dorsténie, n.f., (bot.) dorstenia, contrayerva.
dortoir, n.m., dormitory.
dorure, n.f., gilding; glazing (of pastry).
dos, n.m., back, rear, top, ridge. Sur le —; upon the back, pickaback. — courbé, voûté; bent back. L’épine du —; the spine, backbone. — d’une montagne; ridge of a mountain. Avoir quelqu’un sur le —; to be saddled with somebody. Tourner le —; to take to flight. Tourner le — à quelqu’un; to turn one’s back on or to forsake any one. Avoir bon —; to have a strong back. Faire le gros —; to set up its back (of a cat); to give one’s self airs. — d’âne; shelving ridge. En — d’âne; with a shelving ridge. Le juge les renvoya — à —; the judge non-suited them both. En avoir plein le —; to be sick and tired of anything. Se mettre le juge à —; to make an enemy of the judge, or to set the judge against one.
dosable, adj., measurable.
dosage, n.m., (chem., pharm.) dosing, proportioning; quantitative analysis.
dose, n.f., dose; quantity, portion.
doser, v.a., to dose, to proportion.
dossier, n.m., back (of a seat); brief (of a barrister); bundle of papers. — d’un lit; headboard of a bed, back-board (of a boat).