Part 3397

<h1>Donship</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Don"ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or rank of a don, gentleman, or knight.</def>

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<h1>Donzel</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Don"zel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. It. <ets>donzello</ets>, Sp. <ets>doncel</ets>, OF. <ets>danzel</ets>. See <er>Damsel</er>, <er>Don</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A young squire, or knight's attendant; a page.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Doo</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Doo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A dove.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Doob grass</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Doob" grass`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Hind. <ets>d<?/b</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A perennial, creeping grass (<spn>Cynodon dactylon</spn>), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>doub grass</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Doodle</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Doo"dle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Dawdle</er>.]</ety> <def>A trifler; a simple fellow.</def>

<h1>Doodlesack</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Doo"dle*sack`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>dudelsack</ets>.]</ety> <def>The Scotch bagpipe.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Doole</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Doole</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Sorrow; dole.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Dooly</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Doo"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Doolies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Skr. <ets>d<?/la</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>doolee</asp> and <asp>doolie</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[East Indies]</mark>

<blockquote>Having provided <b>doolies</b>, or little bamboo chairs slung on four men's shoulders, in which I put my papers and boxes, we next morning commenced the ascent. <i>J. D. Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Doom</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Doom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[As. <ets>d<?/m</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>d<?/m</ets>, OHG. <ets>tuom</ets>, Dan. & Sw. <ets>dom</ets>, Icel. <ets>d<?/mr</ets>, Goth. <ets>d<?/ms</ets>, Gr. <?/ law; fr. the root of E. <ets>do</ets>, v. t. <?/. See <er>Do</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Deem</er>, <er>-dom</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.</def>

<blockquote>The first <b>dooms</b> of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens. <i>J. R. Green.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Now against himself he sounds this <b>doom</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.</def>

<blockquote>Ere Hector meets his <b>doom</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And homely household task shall be her <b>doom</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>