Part 482

Done brown, a phrase in cookery; applied figuratively to one who has been thoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled. [Colloq.] -- Done for, tired out; used up; collapsed; destroyed; dead; killed. [Colloq.] -- Done up. (a) Wrapped up. (b) Worn out; exhausted. [Colloq.]

Done, a. [Prob. corrupted from OF. doné, F. donné, p. p. of OF. doner, F. donner, to give, issue, fr. L. donare to give. See Donate, and cf. Donee.] Given; executed; issued; made public; -- used chiefly in the clause giving the date of a proclamation or public act.

Do*nee" (?), n. [OF. doné, F. donné, p. p. See the preceding word.] 1. The person to whom a gift or donation is made.

2. (Law) Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a power is conferred for execution; -- sometimes called the appointor.

Don"et (?), n. Same as Donat. Piers Plowman.

Do"ni (?), n. [Tamil t&?;n.] (Naut.) A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon. [Written also dhony, doney, and done.] Balfour.

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Do*nif"er*ous (d*nf"r*s), a. [L. donum gift + -ferous.] Bearing gifts. [R.]

Don"jon (dn"jn), n. [See Dungeon.] The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle.

Don"key (d"k), n.; pl. Donkeys (-kz). [Prob. dun, in allusion to the color of the animal + a dim. termination.] 1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.

2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.

Donkey engine, a small auxiliary engine not used for propelling, but for pumping water into the boilers, raising heavy weights, and like purposes. -- Donkey pump, a steam pump for feeding boilers, extinguishing fire, etc.; -- usually an auxiliary. -- Donkey's eye (Bot.), the large round seed of the Mucuna pruriens, a tropical leguminous plant.

Don"na (?), n. [It. donna, L. domina. See Don, Dame.] A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy.

Don"nat (?), n. [Corrupted from do- naught.] See Do-naught. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Don"nism (?), n. [Don, n., 2.] Self-importance; loftiness of carriage. [Cant, Eng. Universities]

Do"nor (?), n. [F. donneur, OF. daneor, fr. donner. See Donee, and cf. Donator.] 1. One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.

2. (Law) One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; -- the opposite of donee. Kent.

Touching, the parties unto deeds and charters, we are to consider as well the donors and granters as the donees or grantees.

Spelman.

Do"-noth`ing (?), a. Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy.

{ Do"-noth`ing*ism (?), Do"-noth`ing*ness (?), } n. Inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness. [Jocular] Carlyle. Miss Austen.

Don"ship (?), n. The quality or rank of a don, gentleman, or knight. Hudibras.

Don"zel (?), n. [Cf. It. donzello, Sp. doncel, OF. danzel. See Damsel, Don, n.] A young squire, or knight's attendant; a page. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Doo (?), n. (Zoöl.) A dove. [Scot.]

Doob" grass` (?). [Hind. d&?;b.] (Bot.) A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States. [Written also doub grass.]

Doo"dle (?), n. [Cf. Dawdle.] A trifler; a simple fellow.

Doo"dle*sack` (?), n. [Cf. G. dudelsack.] The Scotch bagpipe. [Prov. Eng.]

Doole (?), n. Sorrow; dole. [Obs.] Spenser.