dory

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[ dawr-ee, dohr-ee ]
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noun,plural do·ries.
  1. a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.

Origin of dory

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First recorded in 1700–10, Americanism; alleged to be from Miskito dóri, dúri (if this word is itself not from English )

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Other definitions for dory (2 of 2)

dory2
[ dawr-ee, dohr-ee ]

noun,plural do·ries.

Origin of dory

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1400–50; late Middle English dorre, dorray<Middle French doree (feminine past participle of dorer to gild) <Late Latin deaurāta;see dorado

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How to use dory in a sentence

  • Then she rallied and, like Jake, was ready to do battle with any one who hunched their shoulders at Miss dory.

    The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
  • Cuss him to-night, ef he's alive; an' ef his bed is soff' as wool, doan let him sleep for thinkin' of Miss dory.

    The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
  • Miss dory never tole nothin'; she was silent as de grave about—him—de fader of de lill chile, I mean.

    The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
  • Miss dory would say so, but, Mas'r Crompton, you'll fotch her back sometime to de ole place.

    The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
  • "I'se 'most as ole as Miss dory when lill chile was born," was the reply, which silenced the Colonel with regard to her age.

    The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes

British Dictionary definitions for dory (1 of 2)

dory1

/ (ˈdɔːrɪ) /


nounplural -ries
  1. any spiny-finned marine teleost food fish of the family Zeidae, esp the John Dory, having a deep compressed body

Origin of dory

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C14: from French dorée gilded, from dorer to gild, from Late Latin deaurāre, ultimately from Latin aurum gold

British Dictionary definitions for dory (2 of 2)

dory2

/ (ˈdɔːrɪ) /


nounplural -ries
  1. US and Canadian a flat-bottomed rowing boat with a high bow, stern, and sides

Origin of dory

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C18: from Mosquito (an American Indian language of Honduras and Nicaragua) dóri dugout

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