Doucine, doo-sēn′, n. (archit.) a cyma recta. [Fr.]
Dough, dō, n. a mass of flour or meal moistened and kneaded, but not baked.—adjs. Dough′-baked, half-baked, defective in intelligence; Dough′faced (U.S.) pliable, truckling.—n. Dough′iness.—adj. Dough′-knead′ed (Milt.), soft.—n. Dough′-nut, sweetened dough fried in fat.—adj. Dough′y, like dough: soft. [A.S. dáh; Ger. teig, Ice. deig, dough; prov. dow and duff.]
Doughty, dow′ti, adj. able, strong: brave.—adv. Dough′tily.—n. Dough′tiness. [A.S. dyhtig, valiant—dugan, to be strong; Ger. tüchtig, solid.]
Doum-palm. Same as Doom-palm.
Doup, dowp, n. (Scot.) bottom, buttocks.—n. Can′dle-doup, a candle-end. [Cf. Ice. daup.]
Dour, dōōr, adj. (Scot.) obstinate: bold. [Fr.,—L. durus, hard.]
Doura. See Durra.
Douse, Dowse, dows, v.t. to plunge into water.—v.i. to fall suddenly into water. [Cf. Sw. dunsa, fall heavily. Prob. from sound; cf. souse.]
Douse, Dowse, dows, v.t. to strike: to strike or lower a sail.—n. a heavy blow. [Prob. related to Old Dut. dossen, to beat.]
Douse, Dowse, dows, v.t. to put out, extinguish (esp. in the slang Douse the glim, put out the light). [Prob. a corr. of the obs. verb dout below; more likely a particular use of douse, to strike.]