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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L.
   taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. Dormouse.] (Zool.)
   A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius),
   which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also
   applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called
   also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug,
   dorrfly, and buzzard clock.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dor \Dor\, n. [Cf. Dor a beetle, and Hum, Humbug.]
   A trick, joke, or deception. --Beau. & Fl.
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   To give one the dor, to make a fool of him. [Archaic] --P.
      Fletcher.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dor \Dor\, v. t.
   To make a fool of; to deceive. [Obs.] [Written also dorr.]
   --B. Jonson.
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4. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Dor
   dwelling, the Dora of the Romans, an ancient royal city of the
   Canaanites (Josh. 11:1, 2; 12:23). It was the most southern
   settlement of the Phoenicians on the coast of Syria. The
   original inhabitants seem never to have been expelled, although
   they were made tributary by David. It was one of Solomon's
   commissariat districts (Judg. 1:27; 1 Kings 4:11). It has been
   identified with Tantura (so named from the supposed resemblance
   of its tower to a tantur, i.e., "a horn"). This tower fell in
   1895, and nothing remains but debris and foundation walls, the
   remains of an old Crusading fortress. It is about 8 miles north
   of Caesarea, "a sad and sickly hamlet of wretched huts on a
   naked sea-beach."
   

5. Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Dor, generation, habitation


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