n. [ Fr., fr. L. adolescentia. ] The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being adolescent; youthfulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A youth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adolescens, p. pr. of adolescere to grow up to; ad + the inchoative olescere to grow: cf. F. adolescent. See Adult. ] Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong,
Detain their adolescent charge too long. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aldehyde + -ol as in alcohol. ] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, C4H8O2, obtained by condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde: CH3CHO + CH3CHO = H3CH(OH)CH2CO; also, any of various derivatives of this. The same reaction has been applied, under the name of
aldol condensation, to the production of many compounds. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Amide + -ol as in alcohol. ] (Photog. & Chem.) A salt of a diamino phenol, C6H3(OH)(NH2)2, used as a developer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ F. bandoulière (cf. It. bandoliera, Sp. bandolera), fr. F. bande band, Sp. & It. banda. See Band, n. ] 1. A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was used for supporting the musket and twelve cases for charges, but later only as a cartridge belt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the leather or wooden cases in which the charges of powder were carried. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perh. allied to band. ] A glutinous pomatum for the hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) 1. A grey cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe. Also Tursiops truncatus -- a synonym?
Syn. -- bottlenose dolphin. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. The puffin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. a north Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead.
Syn. -- bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL. Anacardium generic name of the cashew + L. oleum oil. ] (Chem.) A yellow oily liquid, extracted from the shell of the cashew nut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. cholh` bile + -logy. Cf. F. cholédologie. ] (Med.) A treatise on the bile and bilary organs. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Littré says that the word cholédologie is absolutely barbarous, there being no Greek word &unr_;. A proper form would be cholology. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Expressing condolence. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Condoled p. pr. & vb. n. Condoling. ] [ L. condolere; con- + dolere to feel pain, grieve. See Doleful. ] To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole with you. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To lament or grieve over. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I come not, Samson, to condole thy chance. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Condolence. “A pitiful condolement.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sorrow; mourning; lamentation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. condoléance. ] Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their congratulations and their condolences. Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

A special mission of condolence. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who condoles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kroky`s nap on cloth + -lite. ] (Min.) A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dedolens, p. pr. of dedolere to give over grieving; de- + dolere to grieve. ] Feeling no compunction; apathetic. [ R. ] Hallywell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + oxygen + indol. ] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance obtained by the reduction of isatin. It is a member of the indol series; -- hence its name. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. dolare to hew. ] A rude ancient ax or hatchet, seen in museums. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dolabra a mattock + -form. ] Shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some leaves, and also certain organs of some shellfish.

{ ‖ } adv. [ It., fr. L. dulcis sweet, soft. ] (Mus.) Softly; sweetly; with soft, smooth, and delicate execution.

n. pl. [ Cf. Gael. doltrum grief, vexation? ] A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be in the doldrums, to be in a state of listlessness ennui, or tedium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. deol, doel, dol, OF. doel, fr. doloir to suffer, fr. L. dolere; perh. akin to dolare to hew. ] grief; sorrow; lamentation. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And she died.
So that day there was dole in Astolat. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dolus: cf. F. dol. ] (Scots Law) See Dolus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. dāl portion; same word as d&aemacr_;l. See Deal. ] 1. Distribution; dealing; apportionment. [ 1913 Webster ]

At her general dole,
Each receives his ancient soul. Cleveland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Alms; charitable gratuity or portion. [ 1913 Webster ]

So sure the dole, so ready at their call,
They stood prepared to see the manna fall. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heaven has in store a precious dole. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A boundary; a landmark. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A void space left in tillage. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Dole beer, beer bestowed as alms. [ Obs. ] --
Dole bread, bread bestowed as alms. [ Obs. ] --
Dole meadow, a meadow in which several persons have a common right or share. --
on the dole, receiving financial assistance from a governmental agency, such as a welfare agency; as, after his unemployment benefits ran out, his family was on the dole for a year. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Doled p. pr. & vb. n. Doling. ] To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The supercilious condescension with which even his reputed friends doled out their praises to him. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal. [ 1913 Webster ]

With screwed face and doleful whine. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. Milton.

