▪ I. ˈdoty, a. dial.
Also doaty.
[related to dote v.1 4, dotard 2.]
(See quots.) Hence ˈdotiness.
| 1883 Philad. Telegraph XL. No. 44. 8 A log may be doty in places, and even hollow, and yet have..good timber in it. 1885 Spons' Mech. Own Bk. 167 ‘Doatiness’: a speckled stain found in beech, American oak, and others. 1889 Hurst Horsham Sussex Gloss., Doty, decayed with age and crumbling, said of wood. 1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 209/2 Doaty, said of the condition of timber when stained with yellow and black spots. |
▪ II. doty
var. dotey.