Dor , v. t. To make a fool of; to deceive. [Obs.]
[Written also dorr.] B. Jonson.
Dor , n. [Cf. Dor a beetle, and Hum, Humbug.]
A trick, joke, or deception. Beau. &
Fl.
To give one the dor, to make a fool of him. [Archaic] P. Fletcher.
Dor (?), n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. Dormouse.]
(Zoöl.) 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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