Dosinia (dosinia)

[NL. (Scopoli, 1777), dos in, a Senegalese (west African) name of species, + -ia.] A notable genus of bivalve mollusks, of the family Venerida. They have a large foot, united siphons, and a very flat round shell, as D. discus, a common spe cies on the Atlantic coast of the United States. dosiology (dō-si-ol'ō-ji), n. [ a dose, + -λογία, IMG:content-3070.jpg:[blocks in formation] One of a Samaritan sect, named from Dos i the us, a false Me iah, who appeared about the time of Christ. Its members were fanatical in various respects, especially in a rigorous observance of the sabbath. The sect, though small in numbers, existed for several centuries. a do -house. A do er is the frequenter of the lodging-houses of the poor. Spectator , No. 3059, p. 237. do -house (dos'hous), n. In London, a very cheap lodging-house, furnished with straw beds. Between the fourpenny do - house and the expensive Peabody or Water low building, adequate lodging of a wholesome and really cheap kind is so rarely to be found as to be practically non-existent in more crowded quarters of London. Fortnightly Rev. , N. S., XLIII. 281. do ière (dos-i-ar'), n. [OF. do iere , dou iere , a curtain: see do er1 .] In armor , a piece protecting the back; the piece which covered the back from below the neck to the waist. In the early years of the fourteenth century the do ière was divided in the middle, and the two parts were connected by means of hinges. When worn with the brigandine of splints, the do ière covered the lower part of the back only, corresponding with the pans ière in front. do il, do el2 (dos'il, el), n. [ME. dosil, dosylle, doselle, dosele, du el, Hei caste away the dosils, that win orn [ran] abroad. Robert of Gloucester, p. 542. 2. A wisp of hay or straw to stop up an aperture. [Prov. Eng.]-3. The rose at the end of a water-pipe. [Prov. Eng.] -4. In surg., a pledget or small portion of lint made into a cylindrical or conical form, for purging a wound.-5. A roll of cloth for cleaning the ink from an engraved plate previous to printing. [In the last two senses usually do il.] dost (dust). The second person singular indicative present of dol.