1. (Zoöl.) See Dabchick.

2. A float to a fishing line. [Local, U. S.]

Dobbin
(Dob"bin) n.

1. An old jaded horse. Shak.

2. Sea gravel mixed with sand. [Prov. Eng.]

Dobchick
(Dob"chick`) n. (Zoöl.) See Dabchick.

Dobson
(Dob"son) n. (Zoöl.) The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite.

Dobule
(Dob"ule) n. (Zoöl.) The European dace.

Docent
(Do"cent) a. [L. docens, - entis, p. pr. of docere to teach.] Serving to instruct; teaching. [Obs.]

Docetæ
(||Do*ce"tæ) n. pl. [NL., fr. to appear.] (Eccl. Hist.) Ancient heretics who held that Christ's body was merely a phantom or appearance.

Docetic
(Do*cet"ic) a. Pertaining to, held by, or like, the Docetæ. "Docetic Gnosticism." Plumptre.


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