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<hw>Do`lo*ro"so</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Plaintive; pathetic; -- used adverbially as a musical direction.</def>

<h1>Dolorous</h1> <Xpage=443>

<hw>Dol"or*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dolorosus</ets>, from <ets>dolor</ets>: cf. F. <ets>douloureux</ets>. See <er>Dolor</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; <as>as, a <ex>dolorous</ex> object; <ex>dolorous</ex> discourses.</as></def>

<blockquote>You take me in too <b>dolorous</b> a sense; I spake to you for your comfort. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Occasioning pain or grief; painful.</def>

<blockquote>Their dispatch is quick, and less <b>dolorous</b> than the paw of the bear or teeth of the lion. <i>Dr. H. More.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Dol"or*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Dol"or*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Dolphin</h1> <Xpage=443>

<hw>Dol"phin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>dauphin</ets> dolphin, dauphin, earlier spelt also <ets>doffin</ets>; cf. OF. <ets>dalphinal</ets> of the dauphin; fr. L. <ets>delphinus</ets>, Gr. <?/ a dolphin (in senses 1, 2, & 5), perh. properly, belly fish; cf. <?/ womb, Skr. <ets>garbha</ets>; perh. akin to E. <ets>calf</ets>. Cf. <er>Dauphin</er>, <er>Delphine</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A cetacean of the genus <spn>Delphinus</spn> and allied genera (esp. <spn>D. delphis</spn>); the true dolphin</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The <spn>Coryph\'91na hippuris</spn>, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. See <er>Coryph\'91noid</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; The dolphin of the ancients (<spn>D. delphis</spn>) is common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, and attains a length of from six to eight feet.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Gr. <?/]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.</def> <i>R. H. Dana</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A mooring post on a wharf or beach.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.</def>

<i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <def>In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See <er>Delphinus</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <p><b>2</b>.</def>

<cs><col>Dolphin fly</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the black, bean, or collier, Aphis (<spn>Aphis fable</spn>), destructive to beans.</cd> -- <col>Dolphin striker</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a short vertical spar under the bowsprit.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dolphinet</h1> <Xpage=443>

<hw>Dol"phin*et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female dolphin.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Dolt</h1> <Xpage=443>

<hw>Dolt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>dulte</ets>, prop. p. p. of <ets>dullen</ets> to dull. See <er>Dull</er>.]</ety> <def>A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard.</def>

<blockquote>This Puck seems but a dreaming <b>dolt</b>. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dolt</h1> <Xpage=443>

<hw>Dolt</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To behave foolishly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Doltish</h1> <Xpage=443>

<hw>Dolt"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; <as>as, a <ex>doltish</ex> clown</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Dolt"ish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Dolt"ish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Dolus</h1> <Xpage=443>