John-dory

  • 21John Doe — John John (j[o^]n), n. [See {Johannes}.] A proper name of a man. [1913 Webster] {John apple}, a sort of apple ripe about St. John s Day. Same as {Apple john}. {John Bull}, an ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman,… …

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  • 22John Doree — John John (j[o^]n), n. [See {Johannes}.] A proper name of a man. [1913 Webster] {John apple}, a sort of apple ripe about St. John s Day. Same as {Apple john}. {John Bull}, an ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 23John-apple — John John (j[o^]n), n. [See {Johannes}.] A proper name of a man. [1913 Webster] {John apple}, a sort of apple ripe about St. John s Day. Same as {Apple john}. {John Bull}, an ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 24dory — dory1 [dôr′ē] n. pl. dories [AmInd (Central America) dori, duri, a dugout] a flat bottomed rowboat with high, flaring sides, used chiefly in commercial fishing dory2 [dôr′ē] n. pl. dories [ME dorre < MFr dorée, lit., gilt, fem. of doré, pp. of …

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  • 25dory — dory1 /dawr ee, dohr ee/, n., pl. dories. a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides. [1700 10, Amer.; alleged to be < Miskito dóri, dúri (if this word is itself not < E)] dory2 /dawr ee, dohr ee/, n., pl. dories. See John&#8230; …

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  • 26Dory (fish) — The common name dory (from the Middle English dorre, from the Middle French doree, lit. gilded one ) is shared (officially and colloquially) by members of several different families of large eyed, silvery, deep bodied, laterally compressed, and&#8230; …

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  • 27dory — I. /ˈdɔri / (say dawree) noun (plural dories) a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high ends, and flaring sides. {first used in W Indies; from a term for a dugout in an indigenous Central American language} II. /ˈdɔri / (say dawree) noun (plural&#8230; …

  • 28John Murray (novelist) — Infobox Writer imagesize = 150px name = John Murray caption = pseudonym = birthdate = birth year and age|1950 birthplace = Cumbria deathdate = deathplace = occupation = novelist, short story writer nationality = British period = 1985 present&#8230; …

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  • 29Dory — Recorded in the spellings of Dore, Dorin, Dory, Dorey and Doorey, this is an ancient surname of either pre 7th century Olde English or 11th century Norman French origins. If English it derives from dor meaning gold, and in the locational context&#8230; …

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  • 30dory — dory1 [ dɔ:ri] noun (plural dories) a deep bodied marine fish with a large mouth. [Families Zeidae and Oreosomatidae: several species, including the John Dory.] Origin ME: from Fr. dorée, feminine past participle of dorer gild , based on L. aurum …

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