Dorp
(Dorp) n. [LG. & D. dorp. See Thorpe.] A hamlet. "A mean fishing dorp." Howell.
Dorr
(Dorr) n. The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor. Robynson (More's Utopia).
Dorr
(Dorr), v. t.
1. To deceive. [Obs.] See Dor, v. t.
2. To deafen with noise. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Dorrfly
(Dorr"fly`) n. (Zoöl.) See 1st Dor.
Dorrhawk
(Dorr"hawk`) n. (Zoöl.) See Dorhawk.
Dorsad
(Dor"sad) adv. [Dorsum +L. ad towards.] (Anat.) Toward the dorsum or back; on the dorsal
side; dorsally.
Dorsal
(Dor"sal) a. [F. dorsal, LL. dorsalis, fr. L. dorsualis, fr. dorsum back; cf. Gr. mountain ridge.
Cf. Dorse, Dorsel, Dosel.]
1. (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.
2. (Bot.) (a) Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf. (b) Pertaining to the surface
naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.
Dorsal vessel (Zoöl.), a central pulsating blood vessel along the back of insects, acting as a heart.
Dorsal
(Dor"sal), n. [LL. dorsale, neut. fr. dorsalis. See Dorsal, a.] (Fine Arts) A hanging, usually
of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.
Dorsale
(Dor"sale) n. Same as Dorsal, n.
Dorsally
(Dor"sal*ly) adv. (Anat.) On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad.
Dorse
(Dorse) n. [Cf. L. dorsum the back. See Dorsel, Dosel.]
1. Same as dorsal, n. [Obs.]
2. The back of a book. [Obs.]
Books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses.
Wood. Dorse
(Dorse), n. (Zoöl.) The Baltic or variable cod by some believed to be the young of the common
codfish.
Dorsel
(Dor"sel) n. [See Dosser.]
1. A pannier.
2. Same as Dorsal, n.
Dorser
(Dor"ser) n. See Dosser.
dorsibranchiata
(||dor`si*bran`chi*a"ta) n. pl. [NL., from L. dorsum back + branchiae gills.] (Zoöl.) A
division of chætopod annelids in which the branchiæ are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia.
[See Illusts. under Annelida and Chætopoda.]
