Part 3396

<i>Balfour.</i>

<h1>Doniferous</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Do*nif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>donum</ets> gift + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Bearing gifts.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Donjon</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Don"jon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dungeon</er>.]</ety> <def>The chief tower, also called the <i>keep</i>; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Castle</er>.</def>

<h1>Donkey</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Don"key</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Donkeys</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Prob. <ets>dun</ets>, in allusion to the color of the animal + a dim. termination.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.</def>

<cs><col>Donkey engine</col>, <cd>a small auxiliary engine not used for propelling, but for pumping water into the boilers, raising heavy weights, and like purposes.</cd> -- <col>Donkey pump</col>, <cd>a steam pump for feeding boilers, extinguishing fire, etc.; -- usually an auxiliary.</cd> -- <col>Donkey's eye</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the large round seed of the <spn>Mucuna pruriens</spn>, a tropical leguminous plant.</cd></cs>

<h1>Donna</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Don"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>donna</ets>, L. <ets>domina</ets>. See <er>Don</er>, <er>Dame</er>.]</ety> <def>A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy.</def>

<h1>Donnat</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Don"nat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted from <ets>do-naught</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Do-naught</er>.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Donnism</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Don"nism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<er>Don</er>, <tt>n</tt>., 2.]</ety> <def>Self-importance; loftiness of carriage.</def> <mark>[Cant, Eng. Universities]</mark>

<h1>Donor</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Do"nor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>donneur</ets>, OF. <ets>daneor</ets>, fr. <ets>donner</ets>. See <er>Donee</er>, and cf. <er>Donator</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; -- the opposite of <i>donee</i>.</def>

<i>Kent.</i>

<blockquote>Touching, the parties unto deeds and charters, we are to consider as well the <b>donors</b> and granters as the donees or grantees. <i>Spelman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Do-nothing</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Do"-noth`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; <as>as, a <ex>do-nothing</ex> policy</as>.</def>

<h1>Do-nothingism, Do-nothingness</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw><hw>Do"-noth`ing*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Do"-noth`ing*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>Inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness.</def> <mark>[Jocular]</mark>

<i>Carlyle. Miss Austen.</i>