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Show DO DO Look Downcaft and damp, yet fuch wherein appear' Some glimpfe of joy, whichron his count'nance caf Like doubtfulhue Milton 25 Say, will the falcon, ftooping from above Smit with her varying plumage, fpare the do'velf ope Not half fo fwift the trembling dowes can fly When the fierce cagle cleaves the liquid fky Not half fo fwiftly the fierce eagle moves When through the fkies he drives the tremblin Do'usTruLLy. adv. [from doubiful. 1. Dubioufly ; irrefolutely 2. Ambiguoufly ; with uncertainty o dowes meaning 2. A pigeon Knowin how doubtfully all allegories may b sonftrued, and this book of mine being a continua allegery, I have thought good to difcover the general intention Spenfer Her alter'd mind, and alienated care Dryden Nor did the goddefs doubtfully declar Do'uBTruLNEss. #. /. [from doubtful. 1. Dubioufnefs ; fufpenfe ; inftability o opinion Though doubtfulnefs or uncertainty feems to be. medium between certain truth and certain falfehood in our minds, yet there is no fuch medium i things themfelves Watts 2. Ambiguity; uncertainty of meaning In arguing, the opponent ufes as comprehenfiv and equivocal terms as he can, to involve his ad verfary in the doubtfulnefs of his expreflions an therefore the anfwerer, on his fide, makes it hi , play to diftinguith as much as he can Locke Moft of his philofophy is in broken fentences delivered with much doubtfulnefs Baker on Learn 3. Hazard ; uncertainty of event or condition Do'vrriNGLY. adv. [from doubt.] In doubting manner ; dubioufly ; withou confidence Whatfoever a man imagineth doubtingly, or wit N fear, muft needs do hurt, if imagination have an power at all 5 for a man reprefenteth that oftene that he feareth, than the contrary. Bacon's V. Hift Do'usTLESs adj [fro doubt. Fre from fear; v6id of apprehenfion of danger That Hubert, for the wealth of all the world Shakefpeare's King Fobn X am doubtlefs, I can purg Myfel of many I am charg'd withal Shak. H.1V Do''usrLESs. adv. Without doubt; without queftion ; unqueftionably Doubtlefs he would have madea noble knight., Sh All thei defires deferts or expetation th Congqueror had no other means to fatisfy, but b the eftates of fuch as had appeared open enemies t him, and doubtlefs-many innocent perfons fuffere in this kind Hale's Common Law Doubtle[s many men are finally loft, who yethav no men's fins to anfwer for but their own Sowzh Mountains have been doubtlefs much higher tha they are at prefent: the rains have wathed awa the foil, that has left the veins of ftones fhootin out of them. Weodward Doubtlefs, oh gueft! great laud and praife wer mine If, after focial rites and gifts beftow'd ¥ ftain'd my hofpitable hearth with blood. Pgpe's 0d Dovce'r. n. f. [doucet, French.] A cuftard. This word I find only in Stiuner and in dinfworth Do'vckEer. n./. [colymbus 3 from To douck corrupted from 7o duck. dips in the water A bird tha The colymbi, or douckers, or loons, are admirably conformed for diving, covered with thic plumage, and their feathers fo flippery that wate Ray cannot moiften them DOVE. #. [ [palumbus 5 duve, old Teutonick3 zaub, danb, German. 1. A wild pigeon So thews a fnowy dowe trooping with Crows As yonder Jady o'er her fellows fhows Pope 1 have here a dith of dowes, that I will befto Shakefp. Merch, of Venice upon your worfhip Do'vecor. n. f. [doweand cot.] A {mal building in which pigeons are bred an kept Like an eagle in a dovecot, Flutter'd your Volfcians in Corioli Shakefpeare's Coriolanus Alone I did it Do'veuouss. n /. [dove and honfe. houfe for pigeons The hawk fets up for prote€tor, and makes haL' Eftrange vock in the dowehoufe Dryd But ftill the dovehboufe obftinately ftood Do‘verarr. z. /. [dove and tail.] A for of joining two bodies together, wher that which is inferted has the form of wedge reverfed, and therefore canno fall out DovcH. = [ [bah, Sax. deegh, Dutch. 