Dolce, Gulf

and RIVER. See DULCE. Dolcino, Dulcino, ( dol - che'no,) n. [It.] (Mus.) A small ba oon. Dol'drums, n . pl . A term given by sailors to a certain latitude near the equator, remarkable for prevalent calms and baffling winds; hence, the colloquial expre ion, to be in the doldrums , signifies to be listle , bored, in a state of ennui, and so forth. Dole, n . [A. S. dæl , a part; L. Ger. deel ; Swed. del; Boh. dil ; Gael. dal a ; O Ger. teil ; Sansk. dal , to cut.] Act of dealing or distributing; as, a "General dole ."Cleveland. That which is dealt out or distributed; share or portion. -Gratuity; that which is given in charity; an alms. - A boundary: a partition. - A void space left in tillage. ( Johnson . ) - Grief; sorrow; misery; dolor. "In equal scale weighing delight and dole ."-Shaks. ( Scots . Law .) Proof of criminal design or intent. -v.a. [A. S. dal an .] To deal out; to apportion; to distribute in small quantities; -generally before out ; as, to dole out money. Dôle. a town of France, dep Jura, near the Doubs, 28 m. N. of Lons-le-Saulnier, was founded by the Romans. Manuf . Straw hats, leather, chemical products, agricultural implements, earthenware, hosiery, and optical instruments. Pop . 11,093. Dole'-beer, n . Beer given away in charity. Dole'-bread, n . Bread bestowed as an alms. Doleful, a. [Fr. deuil , grief, from Lat. dolor - doleo , to suffer pain; probably allied to Sansk, dal , to be cleft, used metaphorically.] Full of dolor, grief, pain, sorrow, .; expre ing grief; afflicted; impre ing or producing sorrow; piteous; woful; gloomy; dismal; as, a doleful face. "This doleful vale of misery past." - Prior . Dole'fully, adr. In a doleful manner; dismally; sorrowfully; querulously. Dole'fulne , n. State of being doleful; melancholy; dismalne : gloomine ; querulousne .