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{ or } n. A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies (Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry. --
Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to hot climates. --
Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant growing in South America and elsewhere. The seeds and their acrid oil are used in medicine as a purgative. See Physic nut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. dā; cf. Dan. daa, daa-dyr, deer, and perh. L. dama. √66. ] (Zool.) A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A feat. [ Obs. ] See Do, n. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or obtained from, the dœgling; as, dœglic acid (Chem.), an oily substance resembling oleic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name in Faroe Islands. ] (Zool.) The beaked whale (Balænoptera rostrata), from which dœgling oil is obtained. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Law) The fictitious lessee acting as plaintiff in the common-law action of ejectment, the fictitious defendant being usually denominated Richard Roe. Hence, a fictitious name for a party, real or fictitious, to any action or proceeding. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From Do, v. t. & i. ] 1. One who does; one who performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

The doers of the law shall be justified. Rom. ii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Scots Law) An agent or attorney; a factor. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

The 3d pers. sing. pres. of Do. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The skin of the doe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe's skin; -- made for men's wear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. (Bot.) The tubers of Colocasia antiquorum. See Taro. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. occurring with absorption of energy. [ Narrower terms: endothermic ] exoergic
Syn. -- energy-absorbing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a person who performs an evil deed; one who sins (without repenting).
Syn. -- sinner. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. [ I. or Sp. gamba leg. See Gambol, n. ] Same as Gamashes. [ 1913 Webster ]

His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes fastened at the side with rusty clasps. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wrongdoer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who overdoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not obstructed by barricades; open; as, unbarricadoed streets. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who underdoes; a shirk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who undoes anything; especially, one who ruins another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who does well; one who does good to another; a benefactor. [ 1913 Webster ]