Dot

9 definitions found

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

  Dot \Dot\ (d[o^]t), n. [F., fr. L. dos, dotis, dowry. See
     {Dower}, and cf. {Dote} dowry.] (Law)
     A marriage portion; dowry. [Louisiana]
     [1913 Webster]

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



  Dot \Dot\, n. [Cf. AS. dott small spot, speck; of uncertain
     origin.]
     1. A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed
        instrument; a speck, or small mark.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small
        portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.
        [1913 Webster]

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

  Dot \Dot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Dotting}.]
     1. To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a
        landscape dotted with cottages.
        [1913 Webster]

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

  Dot \Dot\, v. i.
     To make dots or specks.
     [1913 Webster] DOT
     DoT

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

  DoT \DoT\, DOT \DOT\, DOT \D.O.T.\(d[=e]"[=o]*t[=e]`), prop. n.
     The United States Department of Transportation. [acronym]
  
     Note: The Department of Transportation promulgates standards
           for the strength of shipping containers, and this
           abgreviation is often seen on cardboard boxes.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dot
       n 1: a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines
            between the dots" [syn: {point}]
       2: the United States federal department that institutes and
          coordinates national transportation programs; created in
          1966 [syn: {Department of Transportation}, {Transportation}]
       3: the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse
          code [syn: {dit}]
       4: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: {acid}, {back
          breaker}, {battery-acid}, {dose}, {Elvis}, {loony toons},
          {Lucy in the sky with diamonds}, {pane}, {superman}, {window
          pane}, {Zen}]
       v 1: scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills
            constellated with lights" [syn: {stud}, {constellate}]
       2: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the
          wagon" [syn: {scatter}, {sprinkle}, {dust}, {disperse}]
       3: make a dot or dots
       4: mark with a dot; "dot your `i's"
       [also: {dotting}, {dotted}]

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

  232 Moby Thesaurus words for "dot":
     accent, accent mark, ace, appanage, atom, band, bar, bespangle,
     bespeckle, bespot, besprinkle, birthmark, bit, blaze,
     blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, brand, bread, cancel, caste mark,
     chalk, chalk up, character, check, check off, checker, checkmark,
     cicatrix, cicatrize, crumb, custos, cut, dab, dapple, dappledness,
     dappleness, dash, define, delimit, demarcate, direct, discolor,
     discoloration, dole, dottedness, dower, dowry, dram, dredge,
     dribble, driblet, drop, droplet, dust, dwarf, earmark, endowment,
     engrave, engraving, expression mark, farthing, fermata, flake,
     fleck, flick, flour, flyspeck, foundation, fragment, freckle,
     freckliness, gash, gnat, gobbet, grain, granule, graving, groat,
     hack, hair, handful, harlequin, hatch, hold, impress, imprint,
     investment, iota, iris, jointure, jot, key signature, lead,
     legal jointure, lentigo, ligature, line, little, little bit,
     macula, maculate, maculation, macule, make a mark, marble,
     marbleize, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, marriage portion,
     measure, metronomic mark, microbe, microorganism, midge, minim,
     minimum, minutia, minutiae, mite, modicum, mole, molecule, mote,
     motley, mottle, mottledness, nevus, nick, notation, notch,
     nutshell, ounce, particle, patch, pause, pebble, pencil, pepper,
     pimple, pinch, pinhead, pinpoint, pittance, point, pointillage,
     pointillism, polka dot, polychrome, polychromize, portion, powder,
     presa, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, rainbow, riddle,
     scar, scarification, scarify, score, scotch, scrap, scratch,
     scratching, scruple, seal, seam, segno, settlement, sign,
     signature, slur, smidgen, smitch, snip, snippet, spangle, spatter,
     speck, speckle, speckliness, splash, splatter, splotch, spoonful,
     spot, spottedness, spottiness, sprinkle, stain, stamp, stigma,
     stigmatize, stipple, stippledness, stippling, strawberry mark,
     streak, striate, stripe, stud, swell, symbol, tattoo, tattoo mark,
     tempo mark, tessellate, thimbleful, thirds, tick, tick off, tie,
     time signature, tiny bit, tittle, trace, trifling amount, trivia,
     underline, underscore, vanishing point, variegate, vein, vinculum,
     watermark, whit
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  dot
       
           {decimal point}.
       
          See also {dot file}, {dot notation}.
       
          (1995-03-14)
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  DOT. This French word is adopted in Louisiana. It signifies the fortune, 
  portion, or dowry, which a woman brings to her husband by the marriage. 6 N. 
  S. 460. See Dote; Dowry.