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▪ I. ˈdoty, a. dial.
Also doaty.
[related to dote v.1 4, dotard 2.]
(See quots.) Hence ˈdotiness.
1883Philad. Telegraph XL. No. 44. 8 A log may be doty in places, and even hollow, and yet have..good timber in it. 1885Spons' Mech. Own Bk. 167 ‘Doatiness’: a speckled stain found in beech, American oak, and others. 1889Hurst Horsham Sussex Gloss., Doty, decayed with age and crumbling, said of wood. 1948R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 209/2 Doaty, said of the condition of timber when stained with yellow and black spots.
▪ II. doty
var. dotey. |