Search Result for "doily":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. a small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl;
[syn: doily, doyley, doyly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Doily \Doi"ly\, n. [So called from the name of the dealer.] 1. A kind of woolen stuff. [Obs.] "Some doily petticoats." --Dryden. [1913 Webster] A fool and a doily stuff, would now and then find days of grace, and be worn for variety. -- Congreve. [1913 Webster] 2. A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; -- commonly colored and fringed. [1913 Webster]
