dolos

/ (ˈdɒlɒs) /

nounplural -osse

Southern African a knucklebone of a sheep, buck, etc, used esp by diviners

Origin of dolos

from Afrikaans, possibly from dollen play + os ox or from dobbel dice + os ox

Words Nearby dolos

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

How to use dolos in a sentence

Idols were always carried to war by the natives of Hispaniola: "Atanse la frente dolos chiquitos cuando quieren pelear."
The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604)) | John G. Bourke
Diccionario de nombres de personas, dolos, danzas, y otras antiqedades de los Indios de Yucatan.
Notes on the Bibliography of Yucatan and Central America | Adolph Francis Bandelier
Miso-dolos on indulgences granted to benefactors for building Saint George the Martyr's, 444.
Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 3, January-June, 1851 | Various
But Solomon saith, Prudens advertit ad gressus suos; stultus divertit ad dolos.
Essays | Francis Bacon

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