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<hw>Do*dec`a*he"dral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or like, a dodecahedion; consisting of twelve equal sides.</def>

<cs><col>Dodecahedral cleavage</col>. <cd>See under <er>Cleavage</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dodecahedron</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Do*dec`a*he"dron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ twelve + <?/ seat, bottom, base: cf. F. <ets>dod\'82ca\'8adre</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom. & Crystallog.)</fld> <def>A solid having twelve faces.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>regular dodecahedron</i> is bounded by twelve equal and regular pentagons; the pyritohedron (see <er>Pyritohedron</er>) is related to it; the <i>rhombic dodecahedron</i> is bounded by twelve equal rhombic faces.</note>

<h1>Dodecandria</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Do`de*can"dri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ twelve + <?/, <?/, man, male.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Linn\'91an class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen.</def>

<h1>Dodecandrian, Dodecandrous</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw><hw>Do`de*can"dri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Do`de*can"drous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.</def>

<h1>Dodecane</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Do"de*cane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ twelve.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons, <chform>C12H26</chform>, of the paraffin series.</def>

<h1>Dodecastyle</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Do*dec"a*style</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ twelve + <?/ column: cf. F. <ets>dod\'82castyle</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Having twelve columns in front.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A dodecastyle portico, or building.</def></def2>

<h1>Dodecasyllabic</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Do*dec`a*syl*lab"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ twelve + E. <ets>syllabic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having twelve syllables.</def>

<h1>Dodecasyllable</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Do*dec"a*syl`la*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A word consisting of twelve syllables.</def>

<h1>Dodecatemory</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Do*dec`a*tem"o*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ twelve + <?/, dim. of <?/ part: cf. F. <ets>dod\'82cat\'82morie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the <i>primum mobile</i>, to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.</def>

<h1>Dodge</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Dodge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dodged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dodging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Of uncertain origin: cf. <ets>dodder</ets>, v., <ets>daddle</ets>, dade, or <ets>dog</ets>, v. t.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.</def>

<blockquote>Some <b>dodging</b> casuist with more craft than sincerity. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dodge</h1> <Xpage=441>

<hw>Dodge</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; <as>as, to <ex>dodge</ex> a blow aimed or a ball thrown</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: To evade by craft; <as>as, to <ex>dodge</ex> a question; to <ex>dodge</ex> responsibility.</as></def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>