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do⋅ry

1  [dawr-ee, dohr-ee]
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–noun, plural -ries.
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
Origin:
1700–10, Americanism; alleged to be < Miskito dóri, dúri (if this word is itself not < E)

do⋅ry

2  [dawr-ee, dohr-ee]
–noun, plural -ries.
John Dory.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME dorre, dorray < MF doree (fem. ptp. of dorer to gild) < LL deaurāta; see dorado
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do·ry 1   (dôr'ē, dōr'ē)   
n.   pl. do·ries
A small, narrow, flatbottom fishing boat with high sides and a sharp prow.

[Origin unknown.]
do·ry 2   (dôr'ē, dōr'ē)   
n.   pl. do·ries

  1. John Dory.

  2. See walleye.


[Middle English dorre, from Old French doree, from feminine past participle of dorer, to gild, from Late Latin deaurāre : Latin dē-, de- + Latin aurum, gold.]
wall·eye   (wôl'ī')   
n.  

  1. pl. walleye or wall·eyes A freshwater food and game fish (Stizostedium vitreum) of North America, having large staring eyes. Also called dory2, walleyed pike.

    1. Exotropia.

    2. An eye affected with exotropia. Often used in the plural.

  3. An eye with a light-colored iris or white or opaque cornea.


[Back-formation from walleyed.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

dory  (1)
"small, flat-bottomed boat," 1709, Amer.Eng., perhaps from a West Indian or Central American Indian language.

dory  (2)
"type of edible fish," c.1440, from Fr. doree, originally the fem. pp. of dorer "to gild," in reference to its colorings.
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dory

any of several marine fishes of the family Zeidae (order Zeiformes), found worldwide in moderately deep waters. The members of the family are large-mouthed fish, deep-bodied but thin from side to side.

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