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Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility. [Colloq.] S. G. Goodrich.

A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.]

Sick as a dog sometimes is very sick. [Colloq.]

Dolphin fly (Zoöl.), the black, bean, or collier, Aphis (Aphis fable), destructive to beans. -- Dolphin striker (Naut.), a short vertical spar under the bowsprit.

pastor of the Reformed Church. The word is also applied locally in the United States, in colloquial speech, to any clergyman.

A clergyman. See Domine, 1. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]

A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities. [Univ. Cant] "The great dons of wit." Dryden.

To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college.

okery; applied figuratively to one who has been thoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled. [Colloq.] -- Done for, tired out; used up; collapsed; destroyed; dead; killed. [Colloq.] -- Done up. (a) Wrapped up. (b) Worn out; exhausted. [Colloq.]

unished is but next door to a tumult. L'Estrange. -- Out of doors, or Without doors, and, colloquially, Out doors, out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost. His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors. Locke. -- To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's door, to charge one with a fault; to blame for.…

g rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding school. Thackeray.

A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the roof. [Colloq.]

aked; hence, not brought to perfection; unfinished; also, of weak or dull understanding. [Colloq.] Halliwell.

A state of depression; low state; abasement. [Colloq.] It the downs of life too much outnumber the ups. M. Arnold.

A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod. [Colloq.]

A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows. "Some six or seven dozen of Scots." "A dozen of shirts to your back." "A dozen sons." "Half a dozen friends." Shak.

r from any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any company or collection of persons, or from the people at large; also, the body of men thus drafted. Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by drafts to serve for the year. Marshall.

ect. Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. Holwell.

A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage. [Collog.] Thackeray.

rray; to draw near, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect.