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

Done or being within doors; within a house or institution; domestic; as, indoor work.

Within the house; -- usually separated, in doors.

ry newly acquired by a conquering nation. In this sense, often used adjectively, as, open-door system, open-door policy, etc.

Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. See Out of door, under Out, adv. Amongst out-of-door delights. G. Eliot.

n air; being or done outside of certain buildings, as poorhouses, hospitals, etc.; as, outdoor exercise; outdoor relief; outdoor patients.

Abread; out of the house; out of doors.

Same as Pandour.

A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor.

Outdoor; exterior. [Obs.] "Her without-door form." Shak.

Behind in place; as, men in line one after another. "Shut doors after you." Shak.

Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.

An outer port, gate, or door.

utcast boy or girl. Tylor. The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are shivering in damp doorways. Lond. Sat. Rev.

Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door.

The group of moldings, or other architectural member, above and on both sides of a door or other opening, especially if square in form.

A relation of proximity to, or of presence in or on, something; as, at the door; at your shop; at home; at school; at hand; at sea and on land.

Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.

r object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it.

for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door. Thou shalt make bars of shittim wood. Ex. xxvi. 26.