dhole (dol)

[E. Ind.] A kind of East Inwild dog of the Deccan, Canis Lizie Lindsay (Child's Ballads, IV. 65). dian dog, the The dey or farm-woman entered with her pitchers to deliver the milk for the family. Scott , Fair Maid of Perth, xxxii. dey2 (dā), n. [F. dey , day , a maternal uncle, also "a friendly title formerly given to middle-aged or old people, esp. among the Jani aries; and hence in Algiers consecrated at length to the commanding officer of that corps, who frequently afterwards became pasha or regent of the colony; hence, our misnomer of dey as applied to the latter officer" ( Red house , Turk. Dict.).] The title of the governor of Algiers under Turkish suzerainty from 1710 till its conquest by the French in 1830. From 1600 the deys were the elected chiefs of the jani aries of the country, who divided power with the pashas appointed by Porte, and in 1710 superseded them. Tripoli and Tunis were in former times also sometimes ruled by deys, in place of their legitimate beys.