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Webster 1913 Edition

(dŏl)

Noun.

[A contraction of

Dorothy

; or less prob. an abbreviation of

idol

; or cf. OD.

dol

a whipping top, D.

dollen

to rave, and E.

dull

a small, usually flexible figure representing a human being, especially a toy baby for a little girl; a child’s puppet.

Noun.

[Gr., an idol; to see.] A puppet or baby for a child; a small image in the human form, for the amusement of little girls.