dover

i. & t. [Icel. dura =to nap: durr =a nap; daufr =deaf.] A. In trans.: To slumber, to fall asleep, to take a nap. "At Kelbuy I hae sae mony orra jobs to tak up my hand, but here I fa' a dover in twenty times in the day frae pure idle-set." -Saxon and Gael, i. 33. 2. To walk or ride half asleep, as if from the effects of liquor. "He cannily carried off Gillie whack it ae night when he was riding dovering hame."-Scott: Waverley, ch. xviii. B. Trans.: To make stupid; to stupefy, to stun. "Ane o' them gave me a nob on the crown, that dovered me, and made me tumble heels o'er-head."-Perils of Man , iii. 416. Dover, s. A seaport of Kent county, England, 66 miles southeast of London, opposite Calais, France, with which there is daily communication by steamer. IMG:content-0438.png:[blocks in formation]