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[Eng. doing; -le .] Without action; destitute of exertion; powerle , inactive. doit (1), s. [Dut. duit, the origin of which is unknown. Wedgwood would derive it from Venetian daoto =(a piece) of eight (soldi); Mahn from Fr. d'huit of eight.] I. Literally: 1. A small Dutch coin, of the value of the eighth part of a stiver, or the 160th part of a guilder, equal to about a quarter of a cent of American IMG:content-0340.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0341.jpg:[graphic] Shakesp.: Coriolanus, iv. 4. 1. A stupid creature, a fool, a blockhead. 2. A name sometimes given to a kind of rye-gra . "Besides the common, there are two other species of rye-gra -viz., Lolium temulentum, which has a beard, and Lolium arvense , which has no beard; sometimes called darnel or doit ."- Agr . Surv . Ayrs ., p. 287. 3. A disease; most probably stupor. "They bad that Baich suld not be but The Doit , and the Dismal, indifferently delt." Watson: Collection of Poems , iii. 14. doit, *doyt, *doytt, v . i. [DOTE.] 1. To dote. "Quhair hes thow bene, fals ladroune lown? Doyttand, and drunk and in the town?" Lyndesay: Pinkerton's S. P. R. , ii. 8. 2. To move in a stupid or tottering manner. "Hughoe he cam doytin by." Burns : Poor Mailie. doited