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<hw>Dole</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Doled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Doling</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly.</def>

<blockquote>The supercilious condescension with which even his reputed friends <b>doled</b> out their praises to him. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Doleful</h1> <Xpage=443>

<hw>Dole"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.</def>

<blockquote>With screwed face and <b>doleful</b> whine. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Regions of sorrow, <b>doleful</b> shades. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Piteous; rueful; sorrowful; woeful; melancholy; sad gloomy; dismal; dolorous; woe-begone.</syn>

- <wordforms><wf>Dole"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Dole"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Dolent</h1> <Xpage=443>

<hw>Do"lent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dolens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>dolere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>dolent</ets>. See <er>Dole</er> sorrow.]</ety> <def>Sorrowful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ford.</i>

<h1>Dolente</h1> <Xpage=443>

<hw>Do*len"te</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Plaintively. See <er>Doloroso</er>.</def>

<h1>Dolerite</h1> <Xpage=443>

<hw>Dol"er*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ deceitful; because it was easily confounded with diorite.]</ety> <fld>(Geol. & Min.)</fld> <def>A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it is considered equivalent to a coarse-grained basalt.</def>

<h1>Doleritic</h1> <Xpage=443>

<hw>Dol`er*it"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the nature of dolerite; <as>as, much lava is <ex>doleritic</ex> lava</as>.</def>

<i>Dana.</i>

<h1>Dolesome</h1> <Xpage=443>

<hw>Dole"some</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Doleful; dismal; gloomy; sorrowful.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Dole"some*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Dole"some*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Dolf</h1> <Xpage=443>

<hw>Dolf</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp.</tt> <def>of <er>Delve</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Dolichocephalic, Dolichocephalous</h1> <Xpage=443>

<hw><hw>Dol`i*cho*ce*phal"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dol`i*cho*ceph"a*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ long + <?/ head.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to <i>brachycephalic</i>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Dol`i*cho*ceph"al</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> & <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Dolichocephaly, Dolichocephalism</h1> <Xpage=443>

<hw><hw>Dol`i*cho*ceph"a*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dol`i*cho*ceph"a*lism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dolichc\'82phalie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.</def>

<h1>Dolioform</h1> <Xpage=443>