Dictionary: DOUBT'A-BLE – DOUSE

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DOUBT'A-BLE, a.

That may be doubted. – Sherwood.

DOUBT'ED, pp.

Scrupled; questioned; not certain or settled.

DOUBT'ER, n.

One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples.

DOUBT'FUL, a.

  1. Dubious; not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating; applied to persons; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure.
  2. Dubious; ambiguous; not clear in its meaning; as, a doubtful expression.
  3. Admitting of doubt; not obvious, clear, or certain; questionable; not decided; as, a doubtful case; a doubtful proposition; it is doubtful what will be the event of the war.
  4. Of uncertain issue. We have sustained one day in doubtful fight. – Milton.
  5. Not secure; suspicious; as, we cast a doubtful eye. – Hooker.
  6. Not confident; not without fear; indicating doubt. With doubtful feet, and wavering resolution. – Milton.
  7. Not certain or defined; as, a doubtful hue. – Milton.

DOUBT'FUL-LY, adv.

  1. In a doubtful manner; dubiously. – Spenser.
  2. With doubt; irresolutely.
  3. Ambiguously; with uncertainty of meaning. Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. – Dryden.
  4. In a state of dread. [Obs.] – Spenser.

DOUBT'FUL-NESS, n.

  1. A state of doubt or uncertainty of mind; dubiousness; suspense; instability of opinion. – Watts.
  2. Ambiguity; uncertainty of meaning. – Locke.
  3. Uncertainty of event or issue; uncertainty of condition. – Johnson.

DOUBT'ING, ppr.

Wavering in mind; calling in question; hesitating.

DOUBT'ING-LY, adv.

In a doubting manner; dubiously; without confidence.

DOUBT'LESS, a.

Free from fear of danger; secure. [Obs.] Pretty child, sleep doubtless and secure. – Shak.

DOUBT'LESS, adv.

Without doubt or question; unquestionably. The histories of Christ by the evangelists are doubtless authentic.

DOUBT'LESS-LY, adv.

Unquestionably. – Beaum.

DOU'CED, n. [from Fr. douce.]

A musical instrument. [Not in use.] – Chaucer.

DOU'CET, n. [Fr.]

A custard. [Not in use.]

DOU'CEUR, n. [Fr. from doux, sweet, L. dulcis.]

A present or gift; a bribe.

DOU'CINE, n. [Fr.]

A molding concave above and convex below, serving as a cymatium to a delicate cornice; a gula. – Encyc.

DOUCK'ER, n. [See Duck.]

A fowl that dips or dives in water. – Ray.

DOUGH, n. [do; Sax. dah; D. deeg; Sw. deg; Dan. dej; G. teig. Probably a soft mass, and perhaps allied to thick. See Class Dg, No. 8, 17, 21, 22, 36.]

Paste of bread; a mass composed of flour or meal moistened and kneaded, but not baked. My cake is dough, that is, my undertaking is not come to maturity. – Shak.

DOUGH-BAK-ED, a.

Unfinished; not hardened to perfection; soft. – Donne.

DOUGH-KNEAD-ED, a.

Soft; like dough. – Milton.

DOUGH'NUT, n. [dough and nut.]

A small roundish cake, made of flour, eggs and sugar, moistened with milk and boiled in lard.

DOUGH'TI-NESS, n. [dou'tiness. See Doughty.]

Valor; bravery.

DOUGH'TY, a. [dou'ty; Sax. dohtig, brave, noble; Dan. dygtig, able, fit; Sax. dugan, to be able or strong, to be good; D. deugen; G. taugen; Sw. duga; Dan. duer; hence, Sax. dugoth, valor, strength, or virtue; Ir. deagh, diagh, good; allied probably to L. deceo. See Decent.]

Brave; valiant; eminent; noble; illustrious; as, a doughty hero. – Pope. It is now seldom used except in irony or burlesque.

DOUGH'Y, a. [do'y.]

Like dough; soft; yielding to pressure; pale. – Shak.

DOUSE, v.i.

To fall suddenly into water. – Hudibras.

DOUSE, v.t. [This word seems to accord with dowse, or rather with the Gr. δυω, δυσις.]

  1. To thrust or plunge into water.
  2. In seamen's language, to strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly. Douse the top-sail. – Mar. Dict.