doorcase (dork as)

The frame or casing which incloses a door, and in which it swings. The cornish, door case , and a sort of a basement above the steps, are proofs that the architecture is antient. Pococke , Description of the East, II. i. 134. door-cheek (dōr'chek), n. A door-post. Jamie son . [Scotch.] 1734 doorsteadt (dor's ted), n. The entrance of or parts about a door; a doorway. Did nobody clog up the king's door- stead more than I, there would be room for all honest men. War burton , To Hurd, Letter cxci. The next thing I admire in it [the Pantheon] is the door-step (dor's tep), n. The step of a door; doore-checks and couple, which is all of one peece of white marble. Sir A. Balfour , Letters, p. 137. doorea (dö'rē-a), n . A variety of Dacca mus- lin of the finest quality, printed in colors, and striped. the threshold. doors. IMG:content-3040.png:[blocks in formation] She set her foot on her door step , A bonny marble stane. Lord William (Child's Ballads, III. 20) The stone at the (dor's ton), n. threshold; the step-stone. They durstna' on ony errand whatsoever gang ower the dore- stane after gloaming. Scott .