Syn. -- Piteous; rueful; sorrowful; woeful; melancholy; sad gloomy; dismal; dolorous; woe-begone.

-- Dole"ful*ly, adv. -- Dole"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dolens, p. pr. of dolere: cf. F. dolent. See Dole sorrow. ] Sorrowful. [ Obs. ] Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. & adv. [ It. ] (Mus.) Plaintively. See Doloroso. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. dolero`s deceptive, because it was easily confounded with diorite. ] (Petrography) (a) A dark, crystalline, igneous rock, chiefly pyroxene with labradorite. (b) Coarse-grained basalt. (c) Diabase. (d) Any dark, igneous rock composed chiefly of silicates of iron and magnesium with some feldspar. -- Dol`er*it"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

a. Of the nature of dolerite; as, much lava is doleritic lava. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Doleful; dismal; gloomy; sorrowful. -- Dole"some*ly, adv. -- Dole"some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Delve. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

{ , n. [ Cf. F. dolichcéphalie. ] The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. dolicho`s long + kefalh` head. ] (Anat.) Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic. -- Dol`i*cho*ceph"al a. & n.

n. 1. a genus of rodents including the maras.
Syn. -- genus Dolichotis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. dolium large jar + -form. ] (Biol.) Barrel-shaped, or like a cask in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of oceanic tunicates.
Syn. -- family Doliolidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L. doliolum a small cask. ] (Zool.) A genus of freeswimming oceanic tunicates, allied to Salpa, and having alternate generations. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. large jar. ] (Zool.) A genus of large univalve mollusks, including the partridge shell and tun shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A contraction of Dorothy; or less prob. an abbreviation of idol; or cf. OD. dol a whipping top, D. dollen to rave, and E. dull. ] 1. a small, usually flexible figure representing a human being, especially a toy baby for a little girl; a child's puppet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. an attractive woman or girl. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

Come along and be my party doll. (The first words of the song)

n. [ D. daalder, LG. dahler, G. thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, i. e., a piece of money first coined, about the year 1518, in the valley (G. thal) of St. Joachim, in Bohemia. See Dale. ] 1. (a) A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains. (b) A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Previous to 1837 the silver dollar had a larger amount of alloy, but only the same amount of silver as now, the total weight being 416 grains. The gold dollar as a distinct coin was first made in 1849. The eagles, half eagles, and quarter eagles coined before 1834 contained 24.75 grains of gold and 2.25 grains of alloy for each dollar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coin of the same general weight and value as the United States silver dollar, though differing slightly in different countries, formerly current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. The value of a dollar; the unit of currency, differing in value in different countries, commonly employed in the United States and a number of other countries, including Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, parts of the Carribbean, Liberia, and several others. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Chop dollar. See under 9th Chop. --
Dollar fish (Zool.), a fish of the United States coast (Stromateus triacanthus), having a flat, roundish form and a bright silvery luster; -- called also butterfish, and Lafayette. See Butterfish. --
Trade dollar, a silver coin formerly made at the United States mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at home. It contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of alloy.

A paper note printed by the Treasury, or by one of the Federal Reserve Banks under authority of the treasury, having the value of one dollar. Also five dollar bill, ten dollar bill, etc.: notes with the value of five, ten, etc. dollars. Prior to 1964 such notes could be redeemed for the equivalent dollar value in silver coins, but in that year the backing of the currency with silver was discontinued. Such notes not convertible into precious metals at a fixed rate are called "fiat money", receiving their value solely from the good faith of the issuing government and the confidence of those using the currency. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) A species of sunfish (Lepomis pallidus), common in the United States; -- called also blue sunfish, and copper-nosed bream. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. small food fish (Poronotus triacanthus) of the Atlantic coast.
Syn. -- Poronotus triacanthus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies.
Syn. -- moonfish, Atlantic moonfish, horsefish, horsehead, Selene setapinnis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a house so small that it is likened to a child's dollhouse. Sometimes used in reference to a small house with especially elaborate exterior decoration. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. a small model of a house used as a toy by children, usually including miniature furniture and other objects that can be arranged inside it as the would be in a real house. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. See Dolman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Dollies 1. (Mining) A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mach.) A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]