Door (?), n. [OE.
dore, dure, AS.
duru; akin to OS. dura, dor, D. deur, OHG.
turi, door, tor gate, G. thür, thor, Icel. dyrr, Dan.
dör, Sw. dörr, Goth. daur, Lith. durys, Russ.
dvere, Olr. dorus, L. fores, Gr.
&?;; cf. Skr. dur, dvāra. √246. Cf. Foreign.]
1. An opening in
the wall of
a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way.
To the same end,
men several paths may tread,
As many doors into one temple lead.
Denham. 2. The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning
on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house
or apartment is closed and opened.
At last he came unto
an iron door
That fast was locked.
Spenser. 3. Passage; means of approach or access.
I
am the door; by me
if any man enter in, he shall be saved.
John x. 9.
4. An entrance way, but taken in
the sense of the house or apartment to which it leads.
Martin's office is now
the second door in the
street.
Arbuthnot. Blank door, Blind door, etc. (Arch.) See under Blank, Blind, etc. -- In
doors, or Within
doors, within the house. -- Next door to, near to; bordering on.
A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult.
L'Estrange. -- Out
of doors, or Without doors, and,
colloquially, Out doors, out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost.
His
imaginary title of fatherhood is out of
doors.
Locke. -- To
lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's door, to charge one with a fault;
to blame for. -- To lie at one's door, to be imputable or chargeable to.
If I have failed, the fault lies wholly at my door.
Dryden. &fist; Door is used in an adjectival construction or as the first
part of a compound (with or without the hyphen), as, door frame, doorbell or door bell, door knob or doorknob, door latch or doorlatch, door jamb, door handle, door mat, door panel.
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