Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DEDavid breaks forth into these triumphant praises and doxologies. Dox"y (?), n.; pl. Doxies (#). [See Duck a pet.] A loose wench; a disreputable sweetheart. Shak. Doy`en" (?), n. [F. See Dean.] Lit., a dean; the senior member of a body or group; as, the doyen of French physicians. "This doyen of newspapers." A. R. Colquhoun. Doy"ly (?), n. See Doily. Doze (dōz), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dozed (dōzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dozing.] [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel. dūsa to doze, Dan. döse to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, dös dullness, drowsiness, dösig drowsy, AS. dw If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him. Doze, v. t. 1. To pass or spend in drowsiness; as, to doze away one's time. 2. To make dull; to stupefy. [Obs.] I was an hour . . . in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work. They left for a long time dozed and benumbed. Doze, n. A light sleep; a drowse. Tennyson. Doz"en (dŭz"'n), n.; pl. Dozen (before another noun), Dozens (?). [OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See Two, Ten, and cf. Duodecimal.] |