<B>dolly, </B>noun, pl. <B>dollies,</B> verb, <B>dollied,</B> <B>dollying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a child's name for a doll. <BR> <I>Ex. The little girl was crying, saying that a dog had taken her rag dolly.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a small low frame on wheels, used to move heavy things. <BR> <I>Ex. The refrigerator was moved into the house on a dolly. He put the baggage on his dolly and wheeled it out to the taxi stand (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a platform on wheels on which a motion-picture or television camera can be moved about. <DD><B> 4. </B>(U.S.) a small locomotive run on narrow-gauge tracks, used in switching, construction jobs, etc. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Mining.) a device for shaking and washing ore in a vessel. <DD><B> 6. </B>(British Dialect.) a wooden pole for stirring or twisting clothes in washing. <DD><B> 7. </B>a bar with a flat or cup-shaped piece set at an angle on one end, used to form or hold the head of a rivet. <DD><B> 8. </B>a block placed on the top of a pile while it is being driven. <DD><B> 9. </B><B>=dolly block.</B> <DD><B> 10. </B>(British Slang.) <B>=dolly bird.</B> <DD><B> 11. </B>(Cricket.) <B>=dolly catch.</B> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to move on a dolly. <BR> <I>Ex. The camera dollied in for the final scene.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dollybag">
<B>dolly bag,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British Informal.) a Dorothy bag. </DL>
<A NAME="dollybird">
<B>dolly bird,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) an attractive or fashionable girl; a doll. </DL>
<A NAME="dollyblock">
<B>dolly block,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a block placed behind sheet metal that is to be shaped with a hammer; dolly. <BR> <I>Ex. Select a dolly block with a face of the same general curvature as the panel (Toboldt and Purvis).</I> </DL>
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<B>dolly catch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Cricket.) an easy catch. </DL>
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<B>dollyman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who pushes or operates the dolly of a motion-picture or television camera. <BR> <I>Ex. It takes a fast dollyman on the camera to keep Douglas MacArthur in focus (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>dollyrocker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a young girl who is very up-to-date on the latest styles in clothes, music, and other items of interest to young people. <DD><B> 2. </B>a style of clothing worn by such girls. </DL>
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<B>Dolly Varden,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a dress printed with a large flower pattern, worn with the skirt gathered up in loops. <DD><B> 2. </B>a large hat with one side bent downward and trimmed with flowers, formerly worn by women. <DD><B> 3. </B>a trout of western North America with red spots on the sides, closely related to the brook trout. <BR> <I>Ex. The native char of the Pacific coastal waters is the Dolly Varden, a fish with a slender body and no wavy markings on the back (Carl L. Hubbs).</I> </DL>
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<B>dolma, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Turkish dish consisting of a vegetable stuffed with rice and meat, and boiled. </DL>
<A NAME="dolmades">
<B>dolmades, </B>noun pl. <B>=dolma.</B></DL>
<A NAME="dolman">
<B>dolman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mans.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a woman's coat or cloak with capelike flaps instead of sleeves. <DD><B> 2. </B>a long robe open in front, with narrow sleeves, worn by the Turks. <DD><B> 3. </B>a short jacket in the uniform of the Hungarian hussars, worn loosely on the shoulders like a cape. </DL>
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<B>dolman sleeve,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sleeve of a woman's dress or coat, close-fitting at the wrist and often to the elbow, full at the shoulder, and set deep into the garment's bodice. </DL>
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<B>dolmen, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a prehistoric monument, generally regarded as a tomb, made by laying a large, flat stone across several upright stones. </DL>
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<B>dolomite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a rock consisting mainly of calcium and magnesium carbonate. Much white marble is dolomite. <BR> <I>Ex. Dolomite is a granular ... limestone (David Page).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the mineral, calcium and magnesium carbonate composing this rock. </DL>
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<B>dolomitic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> consisting of or containing dolomite. <BR> <I>Ex. dolomitic limestone.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dolomitize">
<B>dolomitize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to convert into dolomite. noun <B>dolomitization.</B> </DL>
<B>doloresite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a black, anhydrous oxide of vanadium, associated with carbonaceous deposits in Colorado. </DL>
<A NAME="dolorimeter">
<B>dolorimeter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a device for measuring the intensity of pain in terms of dols. </DL>
<A NAME="dolorology">
