dori

a. 1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) Same as Doric, 3. “Dorian mood.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dorian mode (Mus.), the first of the authentic church modes or tones, from D to D, resembling our D minor scale, but with the B natural. Grove. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Doricus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; the Dorians. ] 1. Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This order is distinguished, according to the treatment of details, as Grecian Doric, or Roman Doric. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The Doric dialect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Doric phrase or idiom. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. Doris, the daughter of Oceanus, and wife of Nereus, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Zool.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchiæ on the back. [ 1913 Webster ]