1. The pafte of bread, or pies, yet unbaked When the gods moulded up the pafte of man Some of their dough was left upon their hands For wantof fouls, and fo they made Egyptians. Dry You that from pliant pafte would fabricks raife Expeéting thence to gain immortal praife Your knuckles try, and let your finews kno Their power to kneed, and give the form to dough King 2. My cake is Dovcu My affair ha mifcarried ; my undertaking has neve come to maturity Iy cake is dough, but 'll in among the reft Outof hope of all, but my fhare of the feaft. Shak Pretty child, fleep doxbtlefs and fecure ‘Will not offend thee Shakefpeare's Romeo and Fuljct DoucHBAKED adj [dough and baked. Unfinifhed ; not hardened to perfection {oft For when, through taftelefs flat humility In doughbak'd men fome harmleflnefs we fee >Tis but his phlegm that's virtuous, and not he Donne Do'vcHTY. adj. [bohzig, Saxon ; deught virtue, Dutch. 1. Brave noble illuftrious eminent Ufed of men and things F. Qu If this doughty hiftorian hath any honour or con{cience left, he ought to beg pardon. Sti/ling flect adj. [from dough. 2. The. title given to ladje s whoemm(};;t{;]o'u 4fury their hufbands Catharine no mog Shall b'e call'd queen but princefs dowage And widow to prince Arthur. Shakefp, }%m'v Do'wpy # / An awkward, ill.dreffe inelegant woman _Laura, to his lady, was but"a kit Dido, a dowdy; Cleopatra, a gipfy ;hei‘re'il?ifi Hero, flidings and harlo s. Shak. Rome an - The bedlam train of lovers uf T" inhance the value, and the faults e cufe And therefore 'tis no wonder if we fe They doat on dowvdies and deformity Dryden Do'wpy. adj. Awkward No houfewifery the dowdy creature kney To fum up all, her tongue confefs'd the fhre DO'WER DO'WERY. § /- [dovaire, French.] 1. That whic the wife bringeth to he hufband in marriage His wife brought in dow's Cilicia's crown And in herfelf a greater dow'r alone Dryden His only daughter in a ftranger's pow'r For very want, he could not pay a dow'r, clean.sh data import.tsv out README Ppe Rich, though depriv'd of all her little fore For who can feize fair virtue's better dow'r 2. That which the widow-poffeffes Melmouth His patrimonial territories of Flanders were i dower to his mother-in-law Bacor's Henry V1L 3. The gifts of a hufband for a wife Afk me never fo much dowery and gift, and will give according as you fhall fay unto me; bu give me the damfel to wife Gens xXxivs 12 4. Endowment ; gift What {preading virtue, what a fparkling fire How great, how plentiful, how rich a dow'r Doft thou within this dying flefh infpire! Davit Do'WERED. adj. [from dower.] Portioned fupplied with a portion Will you with thofe infirmities fhe owes Unfriended, new adapted to our hate Dower'd with our curfe, and firanger'd with ou oat Take her', or leave her Shakefpeare's King Leor Do'WERLESS. adj. [ from dower.] Wantin Is queen of us, and ours, and our fair gm;;w line o kin f coa / # Do''wras Doawlas, filthy dowlas; 1 have given them 2 r t u b d m ha v h th th a s v e w . ; :tl)ler Down. 7. /. [duun, Danifh. Unfound ; 1. Soft feathers Your fon was mifled with a fnipt taffata fello there, whofe villanous faftron would have made al the unbaked dnd doughy youth of a nation in hi colour Shakefpeare @. a. [0 n Pope {oft ; unhardened 7o DOUSE 2 ; Wldow_s have a greater in even e Shah ereft in Prope ;1therdma1ds or wi;es; f or a dowager asa freeholder ¢ it i5 5 Untatyrg o conftituti chance in burlefque Do'vcuy Like to a ftepdame or a dowag,i4 f‘ Long wintering on a young man e Thy dow'rlefs daughter, king, thrown to o 2. It is now feldom ufed but ironically, o She fmil'd to fee the doughty hero flain But, at her fmile, the beau reviv'd again She lingers fny defit a fortune ; unportioned Such reftlefs paflion did all night tormen The flatt'ning courage of that fairy knight Devifing how that doughty tournamen With greate®t honour he achieven might but probabl itis a cant word formed from the found. T'o put over head fuddenly in the water 7o Dousk. w. #z. To fall {fuddenly int the water It is no jefting, trivial matter To fwing i' th' air, or doufe in water. Hudibras Do'waGER. #. /. [douairiere, Frengh.] 1. A widow with a jointure Virtue is the rougheft way " d w d o b g n a e o But p Leave, leave, fair bride! your folitary bed e o a 1 t r t r y a f r m N It nurfeth fadnefs : and your body's print t d w d n d e y Like to a grave, t fin ble th cou an n w d o o b u : " : b e D r b u f ' Ox ?htort minut k? r v i o t t t n c A tender weakl d b w d o u t t owi o h o f a t 2. 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