Dog-watches, dog′-woch′ez, n.pl. on shipboard, the two watches 4-6 P.M. and 6-8 P.M., consisting each of two hours only, instead of four.
Doilt, doilt, adj. (Scot.) crazy, foolish.—Also Doiled.
Doily, doi′li, n. (obs.) an old kind of woollen stuff: a small napkin used at dessert. [From Doily or Doyley, a famous haberdasher.]
Doings, dōō′ingz, n.pl. things done, events: proceedings: behaviour.
Doit, doit, n. a small Dutch coin worth about half a farthing: a thing of little or no value. [Dut. duit.]
Doited, doit′ed, p.adj. a Scotch form of Doted.
Doke, dōk, n. (prov.) a dimple, dint.
Dolabella, dō-la-bel′a, n. a genus of tectibranchiate gasteropods.
Dolabra, dō-lā′bra, n. an ancient Roman cutting or digging implement, of various shapes.—adj. Dolab′riform, like a hatchet or cleaver, used of leaves, also of shells straight and thick at one side, and thin at the other. [L. dolabra, a cleaver.]
Dolce, dōl′che, adj. (mus.) sweet.—n. a soft-toned organ-stop.—adv. Dolcemen′te (mus.), softly and sweetly. [It.]