Defn: Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion. Shak.
DOWERY
Dow"er*y, n.
Defn: See Dower.
DOWITCHER
Dow"itch*er, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); — called also brownback, and grayback.
DOWL
Dowl, n.
Defn: Same as Dowle.
DOWLAS Dow"las, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. Doullens, a town of Picardy, in France, formerly celebrated for this manufacture.]
Defn: A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in
Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico. Shak.
DOWLE
Dowle, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. douille soft. Cf. Ductile.]