Dolly

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dolly \Dol"ly\, n.
     A child's mane for a doll.
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     {Dolly shop}, a shop where rags, old junk, etc., are bought
        and sold; usually, in fact, an unlicensed pawnbroker's


        shop, formerly distinguished by the sign of a black doll.
        [England]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dolly \Dol"ly\, n.; pl. {Dollies}.
     1. (Mining) A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a
        handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore
        to be washed; a stirrer.
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     2. (Mach.) A tool with an indented head for shaping the head
        of a rivet. --Knight.
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     3. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of
        the pile and the ram of the driver.
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     4. A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving
        heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
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     5. A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving
        construction trains, switching, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dolly
       n 1: conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera
            can be mounted
       2: conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy
          objects
       3: a small replica of a person; used as a toy [syn: {doll}]
       [also: {dollied}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  110 Moby Thesaurus words for "dolly":
     Amytal, Amytal pill, Demerol, Dolophine, H, Luminal, Luminal pill,
     M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Seconal, Seconal pill,
     Tuinal, Tuinal pill, alcohol, amobarbital sodium, analgesic,
     anodyne, barb, barbiturate, barbiturate pill, black stuff, blue,
     blue angel, blue devil, blue heaven, blue velvet, bust, calmative,
     carving, chloral hydrate, codeine, codeine cough syrup, depressant,
     depressor, doll, downer, dummy, fantoccini, figure, figurehead,
     figurine, gingerbread man, goofball, hard stuff, heroin, hop,
     horse, hypnotic, junk, knockout drops, laudanum, lay figure,
     liquor, lotus, man of straw, manikin, mannequin, marionette,
     meperidine, methadone, model, monument, morphia, morphine,
     narcotic, opiate, opium, pacifier, pain killer, paregoric, pen yan,
     phenobarbital, phenobarbital sodium, portrait bust, puppet,
     purple heart, quietener, rainbow, red, scag, scarecrow, sculpture,
     secobarbital sodium, sedative, shit, sleep-inducer, sleeper,
     sleeping draught, sleeping pill, smack, snowman, sodium thiopental,
     somnifacient, soother, soothing syrup, soporific, statuary, statue,
     statuette, tar, tranquilizer, turps, wax figure, waxwork,
     white stuff, wood carving, yellow, yellow jacket