dolorite

[DOLERITE.] do-lo-rō-sō, adv. [Ital.] Music: In a plaintive, sorrowful style; with sad ne . dol-õr-oŭs, a. [O. Fr. doloureux; Lat. dolorosus, from dolor = pain, grief.] 1. Full of pain or grief; sorrowful, dismal, doleful. "You take me in too dolorous a sense: I spake t' you for your comfort." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra, iv. 2 2. Expre ive of pain, grief, or suffering. "Fitting to his dolor dolorous discourses of their own and other folks' misfortunes." --Sidney. 3. Causing pain, grief, or suffering; painful. "Their despatch is quick, and le dolorous than the paw of the bear, or teeth of the lion." -More: Antidote ajainst Atheism. dol-õr-oŭs-ly, adv . [Eng. dolorous ; -ly .] In a dolorous, dismal, sorrowful, or painful manner. "It provoketh us also, with Christ and His apostles, dolorously to lament the sore decay of the wicked."-Bale: On the Revelation (1550), pt. i, L 3 b. dol-or-ous-ne , s. [Eng. dolorous; -ne .] The quality or state of being dolorous; sorrowfulne , dismalne . *dō-los-1-tě, s . [Formed from Lat. dolos us , from dol us =fraud, trickery.] Deceitfulne . (Ash.) *dolpe, s . [Etym. doubtful.) The cavity of the head where the eye is fixed. "Of his E dolpe the flow and blude and atir He wosche away all with the salt watir." Douglas. Virgil , 90, 45. dol-phin, *dol-phyne, s. [O. Fr. daulphin ; Fr. dauphin , from Lat. delphin us , from Gr. delph is , Dut. dolphiin ; Ger. delphin .] dol-o-mite, s. [Named after D. Dolomieu, a gen it.delphinos a dolphin; Sp. delf in; Ital. delfino: French mineralogist, and Eng. suff. -ite ( Min . ) .] Mineralogy: 1. A brittle sub transparent or translucent mineral, of a white, reddish, or greenish-white, brown, gray, or black color, with a vitreous luster. Hardne , 3.5 to 4; specific gravity, 2.8 to 2.9. Normal dolomite is composed of carbonate of lime, 54'35; chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; I. Ordinary Language : 1. In the same sense as II. 10 (1) (a). "The boats are darting o'er the curly bay, And sporting dolphins bend them through the spray." Byron: Corsair , iii. 18. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = L 2. In the same sense as II. 10 (2). *3. The Dauphin of France. [DAUPHIN.] "The title of Dolphin was purchased to the eldest son no of the king of France, by Philip of Valoys, who began his raigne in France, anno 1328. Imbert, or Hubert, the last count of the province of Dolphinie, and Viennois, who was called the Dolphin of Viennois, being vexed, ."- Coryat, vol. i., p. 45. II. Technically : 1. Astron.: A constellation. 2. Arch .: An emblem of love or kindly feeling used as an ornament to coronas in churches. 3. Entom .: A name given by gardeners to insects which infest beans, .; the dolphin-fly. 4. Her .: This fish is borne as a charge in coats of arms, either as extended and naiant, or springing and tongued. 5. Hydraul.: The induction-pipe of a water-main, and its cover, placed at the source of supply. 6. Nautical : fast to. (1) A bollard post on a quay to make hawsers (2) An anchored spar with rings, serving as a mooring-buoy. (3) A strap of plaited cordage acting as a preventer on a yard, to sustain it in case the slings are shot away. 7. Ordnance: One of the handles of an old-fashioned bra gun, nearly over the trunnions, and by which it is lifted. *8. Numis .: The denomination of a French gold coin, formerly current in Scotland, so called from having been first struck by Charles V., who bore the title of Dolphin of Vienne, in addition to that of the King of France. "The crowne of France hauand a crown it flowre-delice on ilk side of the scheild, that rinnis now in France for cours a bill payment, and the Dolphin Crowne, ilk ane of thame hauand cours for vi s. viii d."- Acts Jas. II., А. 1551, с. 31 (ed. 1566). *9. Old War : A ponderous ma of metal let fall suddenly from the yard-arm of a ve el upon an enemy's ship. 10. Zoology: (1) Properly: (a) Sing .: The English name of the mammals ranked under the genus Delphin us. The best-known species is the Common Dolphin ( Delphin us delph is ), to which the example in Byron, under 1.1, refers. (b) Pl .: The family of Delphin ide, of which Delphin us is the type, but which contains also the Porpoises (Phocene), and the Narwhal (Monodon). The word dolphin is used in this more extended sense in the name Gangetic Dolphin ( Platan ist a gang etic a). (2) Le properly: The genus of fishes called Coryphæna, and specially the Dorado, Coryphæna hippuris . When the varied tints of morning or of evening are compared to the ever-changing but ever-beautiful tints of a dying dolphin, the reference is to the Dorado, and not to the mammal described under (1). ( a ) . Dolphin of the mast : Naut .: A particular kind of wreath, formed of plaited cordage, to be fastened occasionally round the masts as a support to the puddening, the use of which is to sustain the weight of the fore and main yards in case of the rigging or chains by which those yards are suspended being shot away in time of battle. IMG:content-0346.png:[blocks in formation] "One Bruno first founded them in the Dolphin ate in France, anno 1080."- Fuller : Church History , vi. 269. *dōl'-phin-ět, s . [A dim in. from dolphin (q. v.).] A female dolphin. "The lion chose his mate, the turtle doue Here deare, the dolphin his owne dolphinet." Spenser: Colin Clout's Come Home Again. dolt, *dult, s . [An extension, with suffixed -t , of Mid. Eng. dul =dull: the suffixed-t being=-d=-ed, and dolt or dult standing for dulled blunted. ( Skeat.)] A stupid fellow, a blockhead, a numskull, a thick skull. *dōlt, v . i . [DOLT, 8.] To waste time foolishly; to act as a dolt. "In these trifles to have dolted so much."- New Custom , 1. 2. 1502 *dolt -i-fy, *dōlt -ě-fy, v. t. [Eng. dolt , and suff. -fy , from Lat. facio (pa . fio ) =to make.] To make doltish, dull, or stupid. dōlt-ish, a. [Eng. dolt; -ish.] Stupid, foolish, thickheaded. "Dametas, the most arrant doltish clown that ever was without the privilege of a bauble." Sidney. dōlt-ish-ly, adv. [Eng. doltish; -ly.] In a doltish, stupid, or foolish manner; like a dolt or blockhead.