douter

American

[dou-ter, doo-] / ˈdaʊ tər, ˈdu- /

noun

an implement for snuffing out candles, consisting either of a scissorlike device with two broad flat blades or of a cone at the end of a handle.

Etymology

Origin of douter

1615–25; dial. dout (v.) (contraction of do ¹ + out; cf. doff, don ²) + -er ¹

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douter

Le Roi s'amuse," among many other symptoms of insanity has the following:— "Le premier mouvement de l'auteur fut de douter....

From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Trollope, Frances Milton

I returned his own answer: "Monsieur, peut-on douter?"

From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various

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