Defn: A grebe or diver; — applied also to the golden-eye, pochard, scoter, and other ducks. [Written also ducker.] [Prov. Eng.]
DOUGH Dough, n. Etym: [OE. dagh, dogh, dow, AS. dah; akin to D. deeg, G. teig, Icel. deig, Sw. deg, Dan. deig, Goth. daigs; also, to Goth. deigan to knead, L. fingere to form, shape, Skr. dih to smear; cf. Gr. Feign, Figure, Dairy, Duff.]
1. Paste of bread; a soft mass of moistened flour or meal, kneaded or unkneaded, but not yet baked; as, to knead dough.
2. Anything of the consistency of such paste. To have one's cake dough. See under Cake.
DOUGH-BAKED
Dough"-baked`, a.
Defn: Imperfectly baked; hence, not brought to perfection; unfinished; also, of weak or dull understanding. [Colloq.] Halliwell.
DOUGHBIRD
Dough"bird`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). See Curlew.
DOUGHFACE
Dough"face`, n.
Defn: A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded. [Political cant, U. S.]