dorfly, dorrfly (dorfli)

Same as dor1, 1. enough to be hard in effect, nor or full enough to be weak. The echinus prior to the time of perfection spread out far beyond the shaft; the later Greeks made it a frustum of a cone, and the Romans cut it as an ordinary quarter round. In good Greek examples, as a rule, no horizontal lines are found in a Doric building, floor and cornice-lines, etc., being curved slightly upward; the profiles of the column-shafts are slightly convex, and all columns are slight ly inclined toward the center of the building. All these particularities have relation to optical effects so subtle that their influence is felt rather than seen. The first of the Roman orders is the Doric , which, like everything else in this style, takes a place about half-way between the Tuscan wooden posts and the nobly simple order of the Greeks. J. Fergu on, Hist. Arch., Ι. 298. Doridopsis (dor-i-dops is), n. [NL., δωριδ- ), a knife (see Doris ), + ὄψις , view, ap- pearance.] The typical genus of the family Doridopsida. Dorippe (dō-rip'ē), n. [NL., Dorippidæ (dō-rip'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., Dorippe +-ide.] A family of a no mural decapod crusta- ceans, typified by the genus Dorippe . Doris (do'ris), n. [NL., δωρίς (also δορίς, appar. after δόρυ , a spear), a knife used at sac- rifices, prop. a Dorian knife (sc. κοπίς , a knife), being prop. adj., Δωρίς , Dorian; also, as a noun, the country of the Dorians: see Do- rian .] The typical genus of the fam- ily Doridida , or sea-lemons, containing such species as D. tuber- culata , D. johnston i , and D. coccinea . Argo is a synonym. Dorism (dō'rizm), n. [ δωρισμός , speaking in Doric, δωρίζειν , speak Doric: see Dorize .] An idiom or peculiarity of the Doric dialect; a Doricism. IMG:content-3051.png:[blocks in formation] barred black and white. The general characteristics of the silver-gray and colored varieties are: hens, gray (in the colored variety, brownish or spotted black), with salmon breasts; cocks, glo y black on breast, with back, neck, saddle, wing-bow, and secondaries white. dorlach, dorloch (dor'lach, -loch), n. [Sc., dorlach , a handful, a bundle, a sheaf of arrows, a quiver, dorn , a fist (cf. dim. dornan , a small handful), + luchd , a burden, load.] 1. A bundle; a knapsack. These supple fellows [the Highlanders], with their plaids, targes, and dorlachs . dormer (dor'mer), n. [Formerly also dormar ; dormeor , dormior , dorm or , also dorm it or , a sleeping-room, dormitorium , a sleeping- room: see dormitory .] 1. A sleeping-room; a dormitory.-2. [Short for dormer - window .] A dormer-window. Oxford Glo . Arch .-3. Same as dormant, 1. Hall i well . dormered (dôr'merd), a . [ It was a square old edifice, with a porch which was a model of gravity, and a high, solid, dormered roof of the kind that seems to grow darker and more ponderous as years go by. New Princeton Rev. , III. 112. Scott , Waverley, II. 389. leather dorloch wi' the lock mer , 1, + window ; Scott , Waverley, II. 319. Swordes, tairgis, bowes, dorlaches , and wther invasive Acts of Charles I. (ed. 1814), v. 357. wapones. [The Scotch dorlach , also spelled dourlach , is said to mean also 'a short sword, a dagger'; but this appears to be an error, resting in part on a misunderstanding of the quota- tion last cited.] dorm (dôrm), v. i. [ durmen , slumber, doze, = F. dormir = Sp. dormir, durmir = Pg. dormir = It. dormire , sleep, δαρθάνειν , See dormant, dormer, etc.] Skt. drā , sleep. To slumber; doze. dorm (dôrm), n. [ dormancy (dor'man-si), n . [ dormant , sleeping: see dormant and -ancy.] The state of being dormant; quiescence. To the conduct of their predece or, Queen Mary, it was an objection, that she had revived an ill precedent of pre- rogative taxation after a dormancy of centuries. State Trials , The Great Case of Imposition, an. 1606. dormant (dôr'mant), a. and n. [Early mod. E. also dormaunt , sometimes dormond , dormount; dormaunt , stationary, dormant dormant a don Sp. miente, durmiente = Pg. dormente = It. dormente, dormiente , sleep- ing, dormant (Sp. also as a noun, a beam, joist), dormien (t-)s, ppr. of dormire , sleep: see dorm .] do I. a. 1. Sleeping; asleep. Hence -2. In her ., lying down with its head on its fore paws, as if asleep: said of a beast used as a bearing.-3. Hibernating: said of certain animals. 