Vocabulary : Doorstep to Doppelganger
Doorstep : The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.
Doorstone : The stone forming a threshold.
Doorstop : The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door.
Doorway : The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room.
Dooryard : A yard in front of a house or around the door of a house.
Dop : Alt. of Doop ;; To dip. ;; A dip; a low courtesy.
Dope : Any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as of opium for medicinal purposes, of grease for a lubricant, etc. ;; Any preparation, as of opium, used to stupefy or, in the case of a race horse, to stimulate. ;; An absorbent material; esp., in high explosives, the sawdust, infusorial earth, mica, etc., mixed with nitroglycerin to make a damp powder (dynamite, etc.) less dangerous to transport, and ordinarily explosive only by suitable fulminating caps. ;; Information concerning the previous performances of race horses, or other facts concerning them which may be of assistance in judging of their chances of winning future races; sometimes, similar information concerning other sports. ;; To treat or affect with dope; as, to dope nitroglycerin; ;; To give stupefying drugs to; to drug. ;; To administer a stimulant to (a horse) to increase his speed. It is a serious offense against the laws of racing. ;; To judge or guess; to predict the result of, as by the aid of dope.
Dope-book : A chart of previous performances, etc., of race horses.
Dopey : Affected by "dope"; esp., sluggish or dull as though under the influence of a narcotic.
Doppelganger : A spiritual or ghostly double or counterpart; esp., an apparitional double of a living person; a cowalker.
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