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Dot   /dɑt/   Listen
noun
Dot  n.  (Law) A marriage portion; dowry. (Louisiana)



Dot  n.  
1.
A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark.
2.
Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.



proper noun
D.O.T., DOT, DoT  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.



verb
Dot  v. t.  (past & past part. dotted; pres. part. dotting)  
1.
To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.
2.
To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages.



Dot  v. i.  To make dots or specks.






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"Dot" Quotes from Famous Books



... and other symbols are made plural by adding an apostrophe and "s" ('s): as, "There are more e's than a's in this word"; "Dot your i's and cross ...
— Practical Exercises in English • Huber Gray Buehler

... call attention to something of interest. People often call to each other by singing up a fifth. The new note is sharp and bright in sound when related to the key-note. Hence the hand sign. Give the name soh, and write it against the fifth dot on the board. The children should now sing from the three hand signs known, also from the notes on the board. They should also identify the notes when played in groups of two and ...
— Music As A Language - Lectures to Music Students • Ethel Home

... dot Mr. Raddlesnake py der neck, oben his mouth und put der boison on der insides. In an hour, Mr. Raddlesnake vos so ...
— The Rover Boys on the Plains - The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch • Arthur Winfield

... birds. I love von bird up in dot tree. You not see him vay high dare? Ven I have eat my dinner in ze morning, I come down here, and ven I have eat my dinner in ze noon, I come down here; and all ze time, ven I come, he sing. Sometimes some oder birds come in ze tree, and zey sing mit him; but ...
— Stories of Childhood • Various

... she be married? To this question the capitaine had answered in perfect innocence of heart, that La Mere Bauche would be much better able to make such a choice than himself. He did not know how Marie might stand with regard to money. If madame would give some little "dot," the affair, the capitaine thought, would ...
— La Mere Bauche from Tales of All Countries • Anthony Trollope


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