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[Gr. doth iên =a small absce , and eidos =form.] Bot.: A genus of Sphæriacei (Ascomycetous Fungi), often growing upon leaves. They are distinguished from Sphæria and the more closely allied genera by the asci being contained in cavities in the stroma, without any distinct perithecium. *doth-ir-lie, a . [DAUGHTERLY.] What belongs to a daughter. "The said gudis war frelie gevin & deliuerit by him to his said dothir for dothirlie kindne and lufrent he had to hir, be deliverance of ane drink of beir to hir be hir said fader."- Aberd . Reg. A. (1543), v. 18. dōt-ing, *dōat'-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [DOTE, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or state of being or acting as a dotard, or as one fondly and weakly in love. "Such ones greatly suspected of doting ."-Udall: Luke, ch. iii. dōt-ing-ly, adr . [Eng. doting; -ly.] 1. In a foolish, silly, or imbecile manner; like a dotard. " Dotingly fumbling about the same philosophy."-Cudworth: Morality, bk. ii., ch. vi. 2. With exce ive, foolish, or weak fondne . "That he, to wedlock dotingly betrayed, Should hope in this lewd town to find a maid!" Dryden. Juvenal , sat. vi. dot-Ish, a. [Eng. dot(e); -ish.] Doting, foolish, silly, stupid. "The pop is dotish disputers were with shame constrained to give place to the lerned men." Joye: Exposition of Daniel , c. xi. dot-le , a. [Eng. dot; -le .] Free from or with a dowry, an endowment.] 1. A dowry, an endowment, a marriage portion. 2. Natural qualifications, gifts, or endowments. "I muse a mistre can be silent to the dotes of such a servant."-B. Jonson: Epicane, ii. 3. dõte (2), 8. [DOTE, v.] 1. A dotard; a silly, stupid fellow. 2. A state of stupor. "Then after as in a dote he hath tottered some space about, at last hee falleth downe to dust."-Z. Boyd: Last Battell , p. 529. *dōt-ed (1), *dot-ede, a. [DOTE, 8.] Given by way of donation. *dōt-ed (2), *dot-ede, a. [DOTE, v.] 1. Silly, stupid, foolish, imbecile. "Whose sensele speech and doted ignorance, Whenas the prince had noted well." 2. Decayed, rotten. Spenser. F. Q. , I. viii. 34. "Such an old oak, though now it be doted , will not be struck down at one blow."-Howson: Sermons , p. 33 (1622). *dō te-head, s. [Eng. dote , and head (q. v.).] A dotard, a doter. "The dotehead was beside himselfe and whole out of his mynde."-Tyndale: Works, p. 350. *dot-el, *dot-tel, a. & 8. [DOTE, v.] A. As adj.: Doting, foolish, silly. "Dottel. Delirus." -Levins: Man i pulus Vocabulorum. B. As subst.: A dotard. "Thenne the dotel on dece drank that he myght." Early Eng. Allit. Poems, Cleanne , 1,517. "Shrubs with opposite, deciduous, exstipulate, dotle leaves."-Balfour: Outlines of Botany, p. 432. *dot-tar, *dot'-těr, v. i. [DOTER, v.] 1. To become stupid.