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Dorking – Dow
Dorking
a town in Surrey, England, 22 miles S. W. of London, noted for its breed of fowls. It is the scene of the fictitious "Battle of Dorking," an imagi- Dorking nary narrative of invasions and conquest of England by a foreign army, written by Gen. Sir George T. Chesney in 1871.
DORMANT
Dormant
in heraldry, in a sleeping posture.
Dormer Window
a window piercing a sloping roof, and having a vertical frame and gable of its own. The gable is sometimes in the plane of the wall, or is founded on the rafters; sometimes a succession of stories on the roof are provided with dormers.
Dornick
a species of figured linen, named from Tournay or Doornik in Flanders. The "mystery," introduced into England, was long confined by law to inhabitants of Norwich and Pulham.
Dorranceton
a borough of Pennsylvania, in Luzerne co. It is opposite Wilkes-Barre, and on the Susquehanna river, and on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad. It is entirely a residential city. Pop. (1910) 4,046; (1920) 6,334.
Dorsanes
the Indian Hercules.
Dorset
EARLS OF. See SACK- VILLE.
Dorus
the eponymous ancestor of the Dorians.
Doto
one of the Nereids.
Dover
STRAITS OF, the narrow channel between Dover and Calais which separates Great Britain from the French coast. At the narrowest part it is only 21 miles wide. pounded of 10 parts each of ipecacuanha
Dover's Powder
a powder comand powdered opium, and 80 parts of sulphate of potash. It is employed as a sudorific and sedative. ican artist; born at Ipswich, Mass. He
Dow
or DOUW (properly Dou), GERARD, a Dutch painter, the son of He studied under Rembrandt, and united a glazier; born in Leyden, April 7, 1613. his master's manner in chiaroscuro with the most minute finish and delicacy. His pictures are generally of small size and mostly scenes of family life. Dow died in Leyden in 1675.