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<h1>Doorga</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Door"ga</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Skr. <ets>Durg\'be</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>A Hindoo divinity, the consort of Siva, represented with ten arms.</def> <mark>[Written also Durga.]</mark>

<i>Malcom.</i>

<h1>Dooring</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Door"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The frame of a door.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Doorkeeper</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Door"keep`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.</def>

<h1>Doorless</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Door"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without a door.</def>

<h1>Doornail</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Door"nail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, "As dead as a <i>doornail</i>."</def>

<h1>Doorplane</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Door"plane`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A plane on a door, giving the name, and sometimes the employment, of the occupant.</def>

<h1>Doorpost</h1> <Xpage=445>

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

<h1>Doorsill</h1> <Xpage=445>

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

<h1>Doorstead</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Door"stead</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Entrance or place of a door.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Local]</mark>

<i>Bp. Warburton.</i>

<h1>Doorstep</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Door"step`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.</def>

<h1>Doorstone</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Door"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The stone forming a threshold.</def>

<h1>Doorstop</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Door"stop`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door.</def>

<h1>Doorway</h1> <Xpage=445>

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