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Doughtiness
(Dough"ti*ness), n. The quality of being doughty; valor; bravery.
Doughtren
(Dough"tren) n. pl. [See Daughter.] Daughters. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Doughty
(Dough"ty) a. [Compar. Doughtier (-ti*er); superl. Doughtiest.] [OE. duhti, dohti, douhti,
brave, valiant, fit, useful, AS, dyhtig; akin to G. tüchtig, Dan. dygtig, Sw. dygdig virtuous, and fr. AS.
dugan to avail, be of use, be strong, akin to D. deugen, OHG. tugan, G. taugen, Icel. & Sw. duga,
Dan. due, Goth. dugan, but of uncertain origin; cf. Skr. duh to milk, give milk, draw out, or Gr. ty`chh
fortune. &radic68.] Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as, a doughty hero.
Sir Thopas wex [grew] a doughty swain.
Chaucer.
Doughty families, hugging old musty quarrels to their hearts, buffet each other from generation to generation.
Motley. Now seldom used, except in irony or burlesque.
Doughy
(Dough"y) a. Like dough; soft and heavy; pasty; crude; flabby and pale; as, a doughy complexion.
Doulocracy
(Dou*loc"ra*cy) n. [Gr. doy^los slave + kratei^n to rule.] A government by slaves. [Written
also dulocracy.] Hare.
Doum palm
(Doum" palm`) See Doom palm.
Doupe
(Doupe) n. (Zoöl.) The carrion crow. [Written also dob.] [Prov. Eng.]
Dour
(Dour) a. [Cf. F. dur, L. durus.] Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold. [Scot.]
A dour wife, a sour old carlin.
C. Reade. Doura
(Dou"ra) n. A kind of millet. See Durra.
Douroucouli
(||Dou`rou*cou"li) n. See Durukuli.
Douse
(Douse) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doused ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dousing.] [Cf. Dowse, and OD. donsen
to strike with the fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down violently and noisily; perh. akin to E. din.]
1. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse. Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.
Douse
(Douse), v. i. To fall suddenly into water. Hudibras.
Douse
(Douse), v. t. [AS. dwæscan. (Skeat.)] To put out; to extinguish. [Slang] " To douse the glim."
Sir W. Scott.
Dousing-chock
(Dous"ing-chock`) n. (Shipbuilding) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and
lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Dout
(Dout) v. t. [Do + out. Cf. Doff.] To put out. [Obs.] "It douts the light." Sylvester.
Douter
(Dout"er) n. An extinguisher for candles. [Obs.]
Dove
(Dove) n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. dfe; akin to OS. dba, D. duif, OHG. tba, G. taube,
Icel. dfa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. db; perh. from the root of E. dive.]
1. (Zoöl.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.
