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Dory   /dˈɔri/   Listen
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Dory  n.  (pl. dories)  
1.
(Zool.) A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree.
2.
(Zool.) The American wall-eyed perch; called also doré. See Pike perch.



Dory  n.  (pl. dories)  A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides.






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"Dory" Quotes from Famous Books



... putt! putt! comes nearer and nearer. Next, from out of the blackness of the ocean they make out a little motor-dory. Balanced out on the gunwale of the little dory, when it comes nearer, they see an American bluejacket smoking a cigarette. No one else was ...
— The U-boat hunters • James B. Connolly

... Woodall, Gregory Dory, John Foster, John Greene, John Ward, Christopher Wendmile, Richard Rapier, Cutbert Pierson, Adam Rumell, Richard Robinson, James, a ...
— Colonial Records of Virginia • Various

... paintin' was starvation work. I've read about artists committin' suicide, and livin' in attics, and such. Whew! About two such bargain sale jobs as this, and I'd guarantee not to starve—and to live as nigh the ground as a second-floor bedroom anyhow. How about this next one? This feller in a dory—coddin', I guess he is. Did—did Mr. ...
— Cap'n Warren's Wards • Joseph C. Lincoln

... migrationes diligentissime indagavit,' says the mural tablet beneath the window. The three lights of the window represent (1) Jonah vomited by the Whale, (2) the Miraculous Draught of Fishes, and (3) St Peter, John Dory and the stater. ...
— Corporal Sam and Other Stories • A. T. Quiller-Couch

... at Belize thirteen seconds behind the yacht that Anabela and Fergus were on. They started for the shore in a dory just as my skiff was lowered over the side. I tried to order my sailormen to row faster, but the sounds died in my larynx before they came to the light. Then I thought of old Iquito's medicine, and I got out his bottle and ...
— Roads of Destiny • O. Henry


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