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dory
n.
light boat; edible fish
Dory
The
dory is a small, shallow-
draft boat, about long. It is usually a lightweight boat with high sides, a flat bottom and sharp bows. They are easy to build because of their simple lines. For centuries, dories have been used as
traditional fishing boats, both in coastal waters and in the open sea. Variant spellings are
doree and
dori.
dory
Noun
1. a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
(synonym) dinghy, rowboat
(hypernym) small boat
(hyponym) rowing boat
(part-meronym) peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock
2. marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
(hypernym) spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian
(hyponym) John dory, Zeus faber
(member-holonym) Zeidae, family Zeidae
Dory (die)
nf.
dory, light boat
Dory
(n.)
The American wall-eyed perch; -- called also dore. See Pike perch.
(n.)
A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides.
(n.)
A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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