Part 491

Pope.

Dote, n. An imbecile; a dotard. Halliwell.

Dot"ed (?), a. 1. Stupid; foolish. [Obs.]

Senseless speech and doted ignorance.

Spenser.

2. Half-rotten; as, doted wood. [Local, U. S.]

Dote"head` (?), n. A dotard. [R.] Tyndale.

Dot"er (?), n. 1. One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard. Burton.

2. One excessively fond, or weak in love. Shak.

Dot"er*y (?), n. The acts or speech of a dotard; drivel. [R.]

Doth (?), 3d pers. sing. pres. of Do.

Dot"ing (?), a. That dotes; silly; excessively fond. -- Dot"ing*ly, adv. -- Dot"ing*ness, n.

Dot"ish, a. Foolish; weak; imbecile. Sir W. Scott.

Dot"tard (?), n. [For Dotard ?] An old, decayed tree. [R.] Bacon.

Dot"ted (?), a. Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects.

Dotted note (Mus.), a note followed by a dot to indicate an increase of length equal to one half of its simple value; thus, a dotted semibreve is equal to three minims, and a dotted quarter to three eighth notes. -- Dotted rest, a rest lengthened by a dot in the same manner as a dotted note.

Notes and rests are sometimes followed by two dots, to indicate an increase of length equal to three quarters of their simple value, and they are then said to be double-dotted.

Dot"ter*el (?), a. [Cf. Dottard.] Decayed. "Some old dotterel trees." [Obs.] Ascham.

Dot"ter*el, n. [From Dote, v. i.] 1. (Zoöl.) A European bird of the Plover family (Eudromias, or Charadrius, morinellus). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler.

In catching of dotterels we see how the foolish bird playeth the ape in gestures.

Bacon.

The ringed dotterel (or ring plover) is Charadrius hiaticula.

2. A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull. Barrow.

Dot"ting pen` (?). See under Pun.

Dot"trel (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Dotterel.

Do"ty (?), a. [See Dottard.] Half-rotten; as, doty timber. [Local, U. S.]

||Dou`ane" (?), n. [F.] A customhouse.

||Dou`a"nier" (?), n. [F.] An officer of the French customs. [Anglicized form douaneer.]