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English Dictionary: Dorr by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L.
      taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. {Dormouse}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A large European scaraboid beetle ({Geotrupes stercorarius}),
      which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also
      applied to allied American species, as the {June bug}. Called
      also {dorr}, {dorbeetle}, or {dorrbeetle}, {dorbug},
      {dorrfly}, and {buzzard clock}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dor \Dor\, v. t.
      To make a fool of; to deceive. [Obs.] [Written also {dorr}.]
      --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dorr \Dorr\, n.
      The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st {Dor}.
      --Robynson (More's Utopia).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dorr \Dorr\, v. t.
      1. To deceive. [Obs.] See {Dor}, v. t.
  
      2. To deafen with noise. [Obs.] --Halliwell.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dorr, MI
      Zip code(s): 49323
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