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<hw>Don"a*tive</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Vested or vesting by donation; <as>as, a <ex>donative</ex> advowson</as>.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Donator</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Do*na"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. Cf. <er>Donor</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who makes a gift; a donor; a giver.</def>

<h1>Donatory</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Don"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>A donee of the crown; one the whom, upon certain condition, escheated property is made over.</def>

<h1>Do-naught</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Do"-naught`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Do</ets> + <ets>naught</ets>.]</ety> <def>A lazy, good-for-nothing fellow.</def>

<h1>Donax</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Do"nax</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., reed, also a sea fish, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A canelike grass of southern Europe (<spn>Arundo Donax</spn>), used for fishing rods, etc.</def>

<h1>Doncella</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Don*cel"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp., lit., a maid. Cf. <er>Damsel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (<spn>Platyglossus radiatus</spn>). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (<spn>Harpe rufa</spn>) of the same region.</def>

<h1>Done</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Done</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>p. p.</tt> from <er>Do</er>, and formerly the <tt>infinitive.</tt></def>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Performed; executed; finished.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>It is done or agreed; let it be a match or bargain; -- used elliptically.</def>

<cs><col>Done brown</col>, <cd>a phrase in cookery; applied figuratively to one who has been thoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>Done for</col>, <cd>tired out; used up; collapsed; destroyed; dead; killed.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>Done up</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Wrapped up</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Worn out; exhausted. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Done</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Done</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Prob. corrupted from OF. <ets>don\'82</ets>, F. <ets>donn\'82</ets>, p. p. of OF. <ets>doner</ets>, F. <ets>donner</ets>, to give, issue, fr. L. <ets>donare</ets> to give. See <er>Donate</er>, and cf. <er>Donee</er>.]</ety> <def>Given; executed; issued; made public; -- used chiefly in the clause giving the date of a proclamation or public act.</def>

<h1>Donee</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Do*nee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>don\'82</ets>, F. <ets>donn\'82</ets>, p. p. See the preceding word.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The person to whom a gift or donation is made.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a power is conferred for execution; -- sometimes called the <i>appointor</i>.</def>

<h1>Donet</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Don"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Donat</er>. <i>Piers Plowman</i>.</def>

<h1>Doni</h1> <Xpage=444>

<hw>Do"ni</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Tamil <ets>t<?/n\'c6</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>dhony</asp>, <asp>doney</asp>, and <asp>done</asp>.]</altsp>

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