Dowel

dow'el, v.t. [-eled (-eld), -eling.] To fasten together by dowels. — n. A dowel-pin; a piece wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may nailed to it. — Dow'el-pin. n. A pin of wood or metal used for joining two pieces, as of wood, stones, Dower, doWer, n. Endowment; gift; property which a woman is endowed, esp. that which woman brings to a husband in marriage, or portion of a man's real estate which his widow joys during her life, or to which a woman is tled after the death of her husband.— Dow'ry, A gift; the estate which a woman brings to her band in marriage: portion given with a wife; dower. — Dot. dot, a. in France and in Louisiana, a dowry. — Do'tal, a. Pert, to, constituting, or comprised in, etc. — Dota'tion, n. Act of bestowing a dowry on a woman, or of establishing funds for the port of (an institution, charity, etc.). — Dow'able, a. Capable of being endowed: entitled to dower. — Dow'ager, -jer, n. (Eng. Law.) A widow dowed, or having a jointure. A title given in to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of husband's heir bearing the same name.