n. (Zool.) A dove. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Hind. d&unr_;b. ] (Bot.) A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States.
n. [ Cf. Dawdle. ] A trifler; a simple fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. G. dudelsack. ] The Scotch bagpipe. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a person who is stupid or inept; -- used contemptuously.
n. Any object, usually a tool or other device, whose name is forgotten, or not known.
n. Sorrow; dole. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with difficulties. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ As. dōm; akin to OS. dōm, OHG. tuom, Dan. & Sw. dom, Icel. dōmr, Goth. dōms, Gr.
The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens. J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now against himself he sounds this doom. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ere Hector meets his doom. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
And homely household task shall be her doom. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
This is the day of doom for Bassianus. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
And there he learned of things and haps to come,
To give foreknowledge true, and certain doom. Fairfax.