Dor
[dɒ:]
Definition
(n.) A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock.
(n.) A trick, joke, or deception.
(v. t.) To make a fool of; to deceive.
Inputed by Claude
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Cockchafer, dor-bug, dor-beetle, tree-beetle, dummador, May-bug (Melontha vulgaris).
Typist: Lucinda
Definition
n. (obs.) a scoff mockery as 'to give (any one) the dor.'
n. a kind of dung-beetle also called Dor-beetle and Dor-fly; a cockchafer (in U.S. called Dor-bug): (obs.) a drone.
Checker: Percy
Examples
- Tars Tarkas was to get into communication with Thark and learn the sentiments of his people toward his return from Dor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Some time before I had reduced our speed, for we had left the Valley Dor many miles astern, and I felt comparatively safe. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I have just come from the Valley Dor and the Land of the First Born, Zat Arras, I replied. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Only in a very general way could I guess the location of the Valley Dor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And that was the River Iss, emptying into the Lost Sea of Korus in the Valley Dor? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They offered us only the most courteous treatment, but were evidently bound by their superstitious belief in the doctrine of Dor and Iss and Korus. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Did not her mighty messenger, the ancient Iss, bear you upon her leaden bosom at your own behest to the Valley Dor? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- We trace our lineage, unbroken, direct to the Tree of Life which flourished in the centre of the Valley Dor twenty-three million years ago. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- As I looked I commenced to realize why it was that in all the ages only one had escaped from the Valley Dor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- So saying, she led the way through winding corridors until at a sudden turn we came upon an opening which overlooked the Valley Dor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Checker: Percy