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in~ mafeulinc; and on this aceount allows it in his
comOlonwealth. The aneients had like~·ife their fu b·
éorie or hypodorie mode, \\'hieh \\'as Olle of the plagal
modes \ts clwdller was 10 be "cry ~rav. amI fo·
1,0.0: it beganwith "', a fOllnh lower th~n Ihe doric.
DOlt ~I¡\NT, in hmldry, is ufed for Ihc ponure of
" I:un, or any olh~r hcail, 1)ing al lng in a Oceping at·
tilllde, with Ihe htad On Ihe torc'pdIVs; by whieh it
is diningllifll(d froOl thc eoueh,ot, \Vhere though the
heafl be I)'ing, )'Ct he holds up his head.
DOR~IE R , in architCl~ure, r,gnifies a window made in
Ihc Ioof of .n houle, 01' abore the entablature, being
,aifed upon the rafters.
DOR~IITORY, agallery in eonvents or religious hOllfes,
d,\'ided in:o fe" eral eells, in whieh the religious Oeep
01' lodge.
DORONICIS AHlNIS ; in botany. See GERBERA.
DOROI ICUM, LEOPARD'S B.\NE, in bOlany, a ge·
nus of the fyngener,a polygamia fupedlua clafs. The
reeeplade is nakcd; the I'~ppu, is r,"'ple; Ihefcales of
the eahx are cqudl, and longer than Ihe dife; and the
freds in the radius are naked, and have no pappus.
T here are lhree fpeeies, none of lh~Ol nali\'es of Bri·
ldin.
DORPT, or DORPAT, a eily of Livonia, abom r,fly
miles (ouln ofNam: E, long. 2) ° 25', and N.ldt.
58° .
DORSAL, l.n appellalion given 10 whatever belongs lO
lhe bdCk. See DORSU"'.
DORsA r. ~IUSCLES . See ANAT. Pan. 11.
DORSIFEROUS PLANTS, among bOI.nills, fueh as
are of lhe eapillary kind, wilhout lIalks, and whieh
bear Iheir feeds on Ihe baek·r,de of lheir lea"es.
DORSTEN IA, in bOlany, a genlls of lhe lemndria
monogynia clafs. The eommon receplaele eonfills of
one Adhy leaf, in whieh lhe folilary feeds are eonlain.
,d. T here are four fpecies, none of Ihem nalives of
B,ilain.
DORSU~I, B~CK, in anatomy, eomprchends all Ihe
pollerior ran of Ihe lrunk of lh , body, from theneck
tOthe bOlloeks. See A". T(,r.v.
DORT, a eily of the Uniled Provinm, r,tllated in lhal
of Holland, on an iOand in Ihe ri,'er Maete, abOUl ten
miles eall of Rotterdam: E. long. 4' 40" and N. lal.
51° 47'·
DORTMONT, a eity of Wefiphalia in Germany, a.
bOUI Ihiny miles nonl,·ean of Duffddorp: E. long 60
50'. and . lat. ¡1° 2s'- IIis an i"'perial eilY, and
eo~llilutC! a fovereign flm.
DORTM '\ lA, in botany. See LORlL I•.
nORye IUM, in botany. See CONYOLVULUS
DORYPHOR t, in anliquity, an appe\ldlion given to
Ihe life &uard men of lhe Roman emperors.
DOSITHEA S, in ehulCh.hillory. a feél among Ihe
Hebrews, br:ing one of Ihe branchcs of the SJnmi.
"n~. Sec SA MARI TA N S.
Tht)' abllained from eating any ereature Ihal had
life, and were CtJ fuperfiilious In kelping Ihe lablldlh,
thal lhey remaineu lO Ihe f.meplrtCc anu pollure ~'hlreill
II,al d.y forprif,,1lhem, wilhoUl fiirring li\llhe next
u~y. 11,")' mmi .J but once,"n a grc,tt ti mber ti
D O V
ver married. Dor,lheus, their founder, bcingditr~lif.
fieu among lhe JtWS, relired 10 lhe Samarilans,
\Vho were repuled herelies, and invenled anolher fell ;
anu 10 m~ke il more aUlhentie, he went into acave,
where, by lOO long abilinenee, he ki\led himfelf. The
name of Dor,lheans \Vas alfo gil'en 10 fome of Ihedif·
eiples of Simon IIlagus.
