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   dated
         adj 1: marked by features of the immediate and usually
                  discounted past

English Dictionary: doodad by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
day-to-day
adj
  1. of or belonging to or occurring every day; "daily routine"; "a daily paper"
    Synonym(s): daily, day-to-day, day-by-day, day-after-day
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dead ahead
adv
  1. exactly ahead or in front; "the laboratory is dead ahead"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dead heat
n
  1. a tie in a race
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deadhead
n
  1. a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way; "the deadheads on the payroll should be eased out as fast as possible"
  2. a train or bus or taxi traveling empty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deadwood
n
  1. a branch or a part of a tree that is dead
  2. someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded
    Synonym(s): fifth wheel, deadwood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doodad
n
  1. something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use"
    Synonym(s): doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gizmo, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob, thingamajig, thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dotted
adj
  1. having a pattern of dots [syn: dotted, flecked, specked, speckled, stippled]
  2. having gaps or spaces; "sign on the dotted line"
    Synonym(s): dashed, dotted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
due date
n
  1. the date on which an obligation must be repaid [syn: maturity, maturity date, due date]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Aoudad \[d8]A"ou*dad\, n. [The Moorish name.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An African sheeplike quadruped (the {Ammotragus tragelaphus})
      having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is,
      perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Tethyodea \[d8]Te`thy*o"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Tethys + Gr.
      [?] form.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A division of Tunicata including the common attached
      ascidians, both simple and compound. Called also
      {Tethioidea}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Date \Date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Dating}.] [Cf. F. dater. See 2d {Date}.]
      1. To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an
            instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a
            letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter.
  
      2. To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the
            date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids.
  
      Note: We may say dated at or from a place.
  
                        The letter is dated at Philadephia. --G. T.
                                                                              Curtis.
  
                        You will be suprised, I don't question, to find
                        among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a
                        letter dated from Blois.               --Addison.
  
                        In the countries of his jornal seems to have been
                        written; parts of it are dated from them. --M.
                                                                              Arnold.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dead \Dead\ (d[ecr]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de[a0]d;
      akin to OS. d[omac]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[edh]r,
      Sw. & Dan. d[94]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb
      meaning to die. See {Die}, and cf. {Death}.]
      1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to {alive} and {living};
            reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of
            motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their
            functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. [bd]The queen, my
            lord, is dead.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.
                                                                              --Arbuthnot.
  
                     Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
  
      3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of
            life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
  
      4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead
            calm; a dead load or weight.
  
      5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a
            dead floor.
  
      6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead
            capital; dead stock in trade.
  
      7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye;
            dead fire; dead color, etc.
  
      8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead
            wall. [bd]The ground is a dead flat.[b8] --C. Reade.
  
      9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot;
            a dead certainty.
  
                     I had them a dead bargain.                  --Goldsmith.
  
      10. Bringing death; deadly. --Shak.
  
      11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith;
            dead works. [bd]Dead in trespasses.[b8] --Eph. ii. 1.
  
      12. (Paint.)
            (a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has
                  been applied purposely to have this effect.
            (b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color,
                  as compared with crimson.
  
      13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of
            the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one
            banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
  
      14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead
            spindle of a lathe, etc. See {Spindle}.
  
      {Dead ahead} (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or
            any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point
            toward which a vessel would go.
  
      {Dead angle} (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen
            or defended from behind the parapet.
  
      {Dead block}, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to
            serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car.
  
      {Dead calm} (Naut.), no wind at all.
  
      {Dead center}, [or] {Dead point} (Mach.), either of two
            points in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and
            connecting rod lie a straight line. It corresponds to the
            end of a stroke; as, A and B are dead centers of the crank
            mechanism in which the crank C drives, or is driven by,
            the lever L.
  
      {Dead color} (Paint.), a color which has no gloss upon it.
  
      {Dead coloring} (Oil paint.), the layer of colors, the
            preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this
            is usually in monochrome.
  
      {Dead door} (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the
            outside of the quarter-gallery door.
  
      {Dead flat} (Naut.), the widest or midship frame.
  
      {Dead freight} (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person
            who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full
            cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.
            --Abbott.
  
      {Dead ground} (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there
            is no ore.
  
      {Dead hand}, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person
            civilly dead. [bd]Serfs held in dead hand.[b8] --Morley.
            See {Mortmain}.
  
      {Dead head} (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor
            buoy.
  
      {Dead heat}, a heat or course between two or more race
            horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal,
            so that neither wins.
  
