Part 3399

<blockquote>I could not tell till <b>doomsday</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Doomsday Book</col>. <cd>See <er>Domesday Book</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Doomsman</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Dooms"man</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Doom</ets> + <ets>man</ets>.]</ety> <def>A judge; an umpire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hampole.</i>

<h1>Doomster</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Doom"ster</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Dempster</er>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Door</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Door</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>dore</ets>, <ets>dure</ets>, AS. <ets>duru</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>dura</ets>, <ets>dor</ets>, D. <ets>deur</ets>, OHG. <ets>turi</ets>, door, <ets>tor</ets> gate, G. <ets>th\'81r</ets>, <ets>thor</ets>, Icel. <ets>dyrr</ets>, Dan. <ets>d\'94r</ets>, Sw. <ets>d\'94rr</ets>, Goth. <ets>daur</ets>, Lith. <ets>durys</ets>, Russ. <ets>dvere</ets>, Olr. <ets>dorus</ets>, L. <ets>fores</ets>, Gr. <?/; cf. Skr. <ets>dur</ets>, <ets>dv\'bera</ets>. <ets><?/<?/<?/<?/</ets>. Cf. <er>Foreign</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way.</def>

<blockquote>To the same end, men several paths may tread, As many <b>doors</b> into one temple lead. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened.</def>

<blockquote>At last he came unto an iron <b>door</b> That fast was locked. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Passage; means of approach or access.</def>

<blockquote>I am the <b>door</b>; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved. <i>John x. 9.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the <i>house</i> or <i>apartment</i> to which it leads.</def>

<blockquote>Martin's office is now the second <b>door</b> in the street. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>Blank door</col>, <col>Blind door</col></mcol>, <cd>etc. <fld>(Arch.)</fld> See under <er>Blank</er>, <er>Blind</er>, etc.</cd> -- <mcol><col>In doors</col>, &or; <col>Within doors</col></mcol>, <cd>within the house.</cd> -- <col>Next door to</col>, <cd>near to; bordering on.</cd>

<blockquote>A riot unpunished is but <b>next door to</b> a tumult. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

-- <mcol><col>Out of doors</col>, &or; <col>Without doors</col>, <i>and, colloquially</i>, <col>Out doors</col></mcol>, <cd>out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost.</cd>

<blockquote>His imaginary title of fatherhood is <b>out of doors</b>. <i>Locke. </i></blockquote>

-- <col>To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's door</col>, <cd>to charge one with a fault; to blame for.</cd> -- <col>To lie at one's door</col>, <cd>to be imputable or chargeable to.</cd>

<blockquote>If I have failed, the fault <b>lies</b> wholly <b>at my door</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote></cs>

<note>&hand; <i>Door</i> is used in an adjectival construction or as the first part of a compound (with or without the hyphen), as, <i>door</i> frame, <i>door</i>bell or <i>door</i> bell, <i>door</i> knob or <i>door</i>knob, <i>door</i> latch or <i>door</i>latch, <i>door</i> jamb, <i>door</i> handle, <i>door</i> mat, <i>door</i> panel.</note>

<h1>Doorcase</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Door"case`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.</def>

<h1>Doorcheek</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Door"cheek`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The jamb or sidepiece of a door.</def>

<i>Ex. xii. 22 (Douay version).</i>