DOWABLE
Dow"a*ble, a. Etym: [From Dow, v. t.]
Defn: Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower. Blackstone.
DOWAGER
Dow"a*ger, n. Etym: [OF. douagiere, fr. douage dower. See Dower.]
1. (Eng. Law)
Defn: A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease. Blount. Burrill.
2. A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name; — chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank. With prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans. Tennyson. Queen dowager, the widow of a king.
DOWAGERISM
Dow"a*ger*ism, n.
Defn: The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively. Mansions that have passed away into dowagerism. Thackeray.
DOWCET
Dow"cet, n. Etym: [See Doucet.]
Defn: One of the testicles of a hart or stag. [Spelt also doucet.] B.
Jonson.