(Naut.) A widely used system of electric night signals in which a series of double electric lamps (white and red) is arranged vertically on a mast, and operated from a keyboard below. [ Archaic ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., fr. bouder to pout, be sulky. ] A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady's bedroom; a lady's (or sometimes a gentleman's) private room. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Dere, v. t. ] Doing daring or chivalrous deeds. [ Obs. ] “In derdoing arms.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from the name of the dealer. ] 1. A kind of woolen stuff. [ Obs. ] “Some doily petticoats.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fool and a doily stuff, would now and then find days of grace, and be worn for variety. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; -- commonly colored and fringed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Doings Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do. [ 1913 Webster ]

To render an account of his doings. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. duit, Icel. pveit, prop., a piece cut off. See Thwaite a piece of ground, Thwite. ] 1. A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A thing of small value; as, I care not a doit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A very small coin; a doit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. evil behavior.
Syn. -- transgression. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ NL. gadus cod + -oid: cf. F. gadoïde gadoid, Gr. &unr_; a sort of fish, F. gade. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the family of fishes (Gadidæ) which includes the cod, haddock, and hake. -- n. One of the Gadidæ. [ Written also gadid. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A substance resembling indigo blue, obtained artificially from certain isatogen compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, la`mbda the letter lambda (Λ) + e"i^dos shape.] Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (Λ); as, the lambdoid suture between the occipital and parietal bones of the skull. [1913 Webster]

a. Same as Lambdoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lambdoid. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lepas + -oid. ] (Zool.) A stalked barnacle of the genus Lepas, or family Lepadidæ; a goose barnacle. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., apparently the same word as Macédoine Macedonia. ] A kind of mixed dish, as of cooked vegetables with white sauce, sweet jelly with whole fruit, mixed diced fruits or vegetables etc.; served hot or cold; Also, (fig.), a medley. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A wrong done; a fault or crime; an offense; as, it was my misdoing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, pyramid + -id: cf. F. pyramidoïde. ] A solid resembling a pyramid; -- called also pyramoid. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. "ra`bdos a rod + -oid + -al.] (Anat.) See Sagittal. [Written also rhabdoidal.] [1913 Webster]

a. See Sagittal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. sardoine. ] (Min.) Sard; carnelian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Nav.) One skilled in the theory or use of torpedoes; also, one who favors the use of torpedoes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. The reversal of what has been done. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ruin. “The utter undoing of some.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. sing. & pl. [ F. ] 1. An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of the Swiss canton of Vaud. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A modern name of the Waldenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A doing well; right performance of duties. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Evil or wicked behavior or action. [ 1913 Webster ]