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nor 1G7, n6t 103—tube 171, tfjb 172, bill 173—511 299—p55nd 313 —thin 400, this 400.

DOLL , dfll , *. A little Rill’s puppet. !

fcT This word ought to be written with one I only :tor the reasons, see Principles, 40f>.

COLLAR , d&L'luv, s. 418. A Dutch andGerman coin of different value,from about twosinning and sixpence to four and sixpence.

DOLoitIFICK, d<Sl-&-r?i v ik, «• 530 * That

■which causes grief or pain.

D( >U)UOUS, doVo-rus, a. 503. Sorrowful,

d()l t .f [1 | t (Jisnial ; painful.

■DOLOUR, di'lur, s. 3M. Grief, sorrow;lamentation, complaint.

^ Mr. Nare?, W. Johnston, Buchanan, Elphinston,N 1 ^"dck. make the first o in this word Bhort, as indollar j and Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scolt, Mr. Perry, and, r * Ash, long, aa in Donor: the latter is, in my opi-"!? Um * the most analogical. 542.

~OLPHlN, Utilfin, s. A fish.

DOLT, dolt, s. A heavy stupid fellow.DOLTISH, dMt'ish, a. Stupid, blockish.DOMAIN, do-mine', s. Dominion, empire ;possession, estate.

DOME, dome, s. A building, a house, afabrick ; an hemispherical arch, a cupola.fcT There is a strong propensity, particularly in thepeople of London , to pronounce this word so as to*nynie with room ; but this is contrary to all our Die-ronaries which give the sound of the vowels, andJ^ht not to be suffered to add to the already too nu-merous exceptions to the general sound of o.

DOMESTICAL, do-mes'te-kal, 1 a. Belong-DOMESTJCK, do-mis'tik, f ing to the

liouse, not relating to things publick ; private,not open ; inhabiting the house, not wild ; notforeign, intestine.

Dr. Johnson observes, that of English , as of allliving tongues, there is a double pronunciation, onecursory and colloquial, the other regular and solemn,lie gives no instances of this double pronunciation ;*ttd it is at first a little difficult to conceive what arehie words in which this observation ia verified. Solemns Peaking seems to have no effect upon the accentedbowels; for, lei us pronounce them as rapidly or asSolemnly as we will, we certainly do not make anyhange iu the quantity or quality of them. The onlyof the lauguage in which Dr. Johnson’s observa-ed? 8eelns h ue is some of the vowels when unaccent-ch-’ ailt ! these the o seems to undergo the greatestthe* 1 *'- 6 * n COnSe Q u ®nce of solemnity or rapidity. Thus] 0 ® ln is* lu solemn speaking, pronounced asful1 a * ‘ n die first syllable of oyen ; but, inXlU, i^ n< * curso, y speaking, as short as the o in oven.Jhu(| e i‘ l . t f Cr 8muu *» however, must not be given as a> for » let the pronunciation be ever so rapid andthis r ’ V ,ere i & a certain elegance in giving the o, in*hicl "?i ,0n > * t8 open sound, approaching to thatfifi 'h* has when under the accent*, and though no-delicacy of ear will direct ns to the degreecenj., , Uri ? isa with which we must pronounce the imac-Damestick, Docility, Potential, Proceed,Vo 'vei» . l<: k>AfoHof 07 ty, &c.we maybe assured that thesecan tu..* 1 ** exacl| y un der the same predicament; andhe pronounced short and shut, as if writteniug lhe Dossiliti/, Pottentiul, &c. without hurt-

the first ,' lr - 8 °. 1 every good speaker, and overturningThe 6am? c '^ e8 °* pronunciation. 547,518.u uaccenu.rt e Nervations «eein to hold good of the*itory ailnt 1,1 ev ery word ending in ory ; as trail-hiinlvVog j r ^» &c - The o in rapid speaking cer-as if written transitury, tfi-hi l!i e a Cc ‘ \ ’I 11 in s °lemn pronunciation approacheshut as u 1(! , °P en sound of o in glory, story, &c. ;

i lt o nouncon U . 8u terminations never admits of beingUef«) te »i,_ a ff uil e go open as when ending a syllable'he c„ii llnil f <, 1 cent » 1 have, like Mr. Sheridan, given itTo Tw\i - 8o, 'nd of short u. 512_See Command.

V\^, l ES T tCfVcE > ». a.

Publick C “ oraesticl ‘. to withdraw from the

DOMINANT, dom'c-nant, a. Predominant,

presiding, ascendant.

To DOMINATE, d6m'e-nite, v. a. To pre-dominate, to prevail over the rest.DOMINATION, d5m-4-na'sliun, s. Power,dominion ; tyranny, insolent authority ; onehighly exalted in power, used of angelickbeings.

DOMINATOR, d5m'e-na-tSr, s.,521. Thepresiding power.

To DOMINEER, dSm-i-neer', r. n. To rulewith insolence, to act without control.DOMINICAL, ilo-min'e-kal, a. That whichnotes the Lord’s day, or Sunday.DOMINION, do-mln'yun, s. 113. Sovereignauthority ; right of possession or use, withoutbeing accountable ; territory ; region, district;predominant, ascendant; an order of angels.DON, d6n 5 . The Spanish title for a gen-tleman.

To DON, diin, v. a. To put on. Little used.DONARY, donil-re, s. A thing given tosacred uses.

DONATION, di-n&'shun, s. The act ofgiving any thing; the grant by which anything is given.

DONATIVE, dfln'J-tlv, s. 503. A gift, a

largess, a present; in law, a benefice, merelygiven and collated by the patron to a man,without institution or induction.

have differed from Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scolt,W. Johnston, and Kritick, in the quantity of the vowelin the first syllable of this word, not only as I think itcontrary to the best usage, but as it is at variance withthe analogy of words in this termination. Let not thelong quantity of the Latin o in Donatio he pleaded infavour of my opponents ; for (waving the utter uncer-tainty of arguing from the Latin quantity to ours) thiswould prove that the a and e in the firBt syllable ofSanative and Lenitive ought to be long likewise. Dr*Kenrick, Dr. Ash, and Mr. Perry, are on my side.DONE, dun. Part. pass, of the verb Do.DONE, dun, interject. The word by whicha wager is concluded ; when a wager is offered,he that accepts says it is Done.

DONOR, do'nftr, s. A giver, abestower.DOODLE, d&ft'dl, s. 405. A Differ, an idler.A low word.

To DOOM, dS5m,v. a. To condemn to anypunishment, to sentence; to command judi-cially or authoritatively ; to destine, to com-mand by uncontrollable authority.

DOOM, dbh m, s. Judicial sentence,judge-ment, condemnation; determination declared;the state to which one is destined ; ruin, de-struction.

DOOMSDAY, di&nz'dk, *- The day of

final and universal judgement ; the last, thegreat day; theday of sentence or condemnation.DOOMSDAY-BOOK , dSom/tla-boSk, *.A book made by order of William the Con­ queror , in which the estates of the kingdomwere registered.

DOOR , dore, *. 310. The gate of a house,that which opens to yield entrance ; entrance,portal; passage, avenue, means of approach.—Out ot Doors, no more to be found, fairlysent away.—At the Door of any one, impu-table, chargeable upon him,—-Next l)oor to-approaching to, near to.

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