n.; pl.Dories [ Named from 1st color, fr. F. dorée gilded, fr. dorer to gild, L. deaurare. See Deaurate, and cf. Aureole. ] 1. (Zool.) A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Zool.) The American wall-eyed perch; -- called also doré. See Pike perch. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, lit., spear bearing; &unr_; a spear + fe`rein to bear. ] (Fine Arts) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]