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dory

1

[ dawr-ee, dohr-ee ]

noun

plural dories.
  1. a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.


dory

2

[ dawr-ee, dohr-ee ]

noun

plural dories.

dory

1

/ ˈ»åɔ˰ùɪ /

noun

  1. any spiny-finned marine teleost food fish of the family Zeidae, esp the John Dory, having a deep compressed body
  2. another name for walleye walleye
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

dory

2

/ ˈ»åɔ˰ùɪ /

noun

  1. a flat-bottomed rowing boat with a high bow, stern, and sides
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dory1

First recorded in 1700–10, Americanism; alleged to be from Miskito »åó°ù¾±, dúri (if this word is itself not from English )

Origin of dory2

1400–50; late Middle English dorre, dorray < Middle French doree (feminine past participle of dorer to gild) < Late Latin »å±ð²¹³Ü°ùÄå³Ù²¹; dorado
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dory1

C14: from French »å´Ç°ùé±ð gilded, from dorer to gild, from Late Latin »å±ð²¹³Ü°ùÄå°ù±ð, ultimately from Latin aurum gold

Origin of dory2

C18: from Mosquito (an American Indian language of Honduras and Nicaragua) »åó°ù¾± dugout
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“By six weeks, everything is hunky dory. It’s in between that they need the most care and attention,†said Olga Gadomskiy, a midwife with Sky Valley Midwifery serving Yakima, Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties.

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When it comes to matters between the Carolina Panthers wide receiver and his coaches, things appear to be far from hunky dory.

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Built in 1847, the brightly painted house we had booked for a full week was known as Dory Buff, in honor of the traditional yellowish hue of Newfoundland fishing dories.

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While everything has seemed hunky dory so far for England, Denmark have been powered partly by the strength drawn from their traumatic start to the tournament.

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A mile out, flat-bottomed dory boats took visitors around gigantic Chief Kiawanda Rock.

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