      {Dead horse}, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid
            in advance. [Law]
  
      {Dead language}, a language which is no longer spoken or in
            common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as
            the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dead \Dead\ (d[ecr]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de[a0]d;
      akin to OS. d[omac]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[edh]r,
      Sw. & Dan. d[94]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb
      meaning to die. See {Die}, and cf. {Death}.]
      1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to {alive} and {living};
            reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of
            motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their
            functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. [bd]The queen, my
            lord, is dead.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.
                                                                              --Arbuthnot.
  
                     Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
  
      3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of
            life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
  
      4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead
            calm; a dead load or weight.
  
      5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a
            dead floor.
  
      6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead
            capital; dead stock in trade.
  
      7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye;
            dead fire; dead color, etc.
  
      8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead
            wall. [bd]The ground is a dead flat.[b8] --C. Reade.
  
      9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot;
            a dead certainty.
  
                     I had them a dead bargain.                  --Goldsmith.
  
      10. Bringing death; deadly. --Shak.
  
      11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith;
            dead works. [bd]Dead in trespasses.[b8] --Eph. ii. 1.
  
      12. (Paint.)
            (a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has
                  been applied purposely to have this effect.
            (b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color,
                  as compared with crimson.
  
      13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of
            the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one
            banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
  
      14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead
            spindle of a lathe, etc. See {Spindle}.
  
      {Dead ahead} (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or
            any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point
            toward which a vessel would go.
  
      {Dead angle} (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen
            or defended from behind the parapet.
  
      {Dead block}, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to
            serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car.
  
      {Dead calm} (Naut.), no wind at all.
  
      {Dead center}, [or] {Dead point} (Mach.), either of two
            points in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and
            connecting rod lie a straight line. It corresponds to the
            end of a stroke; as, A and B are dead centers of the crank
            mechanism in which the crank C drives, or is driven by,
            the lever L.
  
      {Dead color} (Paint.), a color which has no gloss upon it.
  
      {Dead coloring} (Oil paint.), the layer of colors, the
            preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this
            is usually in monochrome.
  
      {Dead door} (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the
            outside of the quarter-gallery door.
  
      {Dead flat} (Naut.), the widest or midship frame.
  
      {Dead freight} (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person
            who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full
            cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.
            --Abbott.
  
      {Dead ground} (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there
            is no ore.
  
      {Dead hand}, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person
            civilly dead. [bd]Serfs held in dead hand.[b8] --Morley.
            See {Mortmain}.
  
      {Dead head} (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor
            buoy.
  
      {Dead heat}, a heat or course between two or more race
            horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal,
            so that neither wins.
  
      {Dead horse}, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid
            in advance. [Law]
  
      {Dead language}, a language which is no longer spoken or in
            common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as
            the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dead \Dead\ (d[ecr]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de[a0]d;
      akin to OS. d[omac]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[edh]r,
      Sw. & Dan. d[94]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb
      meaning to die. See {Die}, and cf. {Death}.]
      1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to {alive} and {living};
            reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of
            motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their
            functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. [bd]The queen, my
            lord, is dead.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.
                                                                              --Arbuthnot.
  
                     Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
  
      3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of
            life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
  
      4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead
            calm; a dead load or weight.
  
      5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a
            dead floor.
  
      6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead
            capital; dead stock in trade.
  
      7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye;
            dead fire; dead color, etc.
  
      8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead
            wall. [bd]The ground is a dead flat.[b8] --C. Reade.
  
      9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot;
            a dead certainty.
  
                     I had them a dead bargain.                  --Goldsmith.
  
      10. Bringing death; deadly. --Shak.
  
      11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith;
            dead works. [bd]Dead in trespasses.[b8] --Eph. ii. 1.
  
      12. (Paint.)
            (a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has
                  been applied purposely to have this effect.
            (b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color,
                  as compared with crimson.
  
      13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of
            the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one
            banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
  
      14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead
            spindle of a lathe, etc. See {Spindle}.
  
      {Dead ahead} (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or
            any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point
            toward which a vessel would go.
  
      {Dead angle} (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen
            or defended from behind the parapet.
  
      {Dead block}, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to
            serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car.
  
      {Dead calm} (Naut.), no wind at all.
  
      {Dead center}, [or] {Dead point} (Mach.), either of two
            points in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and
            connecting rod lie a straight line. It corresponds to the
            end of a stroke; as, A and B are dead centers of the crank
            mechanism in which the crank C drives, or is driven by,
            the lever L.
  