4. In a state of rest or inactivity; quiescent, not in action, movement, force, or operation; being or kept in abeyance: as, a dormant rebellion; a dormant title; dormant privileges. It is by lying dormant a long time or being.. very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals upon a peo- ple. Burke, We espied Some indications strong of dormant pride. Crabbe , Tales of the Hall. The impulse which they communicated to the long dor- mant energies of Europe. Pre scott , Ferd. and Isa., i. 8. Underneath every one of the senses lies the soul and spirit of it, dormant till they are magnetized by some powerful emotion. Dormant bolt. See bolt 1. - Dormant execution, a writ which by neglect to enforce it loses its priority over a subsequent creditor. - Dormant partner, in com ., a sleeping or special partner. See partner. - Dormant tablet, a table, as of the dining-room, which is perm a- nent, forming a stationary piece of furniture, as dist in- guished from one made up of boards laid on trestles, as was common in Europe in the middle ages. His table dormant in his halle alway Stood redy covered al the longe day. The tabull dormounte withouten lette; Ther at the cokwoldes wer sette. Dormant windowt, the window of a sleeping-apart- ment; a dormer-window. II. n. 1. A beam; a sleeper: formerly also dormond, dormant-tree. Also dormer. Halli- well .-2. A dish which remains from the be- ginning to the end of a repast, such as cold pies, hams, and potted meats, placed down the middle of the table at a large entertainment; a centerpiece which is not removed. Imp . dorking (dôr'king), n. [So called from Dorking , in Surrey, England, where these fowls have been extensively bred.] A breed of domestic fowls, of good size, and of fair quality as egg-pro- ducers, but especially valuable for the table. dormart, n. An obsolete form of dormer . IMG:content-3052.png:[blocks in formation] so named because such windows are found chiefly in up- per bedrooms.] A window standing vertically in a pro- jection, built out to receive it, from a sloping roof. dormiat (dor'mi-at), n. [L., let him sleep: 3d pers. sing. pres. subj. of dor- mire, sleep: see dorm.] A license for a student to be absent from early prayers. Gradus ad Cantab . dormice, n. Plural of dormouse . dormition (dôr- mish'on), n. [=OF. dormition, dorm is on , F. dormition = Pr. dormicio = Sp. dor- IMG:content-3053.png:[graphic] IMG:content-3054.png:[blocks in formation] micion It. dorm i- Jacques Cœur, Bourges, France; 15th zione, tio (n-), sleep, dormire , sleep: see dorm .] A sleeping; the state or condition of sleep, espe- cially a prolonged one. [Rare.] Wert thou disposed... to plead, not so much for the utter extinction as for the dorm it i one of the soul. Bp . Hall , Works, VII. 295. Round each temple-court In dormitories ranged, row after row, She saw the priests asleep. He had now in his new church (neere ye garden) built a dormitory or vault with several repositories, in which to burie his family. Evelyn , Diary, Sept. 10, 1677. dormondt, n. Same as dormant , 1. dormountt, a. See dormant . dormouse ratte = G. schlafratte (lit. 'sleep-rat'), a dormouse.] A rodent of the family Myoxide. The dormouse is peculiar among rodents in having no cæcum. The general appearance is squirrel-like, hence the name squirrel- mice sometimes given to these animals; but the structure and general affinities are murine. The dormice are confined to the old world, and are widely distributed in Europe and Asia, with some outlying forms in Africa. Their shape is neat and gracile; they have full eyes, shapely limbs, and a long hairy tail, which in Myoxus proper is bushy and distichous throughout, in Mus card in us bushy but cylindrical, in Eliomys tufted and flattened at Common Dormouse ( Mus card in us the end, and in Graphi urus shorter and like a avellanarius). lead-pencil. There are about 12 species of the 4 genera named. The common dormouse is Mus card in us avella narius, only about as large as the house-mouse; the fat dormouse or loir ( Myoxus glis ) and the garden-dormouse or lerot ( Eliomys nitela ) are both much larger. The dormice hibernate in a lethargic or torpid state, occasionally waking up in mild weather, and availing themselves of a stock of provisions which they have hoarded. He was made for other purpose then to be euer eating as swine, euer sleeping as Dormise. Dekker, Seven Deadly Sins, p. 30. Dormouse phalangers. See Dromic i a. - Striped dormouse, a book-name of the hackee, chipmunk, or ground squirrel of the United States, Tamias striatus. Pennant. dormy (dor'mi), a. In golf, noting the condition of a player when he is as many holes ahead of his opponent as there remain holes to be played. W. Park, Jr.