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The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, "As dead as a doornail."

A plane on a door, giving the name, and sometimes the employment, of the occupant.

The jamb or sidepiece of a doorway.

The sill or threshold of a door.

Entrance or place of a door. [Obs. or Local] Bp. Warburton.

The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.

The stone forming a threshold.

k or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door.

The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room.

A yard in front of a house or around the door of a house.

To adjudge. [Obs.] Spenser.

At the door; of the door; as, out adoors. Shak. I took him in adoors. Vicar's Virgil (1630).

A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way. Atterbury.

Acting from behind and in concealment; as backdoor intrigues.

ent or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock.

Same as Bridoon.

The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used in connection with a curb bit, which has its own rein. Campbell.

A large herbaceos plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a sald.

An extract or preparation of opium, used in China and India for smoking. Balfour.

The Brazilian porcupine (Cercolades, or Sphingurus, prehensiles), remarkable for its prehensile tail.