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cking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one. Dovetail molding (Arch.), a molding of any convex section arranged in a sort of zigzag, like a series of dovetails. -- Dovetail saw (Carp.), a saw used in dovetailing.

Like a dove; harmless; innocent. "Joined with dovish simplicity." Latimer.

To furnish with a dower; to endow. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower. Blackstone.

A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease. Blount. Burrill.

The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively. Mansions that have passed away into dowagerism. Thackeray.

One of the testicles of a hart or stag. [Spelt also doucet.] B. Jonson.

Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking. -- Dow"di*ly, adv. -- Dow"di*ness, n.

Like a dowdy.

A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it. Dowel joint, a joint secured by a dowel or dowels. -- Dowel pin, a dowel. See Dowel, n.,

That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift. How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower! Sir J. Davies. Man in his primeval dower arrayed. Wordsworth.

Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion. Shak.

Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion. Shak.

See Dower.

The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also brownback, and grayback.

Same as Dowle.

A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico. Shak.

Feathery or wool-like down; filament of a feather. Shak. No feather, or dowle of a feather. De Quincey.

The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear. And the first down begins to shade his face. Dryden.

A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs. [Eng.] Knight.