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<h1>Doable</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Do"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being done.</def>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Do-all</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Do"-all`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>General manager; factotum.</def>

<blockquote>Under him, Dunstan was the <b>do-all</b> at court, being the king's treasurer, councilor, chancellor, confessor, all things. <i> Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Doand</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Do"and</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. pr.</tt> <def>Doing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Rom. of R.</i>

<h1>Doat</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Doat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>See <er>Dote</er>.</def>

<h1>Dobber</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Dob"ber</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dabchick</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A float to a fishing line.</def> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Dobbin</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Dob"bin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An old jaded horse.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sea gravel mixed with sand.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Dobchick</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Dob"chick`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dabchick</er>.</def>

<h1>Dobson</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Dob"son</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (<spn>Corydalus cornutus</spn>), used as bait in angling. See <er>Hellgamite</er>.</def>

<h1>Dobule</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Dob"ule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European dace.</def>

<h1>Docent</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Do"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>docens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>docere</ets> to teach.]</ety> <def>Serving to instruct; teaching.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Docet\'91</h1> <Xpage=440>

<hw>Do*ce"t\'91</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. <?/ to appear.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>Ancient heretics who held that Christ's body was merely a phantom or appearance.</def>

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