doomage (age as ig)

[Eng. doom; -age.] A penalty or fine for neglect. ( American Prov.) doomed, pa. par. & a. [DOOM, v.] độomēr, s. [Eng. doom; -er.]. One who judges' decides, or fixes the doom or destiny. "Among the doomers of the prisoner's life and death."Lytton. *dcom-ful, a . [Eng. doom; -ful ( l ).] Full of or causing doom or destruction. "By th' infections slime that doomful deluge left, Nature herself has since of purity been reft." Drayton: Poly-Olbion, s. 9. dôom'-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [DOOM, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of judging, sentencing or condemning; condemnation. dooms, adv. [Apparently a corruption of damned, influenced by doom (q:v.).] Very, exceedingly. "Our powny reists a bit, and its dooms sweer to the road."-Scott: Antiquary , ch. xv. dooms-day, *domes-dai, *domes-day, *domesdei, *domes-deie, *doms-day, s . & a . [A. S. dómes dæg =the day of judgment; Icel. dómsdagr, dom a dagr; O. Fris. domesdei .] A. As substantive: 1. Lit.: The great day of judgment. "Then is dooms- day near."-Shakesp.: Hamlet , ii. 2. *2. Fig .: The day of death; the end, the destruc"Doomsday is near: die all, die merrily." tion. Shakesp .: Henry IV ., Pt . I., iv. 1. To take doomsday seems to mean to fix doomsday as the time for payment. "And sometimes he may do me more good here in the city by a free word of his mouth, than if he had paid me half in hand, and took doomsday for the other."- The Puritan, ii. 621. (Suppl. to Shakesp.) B. As adj.: See the compound. doomsday-book, domesday-book. 1508 was apprehended. The commi ioners appointed to make the survey were to inquire the name of each place; who held it in the time of King Edward the Confe or; the present po e or; how many hides were in the manor; how many plows were in demesne; how many homagers; how many villeins; how many cottars; how many serving men; how many free tenants; how many tenants in soccage; how much wood, meadow and pasture; the number of mills and fish-ponds; what had been added or taken away from the place; what was the gro value in the time of Edward the Confe or; the present value; and how much each man had, and whether any advance could be made in the value. So minute was the survey, that the writer of the contemporary portion of the Saxon Chronicle records, with some asperity: "So very narrowly he caused it to be traced out, that there was not a single hide, nor one virgate of land, nor even, it is shame to tell, though it seemed to him no shame to do, an ox, nor a cow, nor a swine was left, that was not set down." For some reason left unexplained, many parts were left unsurveyed; North umber land, Cumber land, West more land, and Durham, are not described in the survey. Domesday Book was printed verbatim et literatim during the eighteenth century, in consequence of an addre of the House of Lords to King George III. in 1767. It was not, however, commenced until 1773, and was completed early in 1783. It was again reproduced in 1860-2. Stow says that the name was derived from Domus Dei, because the book was deposited in a part of Winchester Cathedral so called, but it is more probable that it is connected with doom in the sense of judgment. *dooms - man, *domes-man, *doms-man, *dom-ys-man, s. [Eng. doom , and man .] A judge, an umpire. "Thay wald fayne fle Or hide tham fra that domesman sight." Hampole: Prick of Conscience , 5,060. dôom'-stër, děmp'-ster, s . [Eng. doom ; -ster.] 1. Ord. Lang.: A judge; one who pronounces the doom or sentence. "The law shall never be my doomster , by Christ's grace," -Rutherford: Letters , pt. i., lett. 195. 2. Scots Law: The name given to a public official, who also, in most cases, held the office of public executioner. In a case of capital punishment he repeated the sentence in court, after it had been pronounced by the judge and recorded by the clerk, adding the words: "And this I pronounce for doom," by which it became legalized. ""And this,' said the Doomster , aggravating his harsh voice, 'I pronounce for doom.' " -Scott : Heart of Mid . Lothian , ch. xxiv. dôon, doun, adv . [DOWN.] Down. "The puir Colonel bought a new ane just the day before they marched, and I winna let them tak that ane doun, but just to brush it ilka day mysell."- Scott : Waverley, ch. lxiii. dôon (1), s. [Cingalese.] Bot.: A Cingalese name for Doona zeylanica , a large tree of the Dipterocarp aceæ family, native of Ceylon; the timber is much esteemed for building A resin exudes from the trunk resempurposes. bling dammar, which is mixed with paddy-husks, and used for burning in lamps. ( Smith .) dôon (2), s. [Etym, doubtful; probably connected with down, s. (q. v.)] 1. A place or green used for play. 2. The goal in a game. "Fra doon to doon shoot forth the penny stane." Davidson: Seasons, p. 87. dôon, v . t . [DOWN, adv . & prep .] To upset, to overturn, to throw over; as in wrestling. ( Scotch .) doon, adv . [DooM, 8.] Very, exceedingly. ( Scotch .) doôn-ga, s. [A native word.] A kind of canoe made of a single piece of wood, and used by the natives in navigating the delta of the Ganges for the purpose of obtaining salt.