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doddard
† ˈdoddard Obs. rare. [app. f. dod v.1 to poll (trees) + -ard; the formation being parallel to poll-ard: cf. doddle n., dodderel in same sense. But it may have been merely a modification of dottard, dotard (found earlier in same sense) with fanciful assimilation to dod v.1 and its derivatives: see d...
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doddered
doddered, ppl. a. (ˈdɒdəd) [app. originally a deriv. of dod v.1 to poll or take the top off (a tree). It is not clear whether it was a contaminated form of dodded ‘polled’, or a mistaken spelling of doddard n., ‘doddered oak’ for ‘doddard oak’ (cf. pollard willow); while the matter is complicated by...
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Island SPACE Caribbean Museum
The fine art gallery shows the work of Caribbean artists, established and emerging, and has featured names including Phillipe Doddard, JanJak Alexis, David
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doddle
▪ I. doddle, n.1 and a. Obs. exc. dial. (ˈdɒd(ə)l) [f. dod v.1: cf. doddard. Whether orig. n. or a. is not clear.] A. n. A pollard. B. adj. Pollard, of which the top has been cut off.1601 Holland Pliny xxvi. II. 251 It..groweth at the foot of old trees. (Marg. Yea also in the head of doddle oaks.) 1...
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dotard
dotard, n. and a. (ˈdəʊtəd) Also 5 doterd, 5–6 dooterd, -arde, (6 dodart), 6–7 dottard, 7–8 doatard. [In sense 1, f. dote v. + -ard. See also note to sense 2.] A. n. 1. a. An imbecile, a silly or stupid person; now, usually, one whose intellect is impaired by age; one who is in his dotage or second ...
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willow
▪ I. willow, n. (ˈwɪləʊ) Forms: α. 1 weliᵹ, 5 weleygh; 5 Sc. pl. willeis, 4–5 wilghe, wylghe, 6 wylly(e, -ie, 6, 9 dial. willie, willy, 8 willi- (9 -ey, wullie, -y); 7 wilfe, 8– dial. wilf. β. 4 welew, 5 welogh, 5–6 welowe; 4 wilewe, 4–5 wilw(e, wylw(e, wyl(o)ugh, (whilwh), wil(l)ou, wylo, wyllo, wi...
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