Defn: To put out; to extinguish. [Slang] " To douse the glim." Sir W.
Scott.
DOUSING-CHOCK
Dous"ing-chock`, n. (Shipbuilding)
Defn: 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. Etym: [Do + out. Cf. Doff.]
Defn: To put out. [Obs.] "It douts the light." Sylvester.
DOUTER
Dout"er, n.
Defn: An extinguisher for candles. [Obs.]
DOVE
Dove, n. Etym: [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d; akin to OS. d, D. duif,
OHG. t, G. taube, Icel. d, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d; perh. from
the root of E. dive.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.