Dollman

or Dolman, (dol'man.) [Hung. dolmány.] Akind of long ca ock, hanging down almost to the feet, with narrow sleeves fastened at the wrist;-worn byHungarians, Turks, Wallachs, . Dol'men. [Celt.] (Archæol.) Same as CROMLECH, q. v. Dolomite,(dol'o-mit.) [Named in honor of Dolomieu, a French geologist, B. 1750, D. 1801.] (Min.) A mineral, also called Bitter Spar and Magnesian Limestone, consisting of carbonate of lime, carbonate of magnesia, and, usually, carbonate of iron. It is softer than limestone; usually white; sometimes gray, yellow, or brown; and occurs compact, cellular, or porous, granular, foliated, and crystallized. Its crystals are usually rhomboidal, and its cleavage is rhomboidal. It is readily distinguished from limestone by its feeble effervescence in acids. It occasionally occurs in veins accompanied with quartz, calcareous spar, ., but also as abuilding-stone. [s. 296]