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[[t]dɒt[/t]]

n. v. dot•ted, dot•ting

1) a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen

2) a small spot; speck

3) a period, esp. as used in pronouncing an Internet address

4) a small amount

5) mad

a) a point placed after a musical note or rest increasing the duration by one half the value

b) a point placed under or over a musical note indicating staccato

6) crp tgp a signal of shorter duration than a dash, used in groups along with groups of dashes and spaces to represent letters, as in Morse code

7) pri an individual element in a halftone reproduction

8) to mark with or as if with a dot or dots

9) to cover or sprinkle with or as if with dots

10) to form with dots

11) to make a dot or dots

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- on the dot

Etymology: bef. 1000; perh. continuing OE dott head of a boil, though not attested in ME dot′ter, n. II

dot

[[t]dɒt, dɔt[/t]] n.

law

dowry 1)

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Etymology: 1850–55; < F < L dōtem, acc. of dōs dowry, akin to dāre to give do•tal ˈdoʊt l adj.