<cs><col>Domesday Book</col>, <cd>the ancient record of the survey of most of the lands of England, made by order of William the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors' tenures, arable land, woodland, etc.</cd> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Doomsday Book<asp>.]</altsp></cs>
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<hw>Domes"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Domesmen</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[See <er>Doom</er>.]</ety> <def>A judge; an umpire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
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<hw>Do*mes"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>domesticus</ets>, fr. <ets>domus</ets> use: cf. F. <ets>domestique</ets>. See 1st <er>Dome</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; <as>as, <ex>domestic</ex> concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants</as>.</def>
<blockquote>His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his <b>domestic</b> feelings were unusually strong. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>4.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; <as>as, foreign wars and <ex>domestic</ex> dissensions</as>.</def>
<i>Shak.</i>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; <as>as, a <ex>domestic</ex> man or woman</as>.</def>
<p><b>4.</b> <def>Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; <as>as, <ex>domestic</ex> animals</as>.</def>
<p><b>5.</b> <def>Made in one's own house, nation, or country; <as>as, <ex>domestic</ex> manufactures, wines, etc.</as></def>
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<hw>Do*mes"tic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant; a house servant.</def>
<blockquote>The master labors and leads an anxious life, to secure plenty and ease to the <b>domestic</b>. <i>V. Knox.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>
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<hw>Do*mes"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Domestic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>Our private and <b>domestical</b> matter. <i>Sir. P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>
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<hw>Do*mes"tic*al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A family; a household.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
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<hw>Do*mes"tic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a domestic manner; privately; with reference to domestic affairs.</def>
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<hw>Do*mes"ti*cant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Forming part of the same family.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Sir E. Dering.</i>
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