dory
n 1: a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats
and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled [syn:
{dinghy}, {dory}, {rowboat}]
2: pike-like freshwater perches [syn: {walleye}, {walleyed
pike}, {jack salmon}, {dory}, {Stizostedion vitreum}]
3: marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope
waters
John \John\ (j[o^]n), n. [See {Johannes}.]
A proper name of a man.
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{John-apple}, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same
as {Apple-john}.
{John Bull}, an ideal personification of the typical
characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English
people.
{John Bullism}, English character. --W. Irving.
{John Doe} (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious
plaintiff in an action of ejectment. --Mozley & W.
{John Doree}, {John Dory}. [John (or F. jaune yellow) +
Doree, Dory.] (Zool.) An oval, compressed, European food
fish ({Zeus faber}). Its color is yellow and olive, with
golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round dark
spot on each side. Called also {dory}, {doree}, and {St.
Peter's fish}.
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Doree \Do"ree\, n. [See {Dory}.] (Zool.)
A European marine fish ({Zeus faber}), of a yellow color. See
Illust. of {John Doree}.
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Note: The popular name in England is {John Doree}, or {Dory},
well known to be a corruption of F. jaune-dor['e]e, i.
e., golden-yellow. See 1st {Dory}.
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Dory \Do"ry\, n.; pl. {Dories}. [Named from 1st color, fr. F.
dor['e]e gilded, fr. dorer to gild, L. deaurare. See
{Deaurate}, and cf. {Aureole}.]
1. (Zool.) A European fish. See {Doree}, and {John Doree}.
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2. (Zool.) The American wall-eyed perch; -- called also
{dor['e]}. See {Pike perch}.
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Dory \Do"ry\, n.; pl. {Dories}.
A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and
flaring sides.
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