      {Dead color} (Paint.), a color which has no gloss upon it.
  
      {Dead coloring} (Oil paint.), the layer of colors, the
            preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this
            is usually in monochrome.
  
      {Dead door} (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the
            outside of the quarter-gallery door.
  
      {Dead flat} (Naut.), the widest or midship frame.
  
      {Dead freight} (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person
            who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full
            cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.
            --Abbott.
  
      {Dead ground} (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there
            is no ore.
  
      {Dead hand}, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person
            civilly dead. [bd]Serfs held in dead hand.[b8] --Morley.
            See {Mortmain}.
  
      {Dead head} (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor
            buoy.
  
      {Dead heat}, a heat or course between two or more race
            horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal,
            so that neither wins.
  
      {Dead horse}, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid
            in advance. [Law]
  
      {Dead language}, a language which is no longer spoken or in
            common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as
            the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deadhead \Dead"head`\, n.
      1. One who receives free tickets for theaters, public
            conveyances, etc. [Colloq. U. S.]
  
      2. (Naut.) A buoy. See under {Dead}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feed \Feed\, n.
      1. That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder;
            pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed
            for sheep.
  
      2. A grazing or pasture ground. --Shak.
  
      3. An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a
            meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.
  
      4. A meal, or the act of eating. [R.]
  
                     For such pleasure till that hour At feed or fountain
                     never had I found.                              --Milton.
  
      5. The water supplied to steam boilers.
  
      6. (Mach.)
            (a) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to
                  be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing
                  machine; or of producing progressive operation upon
                  any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning
                  lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the
                  work.
            (b) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a
                  steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of
                  stones.
            (c) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is
                  produced; a feed motion.
  
      {Feed bag}, a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule.
           
  
      {Feed cloth}, an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other
            fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc.
  
      {Feed door}, a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal.
  
      {Feed head}.
            (a) A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam
                  boiler.
            (b) (Founding) An excess of metal above a mold, which
                  serves to render the casting more compact by its
                  pressure; -- also called a {riser}, {deadhead}, or
                  simply {feed} or {head} --Knight.
  
      {Feed heater}.
            (a) (Steam Engine) A vessel in which the feed water for
                  the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam.
            (b) A boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock.
                 
  
      {Feed motion}, [or] {Feed gear} (Mach.), the train of
            mechanism that gives motion to the part that directly
            produces the feed in a machine.
  
      {Feed pipe}, a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam
            engine, etc., with water.
  
      {Feed pump}, a force pump for supplying water to a steam
            boiler, etc.
  
      {Feed regulator}, a device for graduating the operation of a
            feeder. --Knight.
  
      {Feed screw}, in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a
            regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work.
  
      {Feed water}, water supplied to a steam boiler, etc.
  
      {Feed wheel} (Mach.), a kind of feeder. See {Feeder}, n., 8.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deadhead \Dead"head`\, n.
      1. One who receives free tickets for theaters, public
            conveyances, etc. [Colloq. U. S.]
  
      2. (Naut.) A buoy. See under {Dead}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feed \Feed\, n.
      1. That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder;
            pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed
            for sheep.
  
      2. A grazing or pasture ground. --Shak.
  
      3. An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a
            meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.
  
      4. A meal, or the act of eating. [R.]
  
                     For such pleasure till that hour At feed or fountain
                     never had I found.                              --Milton.
  
      5. The water supplied to steam boilers.
  
      6. (Mach.)
            (a) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to
                  be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing
                  machine; or of producing progressive operation upon
                  any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning
                  lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the
                  work.
            (b) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a
                  steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of
                  stones.
            (c) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is
                  produced; a feed motion.
  
      {Feed bag}, a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule.
           
  
      {Feed cloth}, an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other
            fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc.
  
      {Feed door}, a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal.
  
      {Feed head}.
            (a) A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam
                  boiler.
            (b) (Founding) An excess of metal above a mold, which
                  serves to render the casting more compact by its
                  pressure; -- also called a {riser}, {deadhead}, or
                  simply {feed} or {head} --Knight.
  
      {Feed heater}.
            (a) (Steam Engine) A vessel in which the feed water for
                  the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam.
            (b) A boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock.
                 
  
      {Feed motion}, [or] {Feed gear} (Mach.), the train of
            mechanism that gives motion to the part that directly
            produces the feed in a machine.
  
      {Feed pipe}, a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam
            engine, etc., with water.
  
