b :  alter ego b c :  a person who has the same name as another.

Compare: Counterpart

Counterpart (n.) [C] 極相像的人(或物);互為補充的人(或物);對應的人(或物),配對物1. A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile.

In same things the laws of Normandy agreed with the laws of England, so that they seem to be, as it were, copies or counterparts one of another. -- Sir M. Hale.

Counterpart (n.) (Law) One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate.

Counterpart (n.) A person who closely resembles another.

Counterpart (n.) A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which supplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite.

O counterpart

Of our soft sex, well are you made our lords. -- Dryden.

Counterpart (n.) A person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another [syn: counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis].

Counterpart (n.) A duplicate copy [syn: counterpart, similitude, twin].

Counterpart, () contracts. Formerly each party to an indenture executed a separate deed; that part which was executed by the grantor was called the original, and the rest the counterparts. It is now usual for all the parties to execute every part, and this makes them all originals. 2 Bl. Com. 296.

Counterpart, () In granting lots subject to a ground rent reserved to the grantor, both parties execute the deeds, of which there are two copies; although both are original, one of them is sometimes called the counterpart. Vide 12 Vin. Ab. 104; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 7 Com. Dig. 443; Merl. Repert. mots Double Ecrit.

Dopper (n.) An Anabaptist or Baptist. [Contemptuous] -- B. Jonson.

Dopplerite (n.) (Min.) A brownish black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jellylike masses.

Doquet (n.) A warrant. See Docket.

Dor (n.) (Zool.) A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock.

Dor (n.) A trick, joke, or deception. -- Beau. & Fl.

To give one the dor, To make a fool of him. [Archaic] -- P. Fletcher.

Dor (v. t.) To make a fool of; to deceive. [Obs.] [Written also dorr.] -- B. Jonson.

Dor, () Dwelling, the Dora of the Romans, an ancient royal city of the Canaanites (Josh. 11:1, 2; 12:23). It was the most southern settlement of the Phoenicians on the coast of Syria. The original inhabitants seem never to have been expelled, although they were made tributary by David. It was one of Solomon's commissariat districts (Judg. 1:27; 1 Kings 4:11). It has been identified with Tantura (so named from the supposed resemblance of its tower to a tantur, i.e., "a horn"). This tower fell in 1895, and nothing remains but debris and foundation walls, the remains of an old Crusading fortress. It is about 8 miles north of Caesarea, "a sad and sickly hamlet of wretched huts on a naked sea-beach."

Dor, () Generation, habitation.

Dorado (n.) A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of the ecliptic; -- called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish.

Dorado (n.) A large, oceanic fish of the genus Coryphaena.

Dorbeetle (n.) See 1st Dor.

Doree (n.) A European marine fish (Zeus faber), of a yellow color. See Illust. of John Doree.

Doretree (n.) A doorpost.

Dorhawk (n.) The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker.

Dorian (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion.

Dorian (a.) Same as Doric, 3.

Dorian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece.

Doric (a.) Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect.

Doric (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order.

Doric (a.) Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war.

Doric (n.) The Doric dialect.

Doricism (n.) A Doric phrase or idiom.

Doris (n.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchiae on the back.

Dorism (n.) A Doric phrase or idiom.

Dorking fowl () One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having five toes, or the hind toe double. There are several strains, as the white, gray, and silver-gray. They are highly esteemed for the table.

Dormancy (n.) The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.

Dormant (a.) Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles.

Dormant (a.) In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant.

Dormant (a.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep."

Dormer (n.) Alt. of Dormer window.

Dormer window (n.) 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.

Dormitive (a.) Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium.

Dormitive (n.) A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific; an opiate.

Dormitories (n. pl. ) of Dormitory.

Dormitory (n.) 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.

Dormitory (n.) A burial place.

Dormice (n. pl. ) of Dormouse.

Dormouse (n.) 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.

Dorn (n.) A British ray; the thornback.

Dornick (n.) Alt. of Dornock.

Dornock (n.) 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.

Dorp (n.) A hamlet.

Dorr (n.) The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor.

Dorr (v. t.) To deceive. [Obs.] See Dor, v. t.

Dorr (v. t.) To deafen with noise.

Dorrfly (n.) See 1st Dor.

Dorrhawk (n.) See Dorhawk.

Dorsad (adv.) Toward the dorsum or back; on the dorsal side; dorsally.

Compare: Neural

Neural (a.) (Anat. & Zool.) Relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; -- opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates, neural is the same as dorsal; as applied to invertebrates it is usually the same as ventral. Cf. Hemal.

Neural arch (Anat.), The cartilaginous or bony arch on the dorsal side of the centrum of the vertebra in a segment of the spinal skeleton, usually inclosing a segment of the spinal cord.

Compare: Posterior

Posterior (a.) Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.

Hesiod was posterior to Homer. -- Broome.

Posterior (a.) Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior.

Posterior (a.) (Anat.) At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal.

Posterior (a.) (Bot.) On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary flower. -- Gray.

Dorsal (n.) (Fine Arts) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.

Dorsal (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral.

Dorsal (a.) (Bot.) Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.

Dorsal (a.) (Bot.) Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.

Dorsal vessel (Zool.), A central pulsating blood vessel along the back of insects, acting as a heart.

Dorsal (a.) Belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part; "the dorsal fin is the vertical fin on the back of a fish and certain marine mammals" [ant: ventral].

Dorsal (a.) Facing away from the axis of an organ or organism; "the abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing away from the stem" [syn: abaxial, dorsal] [ant: adaxial, ventral].

Dorsale (n.) Same as Dorsal, n.

Dorsally (adv.) (Anat.) On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad.

Dorsally (adv.) In a dorsal location or direction.

Dorse (n.) Same as dorsal, n. [Obs.]

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