Doff, dof, v.a

to put off, as dre ; to divest; to get rid of; to put or shift off: v.n. to take the hat off in respect (do off). Dogmatics,dog-mat DOGMATICS ] dof'-fer, s. a revolving cylinder in a carding machine, which dofs, or strips off, the cotton from the cards. dog, s. awell-known domestic animal of the genus can is; a term of contempt given to a man; one of two constellations in the southern hemisphere; an andiron; an iron hook or bar with a sharp fang, used v.a. by sawyers to follow to fasten as a dog; a log to of follow timber close in a and saw-pit con-: scantly; to worry with importunity: a. in composition, male; degenerate. To give or throw to the dogs, to throw awas. To go to the dogs, to go to ruin. do-ga -nä, s. a custom-house (It. doge). do'-gate, s. the dignity ofdoge. dog'-bane, s. dog's-bane. -bee, s. a drone. dog'-belt, s. abelt used to draw in mines. dog' -ber-re, s. the berry of the dog-wood. dog-bis'-ket, s. coarse, waste, or broken biscuits, sold for feeding dogs. dog'-bolt, s. a word of contempt. dog'-bri-er, s. the brier that bears the hip. dog'-kärt, s. a light double-seated two or four-wheeled one-horse vehicle, with a box, or boot, originally for carrying hunting dogs. dog'-cheep, a. cheap as dog's meat; very cheap. dog'-days, s. days in July and August, including the twenty preceding and the twenty succeeding that on which the dog-star rises and sets with the sun, a conjunction which was formerly supposed to account for the heat that prevailed at that season. doje, s. the name of the chief magistrates of Venice and Genoa (L. dux, a leader) do'-jate, s. the dignity or office. of a doge. dog'-fan' -se-er, s. one who has a taste for dogs and keeps them for sale. dog'-fish, s. a small species of shark of which the liver yields oil, and the rough skins are used for polishing wood and other substances, so called from following its prey in packs like dogs. dog' -fli, s. voracious biting fly, very troublesome to dogs. dog'-fox, s. the male of the fox; a small animal of the dog family, in the warm parts of Asia and Africa, with muzzle like a greyhound's and a tail like a fox's. dog'-gar, s. a coarse ironstone. dog'-ed, a. sullen; obstinate; determined. Doggedly,dog'-ged-le, ad. in dogged manner. Doggedne , dog'-ged-nes, s. the quality of being dogged. dog'-ger, s. dutch fishing-ve el used in the German Ocean, particularly in the cod and herring fishery. dog'-ger-el, a. an epithet given to a kind of loose irregular measure in burlesque poetry,like that of Hudibras, poor in sense as well as versification: s. irregular measure in burlesque poetry; worthle verse. dog'-ger-man, s. a sailor belonging to a dogger. dog'-gers,s. a sort of stone found in the mines with the true alum-rock containing some alum. dog'-gish, a. like a dog; churlish; snappish. Doggishne , dog'-gish-nes, s. the quality of being doggish. dog'-gras, s. couch-gra ,a weed of the same genus as wheat. dog'-här-ted, a. cruel; pitile ; malicious. dog' -hole, s. a place fit only for dogs. -hous, s. kennel for dogs. dog-lat'-in, s. barbarous Latin. s. a dog doctor. dog'-lous, s. an insect infesting dogs. dog'-må, s. a settled opinion positively expre ed; a doctrine settled and promulgated by authority and to be received as such a principle maxim, or tenet; a doctrinal notion, particularly in, matters of faith and philosophy (Gr. that which seems right, fitting, or true). dog'-mad, a. mad as a dog. dog-mat -ik, s. one of a sect of physicians, called Dogmatists, in contradistinction to Empiric and Methodists. dog-mat'-ik, a. pertaining to a dogma dog-mat -e-kal, or to established opinion; a erting or disposed to a ert with authority, often with overbearing and arrogance; dictatorial; overbearing in a ertion; a erted with authority; authoritative. Dogmatically, dog-mat -e-kal-le, ad. positively: in a magisterial manner; arrogantly. Dogmaticalne , dog-mat -e-kal-nes, s. the quality of being dogmatical; positivene . -iks, s. doctrinal theology.