Part 3411

<h1>Dotish</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Dot"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Foolish; weak; imbecile.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Dottard</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Dot"tard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[For <er>Dotard</er> ?]</ety> <def>An old, decayed tree.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Dotted</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Dot"ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects.</def>

<cs><col>Dotted note</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>a note followed by a dot to indicate an increase of length equal to one half of its simple value; thus, a dotted semibreve is equal to three minims, and a dotted quarter to three eighth notes.</cd> -- <col>Dotted rest</col>, <cd>a rest lengthened by a dot in the same manner as a dotted note.</cd></cs>

<note>&hand; Notes and rests are sometimes followed by two dots, to indicate an increase of length equal to three quarters of their simple value, and they are then said to be <i>double-dotted</i>.</note>

<h1>Dotterel</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Dot"ter*el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Dottard</er>.]</ety> <def>Decayed.</def> "Some old <i>dotterel</i> trees." <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ascham.</i>

<h1>Dotterel</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Dot"ter*el</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Dote</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A European bird of the Plover family (<spn>Eudromias, &or; Charadrius, morinellus</spn>). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler.</def>

<blockquote>In catching of <b>dotterels</b> we see how the foolish bird playeth the ape in gestures. <i> Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The ringed dotterel (or ring plover) is <spn>Charadrius hiaticula</spn>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull.</def>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<h1>Dotting pen</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Dot"ting pen`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See under <er>Pun</er>.</def>

<h1>Dottrel</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Dot"trel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dotterel</er>.</def>

<h1>Doty</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Do"ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dottard</er>.]</ety> <def>Half-rotten; <as>as, <ex>doty</ex> timber</as>.</def> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Douane</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Dou`ane"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A customhouse.</def>