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One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.

Without a door.

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.

The block 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.

A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.

A chart of previous performances, etc., of race horses. [Race- track Slang]

A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at different times from over fifteen dollars to about five. See Doblon in Sup.

A small annual species of Geranium, native in England; -- so called from the shape of the leaf.

Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen. [R.] Dryden.

See Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, etc., under Dragon.

Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.

See Dragonnade.