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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to written evidence; documentary; <as>as, <ex>documental</ex> testimony</as>.</def>

<h1>Documentary</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Doc`u*men"ta*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing.</def> "<i>Documentary</i> evidence."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<h1>Dodd, Dod</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw><hw>Dodd</hw>, <hw>Dod</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>dodden</ets>.]</ety> <def>To cut off, as wool from sheep's tails; to lop or clip off.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Doddart</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Dod"dart</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A game much like hockey, played in an open field; also, the, bent stick for playing the game.</def> <mark>[Local, Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Dodded</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Dod"ded</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dodd</er>.]</ety> <def>Without horns; <as>as, <ex>dodded</ex> cattle</as>; without beards; <as>as, <ex>dodded</ex> corn</as>.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Dodder</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Dod"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Dan. <ets>dodder</ets>, Sw. <ets>dodra</ets>, G. <ets>dotter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <spn>Cuscuta</spn>. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root. is nourished by the plant that supports it.</def>

<h1>Dodder</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Dod"der</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>dyderian</ets> to deceive, delude, and E. <ets>didder</ets>, <ets>dudder</ets>.]</ety> <def>To shake, tremble, or totter.</def> "The <i>doddering</i> mast."

<i>Thomson.</i>

<h1>Doddered</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Dod"dered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Shattered; infirm.</def> "A laurel grew, <i>doddered</i> with age."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Dodecagon</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Do*dec"a*gon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ twelve + <?/ angle: cf. F. <ets>dod\'82cagone</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.</def>

<h1>Dodecagynia</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Do*dec`a*gyn"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ twelve + <?/ woman, female.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Linn\'91an order of plants having twelve styles.</def>

<h1>Dodecagynian, Dodecagynous</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw><hw>Do*dec`a*gyn"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Do`de*cag"y*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Dodecagynia; having twelve styles.</def>

<h1>Dodecahedral</h1> <Xpage=441>

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