Part 3424

<hw>Dou*loc"ra*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ slave + <?/ to rule.]</ety> <def>A government by slaves.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>dulocracy</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Hare.</i>

<h1>Doum palm</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Doum" palm`</hw> <tt>(d&oomac;m" p&aum;m`)</tt>. <def>See <er>Doom palm</er>.</def>

<h1>Doupe</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Doupe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The carrion crow.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>dob</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Dour</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dour</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dur</ets>, L. <ets>durus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<blockquote>A <b>dour</b> wife, a sour old carlin. <i>C. Reade.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Doura</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dou"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of millet. See <er>Durra</er>.</def>

<h1>Douroucouli</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dou`rou*cou"li</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Durukuli</er>.</def>

<h1>Douse</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Douse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Doused</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dousing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. <er>Dowse</er>, and OD. <ets>donsen</ets> to strike with the fist on the back, Sw. <ets>dunsa</ets> to fall down violently and noisily; perh. akin to E. <ets>din</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse.</def>

<i>Bp. Stillingfleet.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; <as>as, <ex>douse</ex> the topsail</as>.</def>

<h1>Douse</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Douse</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To fall suddenly into water.</def>

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<h1>Douse</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Douse</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>dw\'91scan</ets>. (Skeat.)]</ety> <def>To put out; to extinguish.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark> " To <i>douse</i> the glim."

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

<h1>Dousing-chock</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dous"ing-chock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck.</def>

<i>Ham. Nav. Encyc.</i>

<h1>Dout</h1> <Xpage=448>