      {Feed pump}, a force pump for supplying water to a steam
            boiler, etc.
  
      {Feed regulator}, a device for graduating the operation of a
            feeder. --Knight.
  
      {Feed screw}, in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a
            regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work.
  
      {Feed water}, water supplied to a steam boiler, etc.
  
      {Feed wheel} (Mach.), a kind of feeder. See {Feeder}, n., 8.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deadwood \Dead"wood`\, n.
      1. (Naut.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of
            a vessel to give solidity.
  
      2. Dead trees or branches; useless material.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deduit \De*duit"\, n. [F. d[82]duit. Cf. {Deduct}.]
      Delight; pleasure. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deitate \De"i*tate\, a.
      Deified. [Obs.] --Granmer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deodate \De"o*date`\, n. [L. Deo to God (Deus God) + datum thing
      given.]
      A gift or offering to God. [Obs.]
  
               Wherein that blessed widow's deodate was laid up.
                                                                              --Hooker.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Diet \Di"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dieted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Dieting}.]
      1. To cause to take food; to feed. [R.] --Shak.
  
      2. To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed
            rules; to regulate medicinally the food of.
  
                     She diets him with fasting every day. --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Diiodide \Di*i"o*dide\ (?; 104), n. [Pref. di- + iodine.]
      (Chem.)
      A compound of a binary type containing two atoms of iodine;
      -- called also {biniodide}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dittied \Dit"tied\, a. [From {Ditty}.]
      Set, sung, or composed as a ditty; -- usually in composition.
  
               Who, with his soft pipe, and smooth-dittied song.
                                                                              --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dodded \Dod"ded\, a. [See {Dodd}.]
      Without horns; as, dodded cattle; without beards; as, dodded
      corn. --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Doted \Dot"ed\, a.
      1. Stupid; foolish. [Obs.]
  
                     Senseless speech and doted ignorance. --Spenser.
  
      2. Half-rotten; as, doted wood. [Local, U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dote \Dote\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Doted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Doting}.] [OE. doten; akin to OD. doten, D. dutten, to doze,
      Icel. dotta to nod from sleep, MHG. t[?]zen to keep still:
      cf. F. doter, OF. radoter (to dote, rave, talk idly or
      senselessly), which are from the same source.] [Written also
      {doat}.]
      1. To act foolishly. [Obs.]
  
                     He wol make him doten anon right.      --Chaucer.
  
      2. To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the
            intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind
            wanders or wavers; to drivel.
  
                     Time has made you dote, and vainly tell Of arms
                     imagined in your lonely cell.            --Dryden.
  
                     He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated,
                     and doted long before he died.            --South.
  
      3. To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to
            be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon; as, the mother
            dotes on her child.
  
                     Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote. --Shak.
  
                     What dust we dote on, when 't is man we love. --
                                                                              Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dotehead \Dote"head`\, n.
      A dotard. [R.] --Tyndale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dotted \Dot"ted\, a.
      Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified
      with small, detached objects.
  
      {Dotted note} (Mus.), a note followed by a dot to indicate an
            increase of length equal to one half of its simple value;
            thus, a dotted semibreve is equal to three minims, and a
            dotted quarter to three eighth notes.
  
      {Dotted rest}, a rest lengthened by a dot in the same manner
            as a dotted note.
  
      Note: Notes and rests are sometimes followed by two dots, to
               indicate an increase of length equal to three quarters
               of their simple value, and they are then said to be
               double-dotted.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dot \Dot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Dotting}.]
      1. To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.
  
      2. To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a
            landscape dotted with cottages.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Doubt \Doubt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dou[?]ted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Doubting}.] [OE. duten, douten, OF. duter, doter, douter, F.
      douter, fr. L. dubitare; akin to dubius doubtful. See
      {Dubious}.]
      1. To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as
            to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to
            be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the
            affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined.
  
                     Even in matters divine, concerning some things, we
                     may lawfully doubt, and suspend our judgment.
                                                                              --Hooker.
  
                     To try your love and make you doubt of mine.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive. [Obs.]
  
      Syn: To waver; vacillate; fluctuate; hesitate; demur;
               scruple; question.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dutied \Du"tied\, a.
      Subjected to a duty. --Ames.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Deadwood, SD (city, FIPS 15700)
      Location: 44.38197 N, 103.72332 W
      Population (1990): 1830 (896 housing units)
      Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 57732

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Dededo, GU (CDP, FIPS 27400)
      Location: 13.51701 N, 144.83624 E
      Population (1990): 3166 (762 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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