Vocabulary : Doe to Doffer

Doe : A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck. ;; A feat. [Obs.] See Do, n.
Doe, John : The fictitious lessee acting as plaintiff in the common-law action of ejectment, the fictitious defendant being usually denominated Richard Roe. Hence, a fictitious name for a party, real or fictitious, to any action or proceeding.
Doeglic : Pertaining to, or obtained from, the doegling; as, doeglic acid (Chem.), an oily substance resembling oleic acid.
Doegling : The beaked whale (Balaenoptera rostrata), from which doegling oil is obtained.
Doer : One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent. ;; An agent or attorney; a factor.

Does : The 3d pers. sing. pres. of Do.
Doeskin : The skin of the doe. ;; A firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe's skin; -- made for men's wear.
Doff : To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence, figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of. ;; To strip; to divest; to undress. ;; To put off dress; to take off the hat.
Doffed : of Doff
Doffer : A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from the cards. ;; A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar, with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the fiber from the cards. ;; A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.

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