dor

n. [ Cf. Dor a beetle, and Hum, Humbug. ] A trick, joke, or deception. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

To give one the dor, to make a fool of him. [ Archaic ] P. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. Dormouse. ] (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. dorado gilt, fr. dorar to gild, fr. L. deaurare. See 1st Dory, and cf. Fl Dorado. ] 1. (Astron.) A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of the ecliptic; -- called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large, oceanic fish of the genus Coryphæna. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See 1st Dor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Dory. ] (Zool.) A European marine fish (Zeus faber), of a yellow color. See Illust. of John Doree. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The popular name in England is John Doree, or Dory, well known to be a corruption of F. jaune-dorée, i. e., golden-yellow. See 1st Dory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A doorpost. [ Obs. ] “As dead as a doretree.” Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker. [ Written also dorrhawk. ] Booth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece. [ 1913 Webster ]