Dot \Dot\ (d[o^]t), n. [F., fr. L. dos, dotis, dowry. See
Dower, and cf. Dote dowry.] (Law)
A marriage portion; dowry. [Louisiana]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dot \Dot\, n. [Cf. AS. dott small spot, speck; of uncertain
origin.]
1. A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed
instrument; a speck, or small mark.
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2. Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small
portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.
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Dot \Dot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dotting.]
1. To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.
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2. To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a
landscape dotted with cottages.
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Dot \Dot\, v. i.
To make dots or specks.
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DoT
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DoT \DoT\, DOT \DOT\, DOT \D.O.T.\(d[=e]"[=o]*t[=e]`), prop. n.
The United States Department of Transportation. [acronym]
Note: The Department of Transportation promulgates standards
for the strength of shipping containers, and this
abgreviation is often seen on cardboard boxes.
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dot
n 1: a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines
between the dots" [syn: point]
2: the United States federal department that institutes and
coordinates national transportation programs; created in
1966 [syn: Department of Transportation, Transportation]
3: the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse
code [syn: dit]
4: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid, back
breaker, battery-acid, dose, Elvis, loony toons,
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window
pane, Zen]
v 1: scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills
constellated with lights" [syn: stud, constellate]
2: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the
wagon" [syn: scatter, sprinkle, dust, disperse]
3: make a dot or dots
4: mark with a dot; "dot your `i's"
[also: dotting, dotted]
WordNet (r) 2.0
232 Moby Thesaurus words for "dot":
accent, accent mark, ace, appanage, atom, band, bar, bespangle,
bespeckle, bespot, besprinkle, birthmark, bit, blaze,
blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, brand, bread, cancel, caste mark,
chalk, chalk up, character, check, check off, checker, checkmark,
cicatrix, cicatrize, crumb, custos, cut, dab, dapple, dappledness,
dappleness, dash, define, delimit, demarcate, direct, discolor,
discoloration, dole, dottedness, dower, dowry, dram, dredge,
dribble, driblet, drop, droplet, dust, dwarf, earmark, endowment,
engrave, engraving, expression mark, farthing, fermata, flake,
fleck, flick, flour, flyspeck, foundation, fragment, freckle,
freckliness, gash, gnat, gobbet, grain, granule, graving, groat,
hack, hair, handful, harlequin, hatch, hold, impress, imprint,
investment, iota, iris, jointure, jot, key signature, lead,
legal jointure, lentigo, ligature, line, little, little bit,
macula, maculate, maculation, macule, make a mark, marble,
marbleize, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, marriage portion,
measure, metronomic mark, microbe, microorganism, midge, minim,
minimum, minutia, minutiae, mite, modicum, mole, molecule, mote,
motley, mottle, mottledness, nevus, nick, notation, notch,
nutshell, ounce, particle, patch, pause, pebble, pencil, pepper,
pimple, pinch, pinhead, pinpoint, pittance, point, pointillage,
pointillism, polka dot, polychrome, polychromize, portion, powder,
presa, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, rainbow, riddle,
scar, scarification, scarify, score, scotch, scrap, scratch,
scratching, scruple, seal, seam, segno, settlement, sign,
signature, slur, smidgen, smitch, snip, snippet, spangle, spatter,
speck, speckle, speckliness, splash, splatter, splotch, spoonful,
spot, spottedness, spottiness, sprinkle, stain, stamp, stigma,
stigmatize, stipple, stippledness, stippling, strawberry mark,
streak, striate, stripe, stud, swell, symbol, tattoo, tattoo mark,
tempo mark, tessellate, thimbleful, thirds, tick, tick off, tie,
time signature, tiny bit, tittle, trace, trifling amount, trivia,
underline, underscore, vanishing point, variegate, vein, vinculum,
watermark, whit
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
dot
decimal point.
See also dot file, dot notation.
(1995-03-14)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
DOT. This French word is adopted in Louisiana. It signifies the fortune,
portion, or dowry, which a woman brings to her husband by the marriage. 6 N.
S. 460. See Dote; Dowry.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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