dosel, dossell, doser

[Low Lat. dor sale, dorsarium, from Lat. dorsum =the back; Fr. dorsier.] [DORSE, DORSER, DOSSER.] *1. Ord. Lang.: Hangings in a dining-hall behind the seats of the guests. The lower part of all ancient halls are entirely flat and undecorated, as it was dōs-ol-o-gy, s. [Gr. dos is a giving, a portion given, and logos a discourse.] Med.: A treatise on doses of medicine and their administration. *dô-some, a . [Eng. do , and some .) Prosperous, well-to-do. Trench ( English Past and Present , p. 100) speaks of this word as "still surviving in the north" [of England]. do (1), s . [Flem. dos dre , array.] Any ornamental knot, as a tuft of ribbons, flowers, hair, . do (2), s . [Etym. doubtful.) A sleep; a bed. ( Slang .) do (3). 8. [Icel. dos a box.] A box or pouch for holding tobacco. "His stick aneath his oxter ristet, As frae the do the chew he twistet." Shirref: Poєть , р. 238. dotant