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A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds.

To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.

One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door. Sterne.

ries of arches constructed one within another so as to correspond with splayed jambs of a doorway, or the like.

hence, to prove; to demonstrate. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. I will remonstrate to you the third door. B. Jonson.

The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb. [Written also revel.]

either may be used; -- said of fabrics. Reversible lock, a lock that may be applied to a door opening in either direction, or hinged to either jamb. -- Reversible process. See under Process.

ng mold, or group of moldings, forming with others a pattern, as on a ceiling, ornamental door, or the like.

; now, a somewhat similar, but heavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front, and having a door at each side.

e who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian. Assaults, if not murders, done at his own doors by that crew of rufflers. Milton.

various purposes, as for covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a potière, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from cold, etc.

The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; -- so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors. Saddle bar (Arch.), one the small iron bars to which the lead panels of a glazed window are secured. Oxf. Gloss. -- Saddle gall (Far.), a sore or gall upon a horse's back, ma…

ive way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.

The Arsenal in Venice; -- so called from having a figure of an archer over the door. Shak.

A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.] Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing and gossiping, clusters of old salts. Hawthorne.

To smooth or polish with sandpaper; as, to sandpaper a door.

The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes.

egular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl. David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate. 1. Sam. xxi. 13.

To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel.

; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press.