<B>dolorology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the scientific study of pain. <BR> <I>Ex. Not until the specialty of dolorology began to emerge did the study of pain itself gain a new emphasis and respectability (New York Times Magazine).</I> noun <B>dolorologist.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="doloroso">
<B>doloroso, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) soft and plaintive. </DL>
<A NAME="dolorous">
<B>dolorous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>full of or expressing sorrow; mournful. <BR> <I>Ex. a little dolorous cry.</I> (SYN) sorrowful, doleful. <DD><B> 2. </B>causing or giving rise to sorrow; grievous; painful. (SYN) severe, acute. adv. <B>dolorously.</B> noun <B>dolorousness.</B> </DL>
<B>dolphin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>any one of a group of sea mammals related to the whale, but smaller. It has a snout like a beak and remarkable intelligence. Dolphins belong to the same order as whales and porpoises. <DD><B> b. </B><B>=porpoise.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>either of two large, edible, saltwater fishes that are remarkable for their changes of color when taken from the water and for their ability to swim rapidly; dorado. <DD><B> 3. </B>a post, especially several piles driven close together and capped or lashed together at the top, or a buoy used to moor a ship, raft of logs, etc. adj. â•¡dolphinlike. </DL>
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<B>Dolphin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the northern constellation Delphinus. </DL>
<A NAME="dolphinarium">
<B>dolphinarium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-iums,</B> <B>-ia.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an aquarium for dolphins. </DL>
<A NAME="dolphinfish">
<B>dolphinfish, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fishes</B> or (collectively) <B>-fish.</B> <B>=dolphin </B>(def. 2).</DL>
<A NAME="dolphinstriker">
<B>dolphin striker,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small spar under the bowsprit that helps support the jib boom; martingale. </DL>
<A NAME="dolt">
<B>dolt, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a dull, stupid person; blockhead; numskull. <BR> <I>Ex. Oh dolt, as ignorant as dirt (Shakespeare).</I> (SYN) dunce. </DL>
<A NAME="doltish">
<B>doltish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> like a dolt; dull and stupid. <BR> <I>Ex. a doltish clown.</I> (SYN) foolish, thick-headed, senseless. adv. <B>doltishly.</B> noun <B>doltishness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="dom">
<B>dom, </B>noun. <B>=doum palm.</B></DL>
<A NAME="dom">
<B>Dom, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a title given to Benedictine and Carthusian monks, and formerly to other Catholic dignitaries. <DD><B> 2. </B>a title used in Portugal and Brazil before the Christian name by royalty, cardinals, bishops, and gentlemen on whom the sovereign conferred it. </DL>
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<B>-dom,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix forming nouns.) <DD><B> 1. </B>(added to nouns) the position, rank, or realm of a ______. <BR> <I>Ex. Earldom = the rank of an earl. Kingdom = the realm of a king.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(added to adjectives) the condition or fact of being ______. <BR> <I>Ex. Freedom = the condition of being free.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(added to nouns) all those who are ______. <BR> <I>Ex. Heathendom = all those who are heathen.</I> </DL>
<B>DOM</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> dimethoxy-methylamphetamine (the chemical name of the hallucinogenic STP). </DL>
<A NAME="dom">
<B>D.O.M.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to God, the Best, the Greatest (Latin, <I>Deo Optimo Maximo</I>). </DL>
<A NAME="domain">
<B>domain, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the lands under the rule of one ruler or government. <BR> <I>Ex. Great Britain is a large island domain under the Crown of England.</I> (SYN) realm, dominion. <DD><B> 2. </B>land owned by one person; estate. (SYN) manor. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Law.) the absolute ownership of land. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) field of thought or action; sphere. <BR> <I>Ex. the domain of science, the domain of religion. Edison was a leader in the domain of invention.</I> (SYN) province. <DD><B> 5. </B>a region within a ferroelectric or ferromagnetic crystal, spontaneously polarized in a single direction. A crystal contains many domains polarized in a variety of directions, offsetting one another's energy. When domains are placed in a magnetic field, those favorably directed in respect to the field tend to grow at the expense of those unfavorably directed. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Mathematics.) the set of all numbers which can be assigned to the algebraic variable <I>x</I> in an equation with two variables. Since the members of such a set may serve as replacements for the variable in a given relation, the set is sometimes called <I>replacement set.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="domal">
<B>domal, </B>adjective. <B>=domical.</B> <I>Ex. domal mountains, resulting from the vertical uplift and doming of a circular or oval area (White and Renner).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="domanial">
<B>domanial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with domains or estates. </DL>
