Part 3426

<h1>Dove's-foot</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dove's"-foot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small annual species of Geranium, native in England; -- so called from the shape of the leaf</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The columbine.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Doveship</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dove"ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The possession of dovelike qualities, harmlessness and innocence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Dovetail</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dove"tail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one.</def>

<cs><col>Dovetail molding</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a molding of any convex section arranged in a sort of zigzag, like a series of dovetails.</cd> -- <col>Dovetail saw</col> <fld>(Carp.)</fld>, <cd>a saw used in dovetailing.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dovetail</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dove"tail`</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dovetailed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dovetailing</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To cut to a dovetail</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To join by means of dovetails.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to fit ingeniously or complexly.</def>

<blockquote>He put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically <b>dovetailed</b> . . . that it was indeed a very curious show. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dovish</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dov"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a dove; harmless; innocent.</def> "Joined with <i>dovish</i> simplicity."

<i>Latimer.</i>

<h1>Dow</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dow</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of vessel. See <er>Dhow</er>.</def>

<h1>Dow</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dow</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>douer</ets>. See <er>Dower</er>.]</ety> <def>To furnish with a dower; to endow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Dowable</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dow"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Dow</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Dowager</h1> <Xpage=448>

<hw>Dow"a*ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>douagiere</ets>, fr. <ets>douage</ets> dower. See <er>Dower</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease.</def>