DorrEREL, in ornilhology. SeeCHARADR IUS.
DOUAY,. fonified eil)' of lhe Frtneh Nelherlands, r,.
lumd on Ihe river Scrapc, about (,fleen miles fouth of
LiOe: E. lon. 3°, andN.lat. S002(
DOUBLE FICH\', or FICHE', in heraldry, the denomi·
nalion of a erofs, when lhe eXtremilYhas tWO poinl!,
in eonmdifiinélion 10 fiché, where lhe eXlre",ily il
Ompentd .way 10 one pOiOl. See Plale LXVl\I,
fig.8.
DOUBLETS, agame on dice within tables : the men,
whieh are onl)' lifleen, being plmd thus; upon lhe
r,ce, einque, and qumr pOiOlS, dme lland time men
a·pieee; anu upon lhe lrey, duce, and ace, only two.
He that lhrows highell halh lhe benefil of throwing
firll, and whal he Ihrows he IJys down, aod fo dOlh
the olher : wh" lhe one throws, and hath nOl, the o·
lher la)'s down for hiOl, but on his own accounl; and
lhus lhey do till all the men are down, and Ihen lhey
bw. HeIhat is down firll bears nrll, and willdoubl'
lefs win Ihe game, if Ihe olher lhrows not doublels 10
ovenake him; whieh he is fure 10 do, finee he advan·
ces or bears as many as lhe doublm make, uiz. eight
for IIVO fours .
DOUBLlNG , in the military an, is the puning twO
ranks or files of foldiersinlO onc. Thus, whtn Ihe IVord
of eommand is, do. hI,JOII' In"},, Ihe fecond , fourlh,
and fiXlh r. nks march inlOIhe firll, Ihird, and fifth, fo
Ihat the fi x ranks are redueed lO Ihree, and Ihe iUler·
vals belweenlhe ranks become double what lhey \Vere
before.
DOU5t ING, among hunlm, \Vho fay thal a hm dou·
hles, when Ihe keeps io plain fields, alld winds aboul lO
deetive lhe hounds.
DOI'BL ING, in lhe menage, a term ufed of a horfe, .\Vho
is lOdouble his reins, when he leaps feveral tln~es
10~cther, lO lhrowhis ridel': lhus we fay, lhe ramIO'
gue doubles hi~ reins, and makes pondevis. .
DOUBL"G a cap( o, t oilll, in navigalion, r,gn.'fies ~Ae
eOOling up wilh il, p,fling by it, and Iming 11 belund
lhe 0111'.
DOUBL"GS, in heraldry, the linings of rob~! and roan'
ti, s of lIate, orof Ihe manl\¡ngs in atehie,·lllents.
DOUBLON, 01' ]) UULOON, a Sp,""h and Ponug utfe
coin, h.in.g Ihe double of a pinole. See P,STOLE.
DOUIlTI NG, Ihe aél of Wilh.holding our atrcnt fr(lm
any propor.lion, on fufpicinn Iha! wc arenOllhorough.
1)' appnkd of Ihe merils Ihereof; (Ir from nOI l>elllg
a~lc rmmptor,ly 10 Jcciu<bell\etn thercafonsfor aud
ag linll il.
DOUCI I E, in .rchitc~llre, a mO'lI,ling ,'e hor¡
and eon,·Cl. bdu\\'. fcrvin~ eunllnonly as , cylllallUIll
10 a dclicatc eomiche. \t i. lilcwifc e.llkJ gulJ.
n O\ E, in ornilholu·'y. Sec COL lI>lBA. f\
DOH, in ¡; h) ° lhe n~m u! .•li·w difi¡\in~ r·
, b,lh rc