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Webster 1913 Edition

Dor

Dor

,
Noun.
[Cf. AS.
dora
drone, locust, D.
tor
beetle, L.
taurus
a kind of beetle. Cf.
Dormouse
.]
(Zool.)
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
.

Dor

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Dor
a beetle, and
Hum
,
Humbug
.]
A trick, joke, or deception.
Beau. & Fl.
To give one the dor
,
to make a fool of him.
[Archaic]
P. Fletcher.

Dor

,
Verb.
T.
To make a fool of; to deceive.
[Obs.]
[Written also
dorr
.]
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dor

DOR

, DORR,
Noun.
The name of the black-beetle, or the hedgechafer, a species of Scarabaeus. We usually say, the dor-beetle.

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